Checklist completed: 10/23/08

Watch one film from every decade of film history.

• 1890 - The Execution of Mary Stuart
• 1900 - Le chaudron infernal
• 1910 - Frankenstein
• 1920 - The Unknown
• 1930 - Werewolf of London; Son of Frankenstein; Dracula's Daughter; Vampyr
• 1940 - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; The Mummy's Hand; The Invisible Woman
• 1950 - House on Haunted Hill; Creature from the Black Lagoon; Revenge of the Creature; The Blob
• 1960 - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; Black Sunday; Attack of the Mushroom People (Matango); Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: Hands of Fate; Village of the Damned; House of Usher; Eyes Without a Face; Looney Tunes: Transylvania 6-5000; The Innocents; The Birds
• 1970 - From Beyond the Grave; Dracula; Flesh for Frankenstein; Halloween
• 1980 - One Dark Night; Dolls; A Nightmare on Elm Street; A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge; A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors; A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master; A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child; The Evil Dead; The Return of the Living Dead; Evil Dead II (Commentary); Ghost Story; Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Love Story to Die For; An American Werewolf in London; Night of the Comet; The Lost Boys; The Company of Wolves; The Funhouse; Prom Night (1980); Friday the 13th the Series: "Hellowe'en"; The Fog; Halloween II
• 1990 - Candyman; Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare; Wes Craven's New Nightmare; Event Horizon; Lake Placid; John Carpenter's Village of the Damned; Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: Hands of Fate; Interview with the Vampire; South Park: Pinkeye; House on Haunted Hill; Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
• 2000 - Masterpiece Theatre: Bram Stoker's Dracula; The Ruins; The Hitcher; Tim Burton's Corpse Bride; Primeval; The Messengers; Frontière(s); All About The Birds; Black Dahlia; The Dark; Below; Thr3e; Reincarnation (Rinne); Resident Evil; Perfect Creature; Masters of Horror: Jenifer; Resident Evil: Apocalypse; Devour; Masters of Horror: Deer Woman; Wicked Little Things; Dark Ride; Resident Evil: Extinction; The House of Usher; The Midnight Meat Train; Lost Boys: The Tribe; Masters of Horror: Incident On and Off a Mountain Road; Clive Barker's The Plague; Dead Silence; Vacancy; Shaun of the Dead; Masters of Horror: Homecoming; Masters of Horror: Chocolate; Halloween (2007); Crazy Eights; Mulberry St.; Prom Night; Ginger Snaps; Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed; Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning; Queen of the Damned; Turistas; Joshua; The Reaping; Invader ZIM: Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom; Pulse; Pulse 2; Hannibal Rising; Dead Birds; Masters of Horror: The Fair Haired Child; Masters of Horror: Family; Shutter; The Ring; Dawn of the Dead; Masters of Horror: Imprint; Black Sheep; Monster House; Stupid Teenager Must Die!; The Hamiltons; Unrest; The Deaths of Ian Stone; 30 Days of Night; Return to House on Haunted Hill; AvP: Alien vs. Predator; AvPR: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem; Cloverfield; Unearthed

Watch a film for each rating:

• Unrated (pre-MPAA) - The Execution of Mary Stuart; Le chaudron infernal; Frankenstein; Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; Werewolf of London; Son of Frankenstein; The Unknown; Black Sunday; House on Haunted Hill; The Mummy's Hand; The Invisible Woman; The Blob; Attack of the Mushroom People (Matango); Dracula's Daughter; Village of the Damned; House of Usher; Eyes Without a Face; The Innocents; Vampyr
• G - Creature from the Black Lagoon
• PG - One Dark Night; Tim Burton's Corpse Bride; From Beyond the Grave; Monster House; The Birds
• PG-13 - The Messengers; Thr3e; Night of the Comet; The Ring; AvP: Alien vs. Predator; Cloverfield
• R - Dolls; The Hitcher; Candyman; Primeval; A Nightmare on Elm Street; A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge; A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors; A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master; A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child; Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare; Wes Craven's New Nightmare; The Dark; Dracula; Below; Event Horizon; Reincarnation (Rinne); The Return of the Living Dead; Lake Placid; Resident Evil; Ghost Story; Perfect Creature; Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Love Story to Die For; John Carpenter's Village of the Damned; Resident Evil: Apocalypse; Devour; Dark Ride; Resident Evil: Extinction; The House of Usher; An American Werewolf in London; The Lost Boys; Clive Barker's The Plague; Dead Silence; The Company of Wolves; Vacancy; Shaun of the Dead; Crazy Eights; Mulberry St.; The Funhouse; Prom Night (1980); Ginger Snaps; Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed; Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning; Interview with the Vampire; Queen of the Damned; Turistas; Joshua; The Reaping; Pulse 2; Hannibal Rising; Dead Birds; The Hamiltons; Unrest; The Deaths of Ian Stone; 30 Days of Night; House on Haunted Hill; Unearthed; The Fog (1980); Halloween (1978); Halloween II; Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
• NC-17 - The Evil Dead
• X (not porn; several horror films were rated X) - Flesh for Frankenstein
• Unrated (post-MPAA) - The Ruins; Black Dahlia; Frontière(s); Evil Dead II (Commentary); Wicked Little Things; The Midnight Meat Train; Lost Boys: The Tribe; Halloween (2007); Prom Night; Pulse; Shutter; Dawn of the Dead; Black Sheep; Stupid Teenagers Must Die!; Return to House on Haunted Hill; AvPR: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Watch a film starring:

• Bela Lugosi - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; Son of Frankenstein
• Lon Chaney Sr. - The Unknown
• Boris Karloff - Son of Frankenstein
• Lon Chaney Jr. - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
• Vincent Price - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; House on Haunted Hill; House of Usher
• Peter Cushing - From Beyond the Grave
• Christopher Lee - Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
• Robert Englund - A Nightmare on Elm Street; A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge; A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors; A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master; A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child; Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare; Wes Craven's New Nightmare
• Bruce Campbell - The Evil Dead; Evil Dead II (Commentary)
• Jamie Lee Curtis - Prom Night (1980); The Fog (1980); Halloween (1978); Halloween II; Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.

• First language, French - Frontière(s); Eyes Without a Face
• Second language, Japanese - Reincarnation (Rinne); Attack of the Mushroom People (Matango)
• Third language, German - Vampyr

Watch a film in each of the following subgenres/types:

• Vampire - Masterpiece Theatre: Bram Stoker's Dracula; Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; Dracula; Perfect Creature; Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Love Story to Die For; Dracula's Daughter; The Lost Boys; Lost Boys: The Tribe; Interview with the Vampire; Queen of the Damned; Vampyr; The Hamiltons; 30 Days of Night
• Frankenstein - Frankenstein (1910); Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; Son of Frankenstein; Flesh for Frankenstein
• Werewolf - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; Werewolf of London; An American Werewolf in London; The Company of Wolves; Ginger Snaps; Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed; Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
• Mummy - The Mummy's Hand
• Invisible Man - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; The Invisible Woman
• Ghost/haunting - The Messengers; House on Haunted Hill (1959); The Dark; Below; Reincarnation (Rinne); Ghost Story; Crazy Eights; Pulse; Pulse 2; Dead Birds; Shutter; The Innocents; The Ring; Monster House; Unrest; House on Haunted Hill (1999); Return to House on Haunted Hill; The Fog
• Witchcraft/satanic/religious - Black Sunday; From Beyond the Grave; Devour; The Reaping; Masters of Horror: The Fair Haired Child
• Zombie - The Return of the Living Dead; Resident Evil; Resident Evil: Apocalypse; Wicked Little Things; Resident Evil: Extinction; Night of the Comet; Shaun of the Dead; Masters of Horror: Homecoming; Dawn of the Dead (2004)
• Slasher/psycho/homicidal maniac - The Hitcher; A Nightmare on Elm Street; A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge; A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors; A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master; A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child; Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare; Wes Craven's New Nightmare; Frontière(s); Black Dahlia; The Unknown; Thr3e; Dark Ride; The Midnight Meat Train; Masters of Horror: Incident On and Off a Mountain Road; Vacancy; Halloween (2007); Prom Night (2007); Prom Night (1980); Turistas; Hannibal Rising; Masters of Horror: Family; Stupid Teenagers Must Die!; Halloween (1978); Halloween II; Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
• Monster/creature feature/Godzilla - The Ruins; Creature from the Black Lagoon; Revenge of the Creature; The Blob; Masters of Horror: Jenifer; Attack of the Mushroom People (Matango); Masters of Horror: Deer Woman; Mulberry St.; The Funhouse; The Deaths of Ian Stone; AvP: Alien vs. Predator; AvPR: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem; Cloverfield; Unearthed
• Documentary - All About The Birds
• Musical - Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
• Spoof/comedy - Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein; The Return of the Living Dead; The Invisible Woman; Night of the Comet; Shaun of the Dead
• Revenge - A Nightmare on Elm Street; House on Haunted Hill (1959); Dead Silence; Prom Night (1980); Masters of Horror: Family; House on Haunted Hill (1999); The Fog
• Killer/evil doll - Dolls; Dead Silence
• Killer/evil animal - Primeval; Lake Placid; Black Sheep; The Birds
• Killer/evil child - John Carpenter's Village of the Damned; Village of the Damned; Clive Barker's The Plague; Joshua
• Giallo - Black Sunday
• J horror - Reincarnation (Rinne)
• MST3K/rifftrax/CT - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: Hands of Fate
• film and its remake - Village of the Damned/John Carpenter's Village of the Damned; House of Usher (1960)/The House of Usher (2006); House on Haunted Hill (1959/1999); Halloween (1978/2007)
• based on a video game - Resident Evil; Resident Evil: Apocalypse; Resident Evil: Extinction
• based on a novel - Masterpiece Theatre: Bram Stoker's Dracula; The Ruins; Candyman; From Beyond the Grave; The Dark; Dracula; Thr3e; Ghost Story; John Carpenter's Village of the Damned; The House of Usher; The Midnight Meat Train; Village of the Damned; House of Usher; The Company of Wolves; Interview with the Vampire; Queen of the Damned; Eyes Without a Face; Hannibal Rising; The Innocents; 30 Days of Night
• directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis or Uwe Boll or Ulli Lommel - Black Dahlia
• won an Academy Award -- any category - An American Werewolf in London (Best Makeup)
• silent film - The Execution of Mary Stuart; Le chaudron infernal; Frankenstein; The Unknown
• Criterion version film - The Blob
• with commentary - Evil Dead II
• film and at least two of its sequels - A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-7; Resident Evil 1-3; Ginger Snaps 1-3; Halloween/Halloween II/Halloween H20
• anthology film - From Beyond the Grave
• takes place on a holiday - Halloween (2007); Halloween (1978); Halloween II; Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
• takes place in space - Event Horizon
• takes place on or under the sea - Below
• animated film - Tim Burton's Corpse Bride; It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; Looney Tunes: Transylvania 6-5000; Invader ZIM: Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom; South Park: Pinkeye; Monster House
• called "Night of the ..." - Night of the Comet
• called "Return of the ..." - The Return of the Living Dead
• called "Revenge of the ..." - Revenge of the Creature
• called "Attack of the ..." - Attack of the Mushroom People (Matango)
• with the words "Living Dead" in the title - The Return of the Living Dead