31 Days of Horror
An October Tradition
Every October, I watch a horror movie every day, often based around a theme.
Check out some of my past lists here…and ask me for recommendations if you dare!
Date Watched | Title | Director | Year Released |
10/1 | The Lost Boys | Joel Schumacher | 1987 |
10/2 | Dracula (English) | Tod Browning | 1931 |
10/3 | Dracula (Spanish) | George Melford | 1931 |
10/4 | Nosferatu | F. W. Murnau | 1922 |
10/5 | Vampyr | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 1932 |
10/6 | Dracula’s Daughter | Lambert Hillyer | 1936 |
10/7 | Dracula 2000 | Patrick Lussier | 2000 |
10/8 | Blade | Stephen Norrington | 1998 |
10/9 | Interview with the Vampire | Neil Jordan | 1994 |
10/10 | Queen of the Damned | Michael Rymer | 2002 |
10/11 | Blood & Donuts | Holly Dale | 1995 |
10/12 | Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire | Steve Boyum | 2000 |
10/13 | Blacula | William Crain | 1972 |
10/14 | Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary | Guy Maddin | 2002 |
10/15 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Alan Gibson | 1972 |
10/16 | I Like Bats | Grzegorz Warchoł | 1986 |
10/17 | Vampire in Brooklyn | Wes Craven | 1995 |
10/18 | The Velvet Vampire | Stephanie Rothman | 1971 |
10/19 | Cronos | Guillermo del Toro | 1993 |
10/20 | Let the Right One In | Tomas Alfredson | 2008 |
10/21 | Fright Night | Tom Holland | 1985 |
10/22 | Thirst | Park Chan-wook | 2009 |
10/23 | Daughters of Darkness | Harry Kümel | 1971 |
10/24 | Ganja & Hess | Bill Gunn | 1973 |
10/25 | The Hunger | Tony Scott | 1983 |
10/26 | Vamp | Richard Wenk | 1986 |
10/27 | Only Lovers Left Alive | Jim Jarmusch | 2014 |
10/28 | From Dusk Till Dawn | Robert Rodriguez | 1996 |
10/29 | Bram Stoker’s Dracula | Francis Ford Coppola | 1992 |
10/30 | The Little Vampire | Uli Edel | 2000 |
10/31 | Near Dark | Kathryn Bigelow | 1987 |
Date Watched | Title | Director | Year Released |
10/1 | Blood and Black Lace | Mario Bava | 1964 |
10/2 | Deep Red | Dario Argento | 1976 |
10/3 | What Have You Done to Solange? | Massimo Dallamano | 1972 |
10/4 | New York Ripper | Lucio Fulci | 1982 |
10/5 | The Red Queen Kills Seven Times | Emilio Miraglia | 1976 |
10/6 | Malignant | James Wan | 2021 |
10/7 | The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Dario Argento | 1970 |
10/8 | The House That Screamed | Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | 1971 |
10/9 | Black Belly of the Tarantula | Paolo Cavara | 1971 |
10/10 | The Case of the Bloody Iris | Giuliano Carnimeo | 1972 |
10/11 | The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave | Emilio Miraglia | 1972 |
10/12 | A Blade in the Dark | Lamberto Bava | 1983 |
10/13 | Alice, Sweet Alice | Alfred Sole | 1976 |
10/14 | Klute | Alan J. Pakula | 1971 |
10/15 | Cruising | William Friedkin | 1980 |
10/16 | Sisters | Brian De Palma | 1972 |
10/17 | The Eyes of Laura Mars | Irvin Kershner | 1978 |
10/18 | Don’t Look Now | Nicolas Roeg | 1973 |
10/19 | Basic Instinct | Paul Verhoeven | 1992 |
10/20 | Tenebre | Dario Argento | 1982 |
10/21 | Blow Out | Brian De Palma | 1981 |
10/22 | The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears | Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani | 2013 |
10/23 | All The Colors of the Dark | Sergio Martino | 1972 |
10/24 | The Editor | Adam Brooks & Matthew Kennedy | 2014 |
10/25 | Knife+Heart | Yann Gonzalez | 2018 |
10/26 | Lisa and the Devil | Mario Bava | 1973 |
10/27 | Seven Deaths In the Cat’s Eye | Antonio Margheriti | 1973 |
10/28 | StageFright | Michele Soavi | 1987 |
10/29 | Short Night of Glass Dolls | Aldo Lado | 1971 |
10/30 | The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh | Sergio Martino | 1971 |
10/31 | Last Night in Soho | Edgar Wright | 2021 |
Date Watched | Title | Director | Year Released |
10/1 | Under Wraps | Greg Beeman | 1997 |
10/2 | Dracula | Tod Browning | 1931 |
10/3 | Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | 1960 |
10/4 | Ganja & Hess | Bill Gunn | 1973 |
10/5 | Dawn of the Dead | Zack Snyder | 2002 |
10/6 | Doom | Andrzej Bartkowiak | 2005 |
10/7 | Dracula AD 1972 | Alan Gibson | 1972 |
10/8 | The Addams Family | Barry Sonnenfeld | 1991 |
10/9 | Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost | Jim Stenstrum | 1999 |
10/10 | Night of the Demons | Kevin Tenney | 1988 |
10/11 | The Mummy | Stephen Sommers | 1999 |
10/12 | Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire | Steve Boyum | 2000 |
10/13 | The Sixth Sense | M. Night Shyamalan | 1999 |
10/14 | Tower of Terror | D. J. MacHale | 1997 |
10/15 | Near Dark | Kathryn Bigelow | 1987 |
10/16 | Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island | Jim Stenstrum | 1998 |
10/17 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | Eli Craig | 2010 |
10/18 | The Haunted Mansion | Rob Minkoff | 2003 |
10/19 | Happy Death Day | Christopher Landon | 2017 |
10/20 | Casper | Brad Silberling | 1995 |
10/21 | Addams Family Values | Barry Sonnenfeld | 1993 |
10/22 | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Scott Glosserman | 2006 |
10/23 | Thir13en Ghosts | Steve Beck | 2001 |
10/24 | Bram Stoker’s Dracula | Francis Ford Coppola | 1992 |
10/25 | Blade | Stephen Norrington | 1998 |
10/26 | Ready or Not | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett | 2019 |
10/27 | Dead Silence | James Wan | 2007 |
10/28 | Jennifer’s Body | Karyn Kusama | 2009 |
10/29 | Scary Movie | Keenen Ivory Wayans | 2000 |
10/30 | Poltergeist | Tobe Hooper | 1982 |
10/31 | House | Nobuhiko Obayashi | 1977 |
Date Watched | Title | Director | Year Released |
10/1 | Event Horizon | Paul W. S. Anderson | 1997 |
10/2 | Candyman | Bernard Rose | 1992 |
10/3 | Darkness Falls | Jonathan Liebesman | 2003 |
10/4 | The Fog | John Carpenter | 1980 |
10/5 | The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Charles B. Pierce | 1976 |
10/6 | The Slumber Party Massacre | Amy Holden Jones | 1982 |
10/7 | I Walked with a Zombie | Jacques Tourneur | 1943 |
10/8 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Tobe Hooper | 1986 |
10/9 | The Gore Gore Girls | Hershel Gordon Lewis | 1972 |
10/10 | The Amityville Horror | Stuart Rosenberg | 1979 |
10/11 | Sleepaway Camp | Robert Hiltzik | 1983 |
10/12 | Maximum Overdrive | Stephen King | 1986 |
10/13 | The Brood | David Cronenberg | 1979 |
10/14 | Hellraiser | Clive Barker | 1987 |
10/15 | Return of the Living Dead | Dan O’Bannon | 1985 |
10/16 | Suspiria | Luca Guadagnino | 2018 |
10/17 | Nightmare on Elm Street Part II | Jack Sholder | 1985 |
10/18 | Amityville Part II | Damiano Damiani | 1982 |
10/19 | Lady Frankenstein | Mel Welles, Aureliano Luppi | 1971 |
10/20 | Nightbreed | Clive Barker | 1990 |
10/21 | Prom Night II: Hello Mary Lou | Bruce Pittman | 1987 |
10/22 | The Raven | Roger Corman | 1963 |
10/23 | The Curse of the Cat People | Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise | 1944 |
10/24 | The Terror | Roger Corman | 1963 |
10/25 | Cronos | Guillermo del Toro | 1993 |
10/26 | The Crazies | George A. Romero | 1973 |
10/27 | The Omega Man | Boris Sagal | 1971 |
10/28 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Tommy Lee Wallace | 1982 |
10/29 | Black Christmas | Bob Clark | 1974 |
10/30 | The Hunger | Tony Scott | 1983 |
10/31 | The House on Haunted Hill | William Castle | 1959 |
Date Watched | Title | Director | # in series | Release Date |
10/1 | Halloween | John Carpenter | 1 | 1978 |
10/2 | Friday the 13th | Sean S. Cunningham | 1 | 1980 |
10/3 | Halloween II | Rick Rosenthal | 2 | 1981 |
10/4 | Friday the 13th Part 2 | Steve Miner | 2 | 1981 |
10/5 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Tommy Lee Wallace | 3 | 1982 |
10/6 | Friday the 13th Part III | Steve Miner | 3 | 1982 |
10/7 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Wes Craven | 1 | 1984 |
10/8 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | Joseph Zito | 4 | 1984 |
10/9 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge | Jack Sholder | 2 | 1985 |
10/10 | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | Danny Steinmann | 5 | 1985 |
10/11 | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Tom McLoughlin | 6 | 1986 |
10/12 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Chuck Russell | 3 | 1987 |
10/13 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | Dwight H. Little | 4 | 1988 |
10/14 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Renny Harlin | 4 | 1988 |
10/15 | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | John Carl Buechler | 7 | 1988 |
10/16 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Dominique Othenin-Girard | 5 | 1989 |
10/17 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | Stephen Hopkins | 5 | 1989 |
10/18 | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Rob Hedden | 8 | 1989 |
10/19 | Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare | Rachel Talalay | 6 | 1991 |
10/20 | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | Adam Marcus | 9 | 1993 |
10/21 | Wes Craven’s New Nightmare | Wes Craven | 7 | 1994 |
10/22 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Joe Chappelle | 6 | 1995 |
10/23 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Steve Miner | 7 | 1998 |
10/24 | Jason X | James Issac | 10 | 2001 |
10/25 | Halloween: Resurrection | Rick Rosenthal | 8 | 2002 |
10/26 | Freddy vs. Jason | Ronny Yu | 2003 | |
10/27 | Halloween | Rob Zombie | 9 | 2007 |
10/28 | Halloween II | Rob Zombie | 10 | 2009 |
10/29 | Friday the 13th | Marcus Nispel | 11 | 2009 |
10/30 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Samuel Bayer | 8 | 2010 |
10/31 | Halloween | David Gordon Green | 11 | 2018 |
Date Watched | Title | Director | Year Released | Country |
10/1 | The Silenced | Hae-young Lee | 2015 | South Korea |
10/2 | The Host | Bong Joon-ho | 2006 | South Korea |
10/3 | Phantom of the Theatre | Raymond Yip | 2016 | Hong Kong |
10/4 | Doctor Jekyll, Sister Hyde | Roy Ward Baker | 1971 | UK |
10/5 | Train to Busan | Yeon Sang-ho | 2016 | South Korea |
10/6 | Espectro | Alfonso Pineda Ulloa | 2013 | Mexico |
10/7 | When Animals Dream | Jonas Alexander Arnby | 2015 | Denmark |
10/8 | Ragnarok | Mikkel Braenne Sandemose | 2013 | Norway |
10/9 | Under the Shadow | Babak Anvari | 2016 | Qatar, Jordan |
10/10 | Deathgasm | Jason Lei Howden | 2015 | New Zealand |
10/11 | Baskin | Can Evrenol | 2015 | Turkey |
10/12 | Haxan | Benjamin Christensen | 1922 | Sweden, Denmark |
10/13 | KL Zombi | Ming Jin Woo | 2013 | Malaysia |
10/14 | The Canal | Ivan Kavanagh | 2014 | Ireland |
10/15 | Trollhunter | André Øvredal | 2010 | Norway |
10/16 | Blood Glacier | Marvin Kren | 2014 | Austria |
10/17 | Ju-On | Takashi Shimizu | 2002 | Japan |
10/18 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Terence Fisher | 1957 | UK |
10/19 | House | Nobuhiko Obayashi | 1977 | Japan |
10/20 | Pan’s Labyrinth | Guillermo del Toro | 2006 | Spain, Mexico |
10/21 | Housebound | Gerard Johnstone | 2014 | New Zealand |
10/22 | The Devil’s Backbone | Guillermo del Toro | 2001 | Spain, Mexico |
10/23 | Let the Right One In | Tomas Alfredson | 2008 | Sweden |
10/24 | Torso | Sergio Martino | 1973 | Italy |
10/25 | Cold Sweat | Adrian Garcia Bogliano | 2010 | Argentina |
10/26 | Tintorera | René Cardona Jr. | 1977 | Mexico, UK |
10/27 | Nosferatu | F. W. Murnau | 1922 | Germany |
10/28 | Blood and Black Lace | Mario Brava | 1964 | Italy |
10/29 | Audition | Takashi Miike | 1999 | Japan |
10/30 | Snake Island | Wayne Crawford | 2002 | South Africa |
10/31 | Eyes Without a Face | Georges Franju | 1960 | France |
Date Watched | Title | Director | Year Released |
10/1 | Mirror Mirror | Marina Sargenti | 1990 |
10/2 | #Horror | Tara Subkoff | 2015 |
10/3 | The Hitch-Hiker | Ida Lupino | 1953 |
10/4 | The Voices | Marjane Satrapi | 2014 |
10/5 | The Slumber Party Massacre | Amy Holden Jones | 1982 |
10/6 | The Velvet Vampire | Stephanie Rothman | 1971 |
10/7 | Spellbinder | Janet Greek | 1988 |
10/8 | The Invitation | Karyn Kusama | 2015 |
10/9 | Hurt | Barbara Stepansky | 2009 |
10/10 | American Psycho | Mary Harron | 2000 |
10/11 | Blood & Donuts | Holly Dale | 1995 |
10/12 | Carrie | Kimberly Peirce | 2013 |
10/13 | American Mary | Jen & Sylia Soska | 2012 |
10/14 | Dark Amazon | Darcyana Moreno Izel | 2014 |
10/15 | Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare | Rachel Talalay | 1991 |
10/16 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Fran Rubel Kuzui | 1992 |
10/17 | Blood Diner | Jackie Kong | 1987 |
10/18 | Near Dark | Kathryn Bigelow | 1987 |
10/19 | Blood and Chocolate | Katja von Garnier | 2007 |
10/20 | Trouble Every Day | Claire Denis | 2001 |
10/21 | Blood Sabbath | Brianne Murphy | 1972 |
10/22 | Jennifer’s Body | Karyn Kusama | 2009 |
10/23 | Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge | Mary Lambert | 2001 |
10/24 | Humanoids from the Deep | Barbara Peeters | 1980 |
10/25 | The Babadook | Jennifer Kent | 2014 |
10/26 | Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror | Stacy Title | 2006 |
10/27 | Pet Semetary | Mary Lambert | 1989 |
10/28 | Kiss of the Damned | Xan Cassavetes | 2013 |
10/29 | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Ana Lily Amirpour | 2014 |
10/30 | A Visit from the Incubus (short) | Anna Biller | 2001 |
10/31 | Ravenous | Antonia Bird | 1999 |
Date Watched | Title | Director | Year Released |
10/1 | Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror | F. W. Murnau | 1922 |
10/2 | Monster Squad | Fred Dekker | 1987 |
10/3 | House of Wax | André De Toth | 1953 |
10/4 | Theater of Blood | Douglas Hickox | 1973 |
10/5 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | 1956 |
10/6 | Tusk | Kevin Smith | 2014 |
10/7 | The Shrine | Jon Knautz | 2010 |
10/8 | Darkness Falls | Jonathan Liebesman | 2003 |
10/9 | Grave Encounters | Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz | 2011 |
10/10 | Dark Skies | Scott Stewart | 2013 |
10/11 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Fran Rubel Kuzui | 1992 |
10/12 | House on Haunted Hill | William Castle | 1959 |
10/13 | Fido | Andrew Currie | 2006 |
10/14 | American Mary | Jen and Sylvia Soska | 2012 |
10/15 | Housebound | Mari Kornhauser | 2014 |
10/16 | Creep | Patrick Brice | 2014 |
10/17 | Vampire’s Kiss | Robert Bierman | 1988 |
10/18 | Phantom of the Opera | Rupert Julian | 1925 |
10/19 | Stage Fright | Jerome Sable | 2015 |
10/20 | Tales from the Darkside | John Harrison | 1990 |
10/21 | Dead Snow | Tommy Wirkola | 2009 |
10/22 | Wes Craven’s New Nightmare | Wes Craven | 1994 |
10/23 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Joe Dante | 1990 |
10/24 | Saw II | Darren Lynn Bousman | 2005 |
10/25 | Poltergeist | Gil Kenan | 2015 |
10/26 | It Follows | David Robert Mitchell | 2014 |
10/27 | Troll | John Carl Buechler | 1986 |
10/28 | Jason X | Jim Isaac | 2001 |
10/29 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Tommy Lee Wallace | 1982 |
10/30 | Hocus Pocus | Kenny Ortega | 1993 |
10/31 | Frankenstein | James Whale | 1931 |