As is tradition, this year I’ll be watching 31 horror movies- 1 for each day in October. Last year I used this marathon as an opportunity to A- jump start my website and get some reviews out and B- increase my knowledge of the sections of horror cannon I was unfamiliar with (namely slashers). Since October 1st of 2019 to now, I’ve watched more horror films than I can even count. This is in part due to my newfound love of genres I’ve previously never given much thought (slashers and giallos) and also my desire to finish a comprehensive Best Horrors of the 2010-19 Decade List. I’m happy to say the list is done (after many iterations and re-watches) and will be fully revealed before the end of the year (along with some fun new announcements).

To get excitement up regarding it, my marathon for this year visits some of my favorite horror movies from different sub-genres, countries, and decades. Given that I have to get a review for every movie on the list, quite a few of the entries are ones that are making it on the list while a lot of the older movies are ones that I think have heavily influenced the list’s frontrunners.

If you’ve been following the site since last year, you’ll have noticed a significant lag in output since March. While that’s partially due to moving the site over from WordPress.com to WordPress.org and fixing/updating portions of the site, the real reason has been I’ve been busy just watching movies. I mean 4-5 a day. Once I started really delving into what the “best” horror of the past 10 years was, I realized I needed to do more research. Not just into the horror cannon, but into the history of movies in general. Now that it’s been close to a year of playing “catch-up”, I’m pleased to announce that the site will be back on track with more than enough releases to satisfy those of you who have been kind enough to stick with me.

With that out of the way, here’s the list. Every movie will be updated with a link to the respective review within a day of the “date”. EX: If a movie is to be watched on the 4th then expect a review on the 4th or 5th.

EDIT 10/15/20 – You might’ve noticed that the reviews have been paused since 10/3 (Don’t Look Now). Due to recent projects and the increased effort I put into reviews (finding stills and trying to make sure the reviews are more informative than before) I’ve been stalled on getting the actual reviews out, but I’m hoping to get caught back up by the 20th and should be able to maintain the review schedule from then on.
EDIT 10/31/20- Oops. As you’ve noticed quite a few of the reviews have still to be published – they should be over this upcoming week. I can say I watched all of these movies on the day of (more than once) , so challenge complete. Unfortunately, writing reviews for all of them at the level I wanted them to be proved to take up more time than I imagined. Lesson learned for next year’s challenge.

EDIT 10/1/21 – Unfortunately, playing catch up didn’t work out so well. While I ensure I’ll get to these reviews at some point, this challenge is “over”.

The List