31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 31
Halloween (1978)
dir. John Carpenter
In Haddonfield, IL, on Halloween night 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers inexplicably slaughters his teenage sister. His psychiatrist Dr. Loomis can’t penetrate Michael’s psyche after years of institutionalization, but he knows that, when Myers escapes before Halloween in 1978, there is going to be hell to pay in Haddonfield. While Loomis heads to Haddonfield to alert police, Myers spots bookish teenager Laurie Strode and follows her, constantly appearing and vanishing as Laurie and friends Lynda and Annie make their Halloween plans. By nightfall, the responsible Laurie is doing her own and Annie’s babysitting jobs, while Annie and Lynda frolic in the parent-free house across the street. But Annie and Lynda are not answering the phone, and suspicious Laurie heads across the street to the darkened house to see what is going on. (via)
My Rating: 10/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 30
Carrie (1976)
dir. Brian De Palma
Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn’t make friends easily. After her classmates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period, one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk, to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile, another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behavior is not as forgiving and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school. What she doesn’t realize is that Carrie is gifted, and you really don’t want to get her angry. (via)
My Rating: 10/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 29
The Evil Dead (1981)
dir. Sam Raimi
Ashley “Ash” Williams, his girlfriend and three pals venture into the woods to a cabin for a fun weekend away. There they find an old book, the Book of the Dead, whose text reawakens the dead when it’s read aloud. The friends inadvertently release a flood of evil and must fight for their lives or become one of the evil dead. (via)
My Rating: 10/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 28
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
dir. George A. Romero
Several people barricade themselves inside a rural house in an attempt to survive the night. Outside are hordes of relentless, shambling zombies who can only be killed by a bullet or a blow to the head. (via)
My Rating: 9/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 27
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
dir. Drew Goddard
Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again. (via)
My Rating: 10/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 26
Dead Alive (1992)
dir. Peter Jackson
In 1957, a zoologist traps a rare Sumatran rat-monkey on Skull Island and brings it back to New Zealand with the locals hot on his trail. Later, a young man falls in love and takes the young woman to the zoo. His overbearing and disapproving mother follows them and gets bitten by the rat-monkey. The monkey’s bite turns her into a zombie, and her doting son has to keep her and the others she’s bitten tranquilized in the basement while trying to preserve his love life. (via)
My Rating: 10/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 25
The Woman (2011)
dir. Lucky McKee
When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to “civilize” the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy. (via)
My Rating: 9/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 24
Jennifer’s Body (2009)
dir. Karyn Kusama
Nerdy, reserved bookworm Needy, and arrogant, conceited cheerleader Jennifer are best friends, though they share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. As Needy’s male classmates are steadily killed off in gruesome attacks, the young girl must uncover the truth behind her friend’s transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches her own boyfriend. (via)
My Rating: 9/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 23
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
dir. John Landis
David and Jack, two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he’s plagued by violent nightmares. His mutilated friend also begins appearing to him, warning David that he is becoming a werewolf. When David discovers the horrible truth, he contemplates committing suicide before the next full moon causes him to transform from man to murderous beast. (via)
My Rating: 9/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 22
Brain Damage (1988)
dir. Frank Henenlotter
One morning a young man wakes to find a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but in return demands human victims. (via)
My Rating: 8/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 21
Eyes Without A Face (1960)
dir. Georges Franju
A brilliant surgeon, Dr. Génessier, helped by his assistant Louise, kidnaps nice young women. He removes their faces and tries to graft them onto the head of his beloved daughter Christiane, whose face has been entirely spoiled in a car crash. All the experiments fail, and the victims die, but Génessier keeps trying. (via)
My Rating: 10/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 20
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
dir. Edgar Wright
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living. (via)
My Rating: 10/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 19
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
dir. Victor Salva
Bickering siblings Darry and Trish are driving home for college break when they make a horrific and bizarre discovery in an old church basement. Break may have to wait as Darry and Trish are relentlessly pursued by The Creeper, a creature who is hellbent on catching them. (via)
My Rating: 8/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 18
Frontier(s) (2007)
dir. Xavier Gens
A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an inn run by neo-Nazis. (via)
My Rating: 8/10
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days - Day 17
The Lost Boys (1987)
dir. Joel Schumacher
Financial troubles force a recent divorcee and her teenage sons Mike and Sam to settle down with her father in the California town of Santa Carla. At first, Sam laughs off rumors he hears about vampires who inhabit the small town. But after Mike meets a beautiful girl at the local amusement park, he begins to exhibit the classic signs of vampirism. Fearing for his own safety, Sam recruits two young vampire hunters to save his brother by finding and destroying the head vampire. (via)
My Rating: 8/10
