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Watch one film from every decade of film history.
- 1890 - The Execution of Mary Stuart
- 1900 - Le chaudron infernal
- 1910 - Frankenstein
- 1920 - * The Phantom of the Opera
- 1930 - The Devil Doll; Freaks
- 1940 - * The Corpse Vanishes; * Bluebeard; * The Amazing Mr. X; * The Mummy's Tomb; * The Invisible Man's Revenge; The Tell-Tale Heart
- 1950 - * The House on Haunted Hill; * Attack of the Giant Leeches; * The Bat; * Horror of Dracula; The Bad Seed
- 1960 - * The Last Man on Earth; * The Terror; * Night of the Living Dead; * Bloodlust; * Last Woman on Earth; * Dracula Has Risen from the Grave; It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; The Haunting
- 1970 - Carrie; Blood for Dracula; Suspiria; * The Exorcist; The Legend of Hell House; MST3K: The Giant Spider Invasion; Burnt Offerings; The Sentinel; The Hills Have Eyes; * Halloween; * Dawn of the Dead
- 1980 - Friday the 13th; Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part 3; Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Poltergeist; Friday the 13th Part V; Friday the 13th Part VI; Friday the 13th Part VII; Friday the 13th Part VIII; * Return of the Living Dead; * Little Shop of Horrors; * The Fog; My Bloody Valentine; April Fool's Day; Prince of Darkness; Halloween III: Season of the Witch; * Friday the 13th: The Series: "Shadow Boxer"/"Root of All Evil"; Chopping Mall
- 1990 - Jason Goes to Hell; MST3K: The Giant Spider Invasion; * From Dusk Till Dawn (Commentary); * Frankenstein Unbound; An American Werewolf in Paris; * The Frighteners; * Night of the Living Dead
- 2000 - Pandorum; Skinwalkers; Desert of Blood; One Missed Call (2003); One Missed Call 2; One Missed Call (2008); * Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; The Ferryman; Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist; The Eye (2008); * The Amityville Horror (2005); Hatchet; * Trick 'r Treat; * Underworld; * Underworld: Evolution; * Freddy vs. Jason; Jason X; Friday the 13th; His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th; * Let the Right One In; [REC]; Quarantine; A Haunting in Connecticut; Alone in the Dark; Miner's Massacre; Revenge of the Rats; High Tension; Resident Evil: Degeneration; * My Name Is Bruce; My Bloody Valentine; Mirrors; Halloween (2007); One Missed Call 3: The Final; The Haunting in Connecticut; End of the Line; * Drag Me to Hell; The Forsaken; Feast; Feast II: Sloppy Seconds; Penny Dreadful; * Children of the Corn; Nightmare Man; Tooth and Nail; Rise: Blood Hunter; Them (Ils); The Last Winter; Spirit Trap; * The Host; Feast III: The Happy Finish; Room 6; * The Orphanage; The Tooth Fairy; Lake Dead; Blessed; Borderland; * The Others; The Signal; Splinter; * The Mist; Darkness; Jeepers Creepers; Jeepers Creepers 2; The Grudge 3; The Unborn; * A Tale of Two Sisters; The Uninvited
Watch a film for each rating:
- Unrated (pre-MPAA) - Le chaudron infernal; The Execution of Mary Stuart; Frankenstein (1910); * The Last Man on Earth; * House on Haunted Hill (1959); * Attack of the Giant Leeches; * The Terror; * Night of the Living Dead; * The Corpse Vanishes; * Bluebeard; * The Amazing Mr. X; * Bloodlust; * Last Woman on Earth; * The Bat; * The Phantom of the Opera; * Horror of Dracula; * The Mummy's Tomb; The Devil Doll; * The Invisible Man's Revenge; The Bad Seed; Freaks; The Tell-Tale Heart
- G - * Dracula Has Risen from the Grave; It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; The Haunting
- PG - * Poltergeist; The Legend of Hell House; Burnt Offerings
- PG-13 - Skinwalkers; One Missed Call (2008); The Eye (2008); Revenge of the Rats; * Little Shop of Horrors; * The Others; The Uninvited
- R - Friday the 13th: Part 2; Friday the 13th Part 3; Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Pandorum; One Missed Call (2003); One Missed Call 2; * Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; Carrie; The Ferryman; Suspiria; Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist; * The Exorcist; * The Amityville Horror (2005); Friday the 13th Part V; Friday the 13th Part VI; Friday the 13th Part VII; Friday the 13th Part VIII; * Trick 'r Treat; * Underworld: Evolution; * Freddy vs. Jason; Jason X; Friday the 13th: Killer Cut (2009); * Let the Right One In; [REC]; Quarantine; Alone in the Dark; * Return of the Living Dead; Miner's Massacre; * From Dusk Till Dawn (Commentary); Resident Evil: Degeneration; * Frankenstein Unbound; * The Fog; * My Name Is Bruce; My Bloody Valentine (1981); My Bloody Valentine (2009); Mirrors; Halloween (2007); April Fool's Day; The Forsaken; Prince of Darkness; Feast; Penny Dreadful; Halloween III: Season of the Witch; Nightmare Man; Tooth and Nail; Them (Ils); Spirit Trap; * The Host; The Sentinel; * The Orphanage; Blessed; An American Werewolf in Paris; The Signal; Splinter; * The Mist; * The Frighteners; The Hills Have Eyes; * Night of the Living Dead; Jeepers Creepers; Jeepers Creepers 2; The Grudge 3; * Halloween (1978); Chopping Mall
- NC-17 - Haute tension (High Tension) (2003)
- X (not porn; several horror films were rated X) - Blood for Dracula (1974)
- Unrated (post-MPAA) - Friday the 13th: Uncut (1980); Desert of Blood; Hatchet; * Underworld; Jason Goes to Hell; One Missed Call 3: The Final; The Haunting in Connecticut; End of the Line; * Drag Me to Hell; Feast II: Sloppy Seconds; * Children of the Corn; Rise: Blood Hunter; The Last Winter; Feast III: The Happy Finish; Room 6; The Tooth Fairy; Lake Dead; Borderland; Darkness; The Unborn; * A Tale of Two Sisters; * Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Watch films in at least three formats (DVD, BD, HD DVD, Laserdisc, TV, online, UMD, theater, iPod, etc).
- First format, BD: Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part 3; * Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; * Trick 'r Treat; * Underworld; * Underworld: Evolution; * Freddy vs. Jason; Friday the 13th (2009); * Let the Right One In; * My Name Is Bruce; My Bloody Valentine (2009); The Haunting in Connecticut; * Drag Me to Hell; * The Orphanage; Splinter; * Halloween (1978)
- Second format, DVD, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; * Poltergeist; * The Exorcist; * The Amityville Horror (2005); Friday the 13th Part V; Friday the 13th Part VI; Friday the 13th Part VII; Friday the 13th Part VIII; Jason Goes to Hell; * The Last Man on Earth; * House on Haunted Hill; * Attack of the Giant Leeches; * The Terror; * Night of the Living Dead; * The Corpse Vanishes; * Bluebeard; * The Amazing Mr. X; Jason X; * Bloodlust; * Last Woman on Earth; * The Bat; [REC]; Alone in the Dark; * The Phantom of the Opera; * * Horror of Dracula; * Return of the Living Dead; Revenge of the Rats; MST3K: The Giant Spider Invasion; High Tension; * Dracula Has Risen from the Grave; *!The Mummy's Tomb; * From Dusk Till Dawn (Commentary); * Little Shop of Horrors; * The Invisible Man's Revenge; Resident Evil: Degeneration; * Frankenstein Unbound; * The Fog; My Bloody Valentine (1981); One Missed Call 3: The Final; End of the Line; April Fool's Day; Feast II: Sloppy Seconds; Penny Dreadful; * Children of the Corn; * The Host; Feast III: The Happy Finish; Lake Dead; Blessed; Borderland; * The Others; * The Mist; * The Frighteners; * Darkness; The Hills Have Eyes; * Friday the 13th: The Series: "Shadow Boxer"/"Root of All Evil"; The Grudge 3; * A Tale of Two Sisters; Chopping Mall; * Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Third format, Theater, Pandorum
Watch a film starring:
- Bela Lugosi - * The Corpse Vanishes
- Lon Chaney Sr. - * The Phantom of the Opera
- Boris Karloff - * The Terror
- Lon Chaney Jr. - * The Mummy's Tomb
- Vincent Price - * The Last Man on Earth; * House on Haunted Hill; * The Bat
- Peter Cushing - * Horror of Dracula
- Christopher Lee - * Horror of Dracula; * Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
- Robert Englund - Hatchet; * Freddy vs. Jason
- Bruce Campbell - * My Name is Bruce
- Jamie Lee Curtis - * The Fog; * Halloween
Watch films in at least two languages other than English.
- First language, Japanese: One Missed Call (Chakushin ari); One Missed Call 2; One Missed Call 3: The Final
- Second language, Swedish: * Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
- Third language, Spanish: The Orphanage (El orfanato); [Rec] (2007)
- Fourth language, French: High Tension (Haute tension); Them (Ils)
- Fifth language, Korean: The Host (Gwoemul); A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon)
Watch a film in each of the following subgenres/types:
- Vampire - Desert of Blood; * Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; Blood for Dracula; * Underworld; * Underworld: Evolution; * The Last Man on Earth; * Let the Right One In; * Horror of Dracula; * Dracula Has Risen from the Grave; * From Dusk Till Dawn (Commentary); The Forsaken; Rise: Blood Hunter
- Frankenstein - * Frankenstein Unbound
- Werewolf - Skinwalkers; * Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; * Underworld; Underworld: Evolution; An American Werewolf in Paris
- Mummy - * The Mummy's Tomb
- Invisible Man - * The Invisible Man's Revenge
- Ghost/haunting - * Poltergeist; One Missed Call (2003); One Missed Call 2; One Missed Call (2008); The Eye (2008); * The Amityville Horror (2005); * House on Haunted Hill (1959); * The Terror; The Legend of Hell House; A Haunting in Connecticut; * The Fog; Burnt Offerings; One Missed Call 3: The Final; The Haunting in Connecticut; Spirit Trap; * The Sentinel; Room 6; The Orphanage; The Tooth Fairy; * The Others; The Haunting; * The Frighteners; * Darkness; The Grudge 3; The Unborn
- Witchcraft/satanic/religious - Suspiria; Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist; * The Exorcist; * The Terror; A Haunting in Connecticut; Miner's Massacre; End of the Line; * Drag Me to Hell; Prince of Darkness; * Children of the Corn; The Sentinel; Blessed; Borderland
- Zombies - * Night of the Living Dead; REC; Quarantine; * Return of the Living Dead; Resident Evil: Degeneration; * Night of the Living Dead; * Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Slasher/psycho/homicidal maniac - Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part 3; Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Hatchet; Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning; Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives; Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan; Jason Goes to Hell; * Freddy vs. Jason; * The Corpse Vanishes; * Bluebeard; Jason X; * Bloodlust; * The Bat; Friday the 13th (2009); * The Phantom of the Opera (1925); Miner's Massacre; High Tension; My Bloody Valentine (1981); My Bloody Valentine (2009); Halloween (2007); End of the Line; April Fool's Day; Penny Dreadful; Nightmare Man; Tooth and Nail; Them (Ils); The Tooth Fairy; Lake Dead; Borderland; The Signal; The Tell-Tale Heart; * The Frighteners; The Hills Have Eyes; * Friday the 13th: The Series: "Shadow Boxer"/"Root of All Evil"; * Halloween (1978); * A Tale of Two Sisters; The Uninvited
- Monster/creature feature/Godzilla - Pandorum; The Ferryman; * Attack of the Giant Leeches; Alone in the Dark; MST3K: The Giant Spider Invasion; * Little Shop of Horrors; * My Name is Bruce; Feast; Feast II: Sloppy Seconds; Nightmare Man; * The Host; Feast III: The Happy Finish; The Tooth Fairy; Splinter; * The Mist; Jeepers Creepers; Jeepers Creepers 2
- Documentary - His Name Was Jason; A Haunting in Connecticut
- Musical - * Little Shop of Horrors
- Spoof/comedy - * The Return of the Living Dead; * Little Shop of Horrors; * My Name Is Bruce
- Revenge - Carrie; * The Invisible Man's Revenge; * The Fog; One Missed Call 3: The Final
- Killer/evil doll - The Devil Doll
- Killer/evil animal - Revenge of the Rats
- Killer/evil child - The Bad Seed; * Children of the Corn
- Giallo - Suspiria
- J horror - Chakushin ari (One Missed Call); One Missed Call 2; One Missed Call 3: The Final
- MST3K/rifftrax/CT - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Giant Spider Invasion
- film and its remake - One Missed Call (2003/2008); Friday the 13th (1980/2009); [REC]/Quarantine; My Bloody Valentine (1981/2009); Night of the Living Dead (*1968/*1990); Halloween (*1978/2007); * A Tale of Two Sisters/The Uninvited
- based on a video game - Alone in the Dark; Resident Evil: Degeneration
- based on a novel - Carrie; * The Exorcist; * The Amityville Horror (2005); * The Last Man on Earth; * Let the Right One In; The Legend of Hell House; * The Phantom of the Opera; * Horror of Dracula; The Bad Seed; * Frankenstein Unbound; Burnt Offerings; * Children of the Corn; The Sentinel; The Tell-Tale Heart; The Haunting; * The Mist
- directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis or Uwe Boll or Ulli Lommel - Alone in the Dark
- won an Academy Award -- any category - * The Exorcist
- silent film - * The Phantom of the Opera
- Criterion version film - Blood for Dracula
- with commentary - * From Dusk Till Dawn
- film and at least two of its sequels - Friday the 13th (12 films); * Underworld (3 films); One Missed Call (3 Films); Feast (3 films)
- anthology film - * Trick 'r Treat
- takes place on a holiday - * Trick 'r Treat; My Bloody Valentine (1981); My Bloody Valentine (2009); Halloween (2007); Halloween III: Season of the Witch; The Signal; It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; * Halloween (1978)
- takes place in space - Jason X
- takes place on or under the sea - The Ferryman; Friday the 13th Part VIII
- animated film - * Resident Evil: Degeneration; It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- called "Night of the ..." - * Night of the Living Dead (1968); * Night of the Living Dead (1990)
- called "Return of the ..." - * The Return of the Living Dead
- called "Revenge of the ..." - Revenge of the Rats
- called "Attack of the ..." - * Attack of the Giant Leeches
- with the words "Living Dead" in the title - * Night of the Living Dead; * The Return of the Living Dead; * Night of the Living Dead (1990)
LEGEND:
- (*) = Owned
- @ = On DVR
- % = Current Rental
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