31 Days of Halloween 2020

Taking on the 31 Days of Horror Challange for the second year running especially after the fun of last year and with so many blindspots and cinema shames still in my watchpile it’s a great excuse to cross some of these titles off the list.

For those not familar with the challange you simply have to watch 31 horror movies before Halloween it’s that simple….so here’s how my month went down.

1. Frogs
2. The Crazies (1973)
3. The Hitcher
4. Motel Hell
5. The Oily Maniac
6. Raw
7. The Blob (1988)
8. The Puppet Masters
9. Q: The Winged Serpent
10. Trick R Treat
11. Godmonster of Indian Flats
12. Piranha
13. Piranha 3D
14. Demon City Shinjuku
15. The Girl On The Third Floor
16. Scanners
17. Fright Night
18. Christine
19. Friday The 13th (2009)
20. XX
21. Nightmare City Aka City of the Walking Dead
22. Crash
23. Lords of the Deep
24. Species 2
25. Maniac Cop 2
26. Ghost Ship
27. Death Ship
28. Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust
29. Fiend Without A Face
30. Lily C.A.T.
31. Child’s Play (2019)

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For one reason or another movies can often get missed or overlooked on the release schedule be it from terrible marketing or just not connecting with audiences upon their initial release. Whatever the reason here are 10 hidden gems from the last decade which are worth discovering.

Youth In Revolt

Tapping into the awkward charms of Michael Cera this indie comedy unsurprisingly sees him playing the terminally awkward Nick who rather check out old movies and records while generally failing to connect with anyone around him until he meets the beautiful Sheeni who shares his love of records and French Culture leading him to create a rebellious and swave alter-ego François Dillinger (complete with pencil moustache) to win her over while wrecking havok on the lives of those around him.

Redline

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31 Days of Horror 2019

For anyone who follows the Movies and Tea instagram or hangs out on the Gentleman’s Guide to Midnight Cinema group page will have been able to follow my daily updates as this year I decide to finally take on the 31 Days of Horror Challange. For those not familar with the challange you have to watch 31 horror movies before Halloween it’s that simple….so here’s how my month went down.

1. Species
2. The Relic
3. Circle
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
5. Hardware
6. The Mimic
7. Humanoids From The Deep Aka Monster
8. Night of the Comet
9. Violence Voyager
10. Stoker
11. Don’t Go In The House
12. The Forest of Love – Podcast
13. Wicked City
14. Fair Game
15. Maniac Cop
16. Sometimes They Come Back
17. The Howling
18. You’re Next
19. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
20. Body Snatchers
21. Lord of Illusions
22. Flatliners (2017)
23. Galaxy of Terror
24. Death Note (2017)
25. A Tale of Two Sisters – Podcast
26. Creepshow 2
27. The Stuff
28. Cabin In The Woods *****
29. Open Windows **
30. The Convent ****
31. Ma ***

It’s been a hectic month to say the least alongside the podcasts for Asian Cinema Film Club, Movies and Tea, TV Good Sleep Bad and Game Warp were we’ve been continuing the Halloween spirit so thanks has to be given to my blogging buddy Heather for keeping me motivated throughout the month as she completed her own month of horror.

Congratulations to everyone who took part and made thier totals and why not let me know in the comments how many movies you managed in the run up to Halloween.

Now we can look forward to doing it all over again in 2020!!