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October 2020 Horror Movie A Day Thread
1. WEBCAST (2018) - Found footage with a healthy dose of folk horror, this feels like KILL LIST meets THE BORDERLANDS, and is as fascinating and confusing as that combo warrants. Most importantly though, it dares to answer the timeless question: "how do ya like them apples?" 
2. THE HOST (2006) - Big ass monster movies are a force unto themselves in horror, and so I present one of the finest going. In short, THE HOST really puts the 'family' into 'family-devouring beast from the deep.' You really can have it all 
3. GRETEL & HANSEL (2020) - Such a gorgeous watch! Dark, brooding, and absolutely an advocate for living deliciously, the few flaws this movie has are easily overcome by a (quite literally) enchanting take on the classic fairytale. Made me hungry ngl 
4. #ALIVE (2020) - As much as I love a ridiculous zombie movie - and can't deny the excellent design in this - I couldn't get away with the frustrating character decisions and general plot déjà vu here. Personally, I'd prob recommend THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD instead 
5. URBAN LEGEND (1998) - Of the many innocuous things horror has adopted into the spooky canon over the years, a parka is somehow the most absurd, and therefore best. Wholesome, goofy, self-aware 90s goodness through and through!! 
6. THE LIE (2020) - The first of four WELCOME TO BLUMHOUSE movies on Prime this month is tense as hell, teetering just on the edge of horror with a pacy anxiety attack of a narrative. The end is given away by the title, but it's still an awfully uncomfortable ride to get there 
7. THE ENDLESS (2017) - After watching RESOLUTION recently and with SYNCHRONIC on the horizon, a lil return to this felt entirely appropriate. Disturbing, magical, and home to a special type of primal terror. Petition for Benson and Moorhead to make all movies ever, please 
8. I SEE YOU (2019) - Music makes a horror movie, and oh boy, does I SEE YOU have one brilliant soundtrack. Don't really want to say anything else about this. It's so much better going in without context! 
9. RELIC (2020) - Harrowing in all the right ways. Takes the mental toll of dementia and gives it a sickly physicality that isn't easy to stomach, or forget. One of my favourites of this year by far!! Even if I am very upset now!! 
10. SCOOBY-DOO (2002) - It's my birthday and I'll get jinky with it if I want to 
11. THE GUEST (2014) - Mysterious and stylish rather than classically scary, this just about fits as a horror by virtue of a Halloween setting paired with its absolutely rad ending. Very thankful for pumpkins making this seasonally appropriate. And also just... Dan Stevens 
12. THE HOWLING (1981) - From DOG SOLIDERS to GINGER SNAPS, werewolves are the heart of the finest monster movies out there, and THE HOWLING is no different. I only wish the gloriously 80s practical effects started earlier in the runtime, but they're worth the wait either way 
13. NOCTURNE (2020) - Another WELCOME TO BLUMHOUSE offering for the month, and another entry into the 'art is pain' collection that horror loves so very dearly. This story is a taut piano wire and Sydney Sweeney is slamming on the keys!!! Oh hell!!!! 
14. THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968) - Hammer horror movies truly are the best of their time. This is quintessentially British, brilliantly scored, and low-key has one of the creepiest iterations of the devil going 
15. HUBIE HALLOWEEN (2020) - This was a grave error, both in my choice to watch it, and in existing at all. Would it be an Adam Sandler movie if not though? Has a few cheap laughs and the spooky set dressing is rad af, but the rest is... as expected 
16. THE MORTUARY COLLECTION (2020) - I expected to like this as I love a good hammy anthology movie, but I'm pleasantly surprised by quite how much. Splendidly spooky in all the right ways, and topped off with some hilarious set penises. Sorry, I mean pieces 
17. THE RUINS (2008) - An underrated classic, sadly forgotten in the wake of THE HAPPENING dishing out the deadly plant goods in the same year. In case there's any doubt, THE RUINS does it much better! Really gets under your skin... quite literally 
18. LAKE BODOM (2016) - This is a mean-spirited slasher with enough twists to make Shyamalan blush. Gets carried away with "gotcha!" moments that have a sore case of diminishing returns by the end, but it's atmospheric and interesting enough to allow for most of them 
19. SAW (2004) - The further we get away from the 00s, the more I love the horror movies. And of course, SAW will always be the big bloody king of them all 
20. SATANIC PANIC (2019) - This is channelling pure pulpy fun and absolutely revelling in it. Sometimes, you just need a film unafraid to throw out lines like "they were about to bang me to death with a giant killdo" to unwind in an evening 
21. TIMECRIMES (2007) - A cooler version of PRIMER that's satisfyingly horror-leaning and far easier to follow. Really enjoyed this!! Even if my main takeaway is that genre movies desperately need more pink mummies!!! 
22. JENNIFER'S BODY (2009) - Megan Fox deserves the world!!!!!! Vindicated by the recognition of this as an underrated gem in recent years, so naturally, my celebration comes with a respectful rewatch 
