Perhaps the scariest aspect of this sixth Octoblur horror movie marathon is how out-of-shape I am with regard to movie blogging. Will I be able to survive another month of 31+ horror movies, or will this form of self-mutilation lead me to an early grave?
Nevertheless, I’ve been stockpiling horror movies since the end of last Octoblur — it’s only through rigorous self-discipline that I have managed to resist watching most of these during the rest of the year — and am leaning more heavily than ever on the recommendations of Elric Kane, whose Pure Cinema and Shock Waves podcasts have become my most fertile sources for obscure discoveries.
For mainstream horror, I will dip a foot or two in popular franchises, including filling-in-the-blanks of the Halloween franchise. Last year, I watched John Carpenter's original Halloween and the 2018 sequel. This year, I'll watch the rest of that series (some of them for the first time) as I listen to the new Stitcher Premium podcast, In Myers We Trust With Gyers And Rust.
Here are links to our past Octoblur projects:
The 65 movies, from worst-to-best, as represented by their loudest moments.
Same list of 65 movies, from best-to-worst, with less screaming.
Dir.: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Flickcharted: #3268 (29.11%)
Dir.: Kevin Tenney
Flickcharted: #3450 (25.15%)
Re-ranked from #4283 (7.07%; +18.07%)
Dir.: Robert Eggers
Flickcharted: #1064 (76.91%)
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Dir.: Vernon Zimmerman
Flickcharted: #1900 (58.77%)
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Dir.: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Flickcharted: #748 (83.76%)
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Dir.: Claudio Fragasso
Flickcharted: #3394 (26.30%)
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Dir.: Don Dohler
Flickcharted: #2220 (51.78%)
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Dir.: Rob Zombie
Flickcharted: #4552 (1.11%)
Re-ranked from #3155 (31.46%; -30.35%)
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Dir.: Rob Zombie
Flickcharted: #2225 (51.66%)
Re-ranked from #3661 (20.46%; 31.20%)
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Dir.: Rick Rosenthal
Flickcharted: #3291 (28.50%)
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Dir.: Steve Miner
Flickcharted: #3397 (26.18%)
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Dir.: Roland af Hällström
Flickcharted: #1758 (61.79%)
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Dir.: Nino Oxilia
Flickcharted: #2229 (51.54%)
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Dir.: Lars Klevberg
Flickcharted: #1384 (69.91%)
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Dir.: Michael Chaves
Flickcharted: #3352 (27.10%)
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Dir.: Joe Chappelle
Flickcharted: #3959 (13.88%)
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Dir.: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Flickcharted: #4019 (12.55%)
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Dir.: Dwight H. Little
Flickcharted: #2210 (51.90%)
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Dir.: Tommy Lee Wallace
Flickcharted: #2038 (55.65%)
Re-ranked from #2021 (56.02%; -0.37%)
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Dir.: Sandor Stern
Flickcharted: #1629 (64.54%)
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Dir.: Robert Aldrich
Flickcharted: #1724 (62.46%)
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Dir.: Michael Dugan
Flickcharted: #3151 (31.38%)
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Dir.: Bob Dahlin
Flickcharted: #3008 (34.48%)
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Dir.: James W. Roberson
Flickcharted: #3543 (22.81%)
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Dir.: Oz Perkins
Flickcharted: #2673 (41.75%)
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Dir.: Lamont Johnson
Flickcharted: #1778 (61.25%)
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Dir.: Philip Leacock
Flickcharted: #3344 (27.10%)
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Dir.: William Castle
Flickcharted: #1865 (59.33%)
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Dir.: Joe Begos
Flickcharted: #1154 (74.83%)
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Dir.: Stacie Passon
Flickcharted: #1855 (59.53%)
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Dir.: Katt Shea
Flickcharted: #3173 (30.77%)
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Dir.: Howard Avedis
Flickcharted: #3258 (28.90%)
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Dir.: Rick Rosenthal
Flickcharted: #3970 (13.34%)
Re-ranked from #3837 (16.24% / -2.90%)
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Dir.: Brian De Palma
Flickcharted: #769 (83.21%)
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a.k.a. Escape 2000
Dir.: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Flickcharted: #2252 (50.84%)
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Dir.: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Flickcharted: #1125 (75.44%)
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Dir.: Charles B. Pierce
Flickcharted: #3471 (24.18%)
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Dir.: Abe Forsythe
Flickcharted: #1567 (65.78%)
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Dir.: Gordon Hessler
Flickcharted: #2251 (50.82%)
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Dir.: Douglas Hickox
Flickcharted: #1382 (69.80%)
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Dir.: William Castle
Flickcharted: #1888 (58.73%)
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Dir.: Karl Freund
Flickcharted: #2252 (50.77%)
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Dir.: Sergio G. Sánchez
Flickcharted: #3233 (29.30%)
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Dir.: Jack Starrett
Flickcharted: #902 (80.27%)
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Dir.: Corin Hardy
Flickcharted: #3440 (24.74%)
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Dir.: Paul Wendkos
Flickcharted: #1165 (74.51%)
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Dir.: James Wan
Flickcharted: #3207 (29.81%); re-ranked from #3046 (33.33%; -3.52%)
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Dir.: Michio Yamamoto
Flickcharted: #1844 (59.64%)
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Dir.: Michio Yamamoto
Flickcharted: #2267 (50.37%)
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Dir.: Michio Yamamoto
Flickcharted: #2974 (34.82%)
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Dir.: Stevan Mena
Flickcharted: #3162 (30.72%)
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Dir.: Jacques Tourneur
Flickcharted: #2195 (51.92%)
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Dir.: Stevan Mena
Flickcharted: #2652 (41.92%)
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Dir.: Stevan Mena
Flickcharted: #3141 (31.22%)
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Dir.: Nicolas Pesce
Flickcharted: #1435 (68.54%)
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Dir.: Joe Begos
Flickcharted: #2372 (47.99%)
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Dir.: Can Evrenol
Flickcharted: #2276 (50.09%)
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Dir.: Giorgio Ferroni
Flickcharted: #3156 (30.77%)
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