This was my list for this year. It’s been a blast, I’ve had to deviate a few times to watch some things with the kids, but still great.
Week 1 - Classic Monster Foundations
Oct 1 - Frankenstein (1931, B&W) - Boris Karloff at his best. Oct 2 - The Wolf Man (1941, B&W) - Lon Chaney Jr.’s tragic werewolf tale. Oct 3 - Dracula (1931, B&W) - Bela Lugosi’s iconic “I vant to suck your blood.” Oct 4 - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, B&W) - Lagoon monster camp perfection. Oct 5 - King Kong (1933, B&W) - Stop-motion wonder that defined monster movies. Oct 6 - The Invisible Man (1933, B&W) - More mischievous than terrifying. Oct 7 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948, B&W) - Horror and comedy collide. Week 2 –Atomic Age Sci-Fi Horror
Oct 8 - Them! (1954, B&W) - Giant irradiated ants, a perfect “creature feature.” Oct 9 - The Thing from Another World (1951, B&W) - Paranoia in the Arctic. Oct 10 - Godzilla (1954, B&W, original Japanese) - Kaiju classic, serious tone. Oct 11 - Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) - Campy feminist revenge fantasy. Oct 12 - The Blob (1958) - Steve McQueen vs. jello-like monster. Oct 13 - Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959, B&W) - The ultimate “so bad it’s good.” Oct 14 - The Tingler (1959) - William Castle’s interactive gimmick horror. Week 3 - Swinging 60s & 70s Camp
Oct 15 - Village of the Damned (1960, B&W) - Creepy alien-eyed children. Oct 16 - The Day of the Triffids (1962) - Killer plants! Oct 17 - Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) - Campy kaiju turtle action. Oct 18 - Night of the Living Dead (1968, B&W) - Romero’s zombie revolution. Oct 19 - Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - Pure kaiju spectacle. Oct 20 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978) - Parody turned cult hit. Oct 21 - Piranha (1978, Joe Dante) - Jaws knock-off that embraces the cheese. Week 4 - 80s Monster Fun
Oct 22 - Monster Squad (1987) - Your touchstone: kids vs. classic monsters. Oct 23 - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) - Campier and funnier than the first. Oct 24 - Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) - Cotton candy cocoons! Oct 25 - Critters (1986) - Space porcupines terrorize small town. Oct 26 - The Stuff (1985) - Consumer satire disguised as goo monster flick. Oct 27 - Return of the Living Dead (1985) - Punk rock zombies with humor. Oct 28 - Re-Animator (1985) - Over-the-top mad science gore and camp. Final Stretch –Modern Retro Homages
Oct 29 - Werewolf by Night (2022, B&W stylized) - Marvel’s homage to monster movies. Oct 30 - Slither (2006) - James Gunn’s gooey horror-comedy. Oct 31 - Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) - Meta-camp to close the month with laughs.
If you’re still taking suggestions for the list:
- Predator (1987) tmdb
- The Cell (2000) tmdb
- Child’s Play (1988) tmdb
- One Missed Call (2003) tmdb
- Suspiria, either (1977) tmdb or (2018) tmdb
- Bone Tomahawk (2015) tmdb
- The Addams Family (1991) tmdb
- Lost Boys (1987) tmdb
- The Mist (2007) tmdb
- Godzilla Minus One (2023) tmdb
- Howl (2015) tmdb
- Terrified (Aterrados) (2018) tmdb
- [REC] (2007) tmdb
- The Endless (2018) tmdb
- The Void (2016) tmdb
- Haunt (2019) tmdb
- From Beyond (1986) tmdb
- A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) tmdb
- Three… Extremes (2004) tmdb
- I Saw the Devil (2011) tmdb
- Exhuma (2024) tmdb
Also, maybe try crossposting to some of the horror communities (if not for today’s movie night, then for later ones)?
EDIT: A few more (sorry!)
No need to say sorry. I’m adding them now.
I can add those later. Very cool of you to add the tmdbs. I have code to add to the poll with just a list of tmdb links.
We are looking to do more than one of these nights so that list is useful.
In fact people can already start voting on the time for the next one: https://goatmatrix.net/c/MatrixEvents/xUSsfhkmCg