Established in 2009, with very few hiccups, the Monster Mash Movie Marathon Month is my yearly October horror movie ritual. Each night I watch a horror movie I've never seen before. That's it! Not so hard, huh? As per the usual, I'll be attempting to blog my reviews for each film as we go, but I don't promise to make it through all of the write-ups (I always try!). Check back here on Sundays through and beyond October to see if I make the deadline!
While I haven't actually planned for any sort of theme this year, there's a smattering of stuff outside of my comfort zone. Including a few Asian titles, an Italian title or two, and more. I suppose if there were a theme, it would be along the lines of "Going back to series I gave up on / Watching things I never wanted to see". Friday the XIII, Resident Evil, Herschell Gordon Lewis and others are back in the line-up. There is also a mini-theme of dogs in play.
While certain MMMMM favourites are back (We are forced to go into AIP's Poe films if we want to keep watching Vincent Price, similarly it would be a piss-poor MMMMM without any Larry Cohen, so be on the lookout for his entry), other things had to fall by the wayside this year (sadly, there is no entry by Lucio Fulci this year. Kind of an oversight on my part, but there's always 2019. Similarly, there is no Stephen King adaptation this year, instead we'll be giving a shot to his erstwhile progeny, Joe Hill).
So, then, please find the 'official selection' of this year's MMMMM below. The list is in (loose) chronological order, and not the order I intend to watch them in. The link on each title should take you to (usually) the film's theatrical trailer. Or at the very least, a trailer.
I'm always willing to watch anything with a friend. If you know me, and see something you'd like to watch, reach out and we'll figure out a mutually agreeable time.
(1941) The Wolf Man
(1960) The House of Usher
(1960) Black Sunday
(1963) Blood Feast
(1965) Kwaidan
(1976) JD's Revenge
(1978) Zoltan: Hound of Dracula
(1982) White Dog
(1984) Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
(1985) Transylvania 6-5000
(1985) Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf
(1987) It's Alive 3: Isle of Alive
(1987) The Gate
(1988) The Lair of the White Worm
(1988) Hack-O-Lantern **
(1990) Nightbreed
(1992) Candyman
(2002) Resident Evil
(2002) Eight Legged Freaks
(2006) The Host
(2010) The Dead
(2012) Eddie - The Sleepwalking Cannibal
(2013) Horns
(2015) Bone Tomahawk
(2016) The Autopsy of Jane Doe
(2016) It Stains the Sands Red
(2017) Raw
(2017) It Comes At Night
(2018) Annihilation
(2018) Hereditary
(2018) The Night Eats the World
** - This extremely difficult to find B-Movie is going to require me to order it off of Amazon, and even then, there may be hiccups. In the case I fail to procure it, I'll be substituting (1988) The Blob in for it. Heck, I might even watch that one as an extra.
