31 Days of Horror (Halloween 2017)

DAY ONE THEME: 6 Horrific Ways the World Will End

Suggestions:

Nuclear Holocaust

The Day the World Ended (1955)

Parasite (1982)

Hardware (1990)

Viral Infection

The Last Man on Earth (1964)

28 Weeks Later (2007)

Carriers (2009)

Zombie Apocalypse

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Dead Alive (1992)

Zombieland (2009)

Alien Invasion

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

The Faculty (1998)

Signs (2002)

Supernatural End of Days

The Stand (1994)

Pulse (2006)

The Mist (2007)

Nature Strikes Back

Them! (1954)

Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

The Happening (2008)

DAY TWO THEME: 33 Zombie Movies You Have to See

Suggestions:

Old School

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Zombie (1979)

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Modern School

The Evil Dead (1981)

Re-Animator (1985)

28 Days Later (2002)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

OCTOBER 2 BONUS MOVIE

*My bonus movies won't necessarily follow the theme of the day.

DAY THREE THEME: The 20 Best Giant Animal Horror Movies

Suggestions:

King Kong (1933)

Tarantula (1955)

Jaws (1975)

Prophecy (1979)

Razorback (1984)

The Fly (1986)

Mimic (1997)

Lake Placid (1999)

Frankenfish (2004)

Rogue (2008)

DAY FOUR THEME: The Best Epidemic Infection Horror Movies

Suggestions:

The Crazies (1973)

Shivers (1975)

Demons (1985)

Warning Sign (1985)

Cabin Fever (2002)

Slither (2006)

28 Weeks Later (2007)

The Signal (2008)

Splinter (2008)

The Thaw (2009)

DAY FIVE THEME: The 25 Best Alien Invasion Movies

Suggestions:

The Blob (1958)

The Thing (1982)

Critters (1986)

Predator (1987)

Cloverfield (2008)

Extraterrestrial (2014)

DAY SIX THEME: The 25 Best Horror Comedies

Suggestions:

Ghostbusters (1984)

Gremlins (1984)

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

House (1986)

Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

Tremors (1990)

Dead End (2003)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Feast (2006)

DAY SEVEN THEME: 20 Guilty Pleasure Horror Movies*

Suggestions:

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Dr. Giggles (1992)

The Good Son (1993)

The Craft (1996)

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

Dragonfly (2002)

Darkness Falls (2003)

Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

House of Wax (2005)

The Reaping (2007)

* Based on the opinion of the article’s author.

DAY EIGHT THEME: 29 Awesome Werewolf Movies

Suggestions:

The Wolf Man (1941)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

The Howling (1981)

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Silver Bullet (1985)

Wolf (1994)

Ginger Snaps (2000)

Underworld (2003)

DAY NINE THEME: 20 Horror Films About Demonic Possession

Suggestions:

The Exorcist (1973)

The Amityville Horror (1976)

Burnt Offerings (1976)

The Evil Dead (1981)

Fallen (1998)

The Covenant (2000)

Session 9 (2001)

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

Paranormal Activity (2009)

The Rite (2011)

DAY TEN THEME: The Most Terrifying Ghost Movies of All Time

Suggestions:

The Haunting (1963)

The Changeling (1980)

The Shining (1980)

Poltergeist (1982)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

The Ring (2002)

Insidious (2011)

The Conjuring (2013)

DAY ELEVEN THEME: 25 Best Horror Films Featuring Killer Kids

Suggestions:

Village of the Damned (1960)

It’s Alive (1974)

The Omen (1976)

Children of the Corn (1984)

Firestarter (1984)

Wicked Little Things (2006)

Whisper (2007)

Orphan (2009)

Case 39 (2010)

Citadel (2012)

DAY TWELVE THEME: 14 Fang-Tastic Vampire Movies

Suggestions:

Dracula (1931)

Salem’s Lot (1979)

Fright Night (1985)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

30 Days of Night (2007)

DAY THIRTEEN THEME: 20 Family-Friendly Horror Films

Suggestions:

The Bad Seed (1956)

The Blob (1958)

Poltergeist (1982)

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Gremlins (1984)

The Others (2001)

The Village (2004)

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

Dark Skies (2013)

DAY FOURTEEN THEME: 25 Killer Slasher Movies

Suggestions:

Black Christmas (1974)

Halloween (1978)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

Child’s Play (1988)

Evil Dead Trap (1988)

Scream (1996)

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Hatchet (2007)

DAY FIFTEEN THEME: 28 Backwoods Horror Movies

Suggestions:

The Old Dark House (1932)

Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Motel Hell (1980)

Trapped (1982)

Wrong Turn (2003)

The Butcher (2005)

Wolf Creek (2005)

Broken (2007)

Frontier(s) (2008)

DAY SIXTEEN THEME: Best Aquatic Horror Movies

Suggestions:

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Jaws (1975)

Alligator (1980)

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

Lake Placid (1999)

Below (2002)

Open Water (2003)

Triangle (2010)

DAY SEVENTEEN THEME: Caught on Tape: The Best Found-Footage Horror Movies

Suggestions:

The Last Broadcast (1998)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

REC (2007)

Cloverfield (2008)

Paranormal Activity (2009)

Exhibit A (2010)

The Last Exorcism (2010)

Troll Hunter (2011)

The Sacrament (2014)

DAY EIGHTEEN THEME: 20 Horror Movies “Based on a True Story”

Suggestions:

Psycho (1960)

The Exorcist (1973)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Gothic (1986)

An American Haunting (2006)

DAY NINETEEN THEME: 30 Great Back to School Horror Movies

Suggestions:

Carrie (1976)

Prom Night (1980)

Hell Night (1981)

The House on Sorority Row (1982)

After Midnight (1989)

Scream (1996)

The Faculty (1998)

Battle Royale (2000)

The Final (2010)

The Awakening (2012)

DAY TWENTY THEME: 21 Best Horror Anthology Movies

Suggestions:

Kwaidan (1964)

Night Gallery (1969)

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

Creepshow (1982)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Tales from the Hood (1995)

Campfire Tales (1997)

Three…Extremes (2004)

Trick ‘r Treat (2009)

DAY TWENTY-ONE THEME: The Best Stephen King Horror Movies Ever*

Suggestions:

Carrie (1976)

Salem’s Lot (1979)

The Shining (1980)

Creepshow (1982)

The Dead Zone (1983)

Silver Bullet (1985)

Pet Sematary (1989)

It (1990)

Misery (1990)

The Dark Half (1993)

Needful Things (1993)

1408 (2007)

* This one I just copied all of the suggestions down.

DAY TWENTY-TWO THEME: 10 Horror Movie Remakes That are Better Than the Originals

Suggestions:

The Thing (1982)

The Fly (1986)

House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Black House (2007)

Maniac (2013)

DAY TWENTY-THREE THEME: Horror Movie Sequels (Arguably) Better Than the Originals*

Suggestions:

Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981)

Aliens (1986)

Ghoulies II (1987)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)

Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

* The theme that was supposed to be here was “15 Awful Sequels to Great Horror Movies,” however that link kept taking me to something not even remotely similar and I couldn’t find a comparable article, so I found one that was opposite, hence the theme above.

DAY TWENTY-FOUR THEME: The 20 Worst Horror Movie Remakes

Suggestions:

Psycho (1998)

The Haunting (1999)

Thir13en Ghosts (2001)

The Amityville Horror (2005)

The Fog (2005)

The Wicker Man (2006)

Halloween (2007)

The Hitcher (2007)

April Fool’s Day (2008)

Carrie (2013)

DAY TWENTY-FIVE THEME: The Best Worst Horror Movies: So Very Bad, They’re Good

Suggestions:

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984)

Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985)

Troll 2 (1990)

Hellbound (1994)

Biohazard: The Alien Force (1995)

Ring of Darkness (2004)

The Wicker Man (2006)

Mega Piranha (2010)

DAY TWENTY-SIX THEME: The Highest-Grossing Horror Movies Ever*

Suggestions:

The Exorcist (1973)

Gremlins (1984)

Blade (1998)

Red Dragon (2002)

The Ring (2002)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

I Am Legend (2007)

Paranormal Activity (2007)

Zombieland (2009)

Annabelle (2014)

* This is a list of the Top 100 Highest-Grossing Horror Movies of all time. The suggestions I added to this list are the ones they highlighted/emphasized (the suggested list here is done by year, not highest-grossing), but their list is far too long for me to sift through. Check out the original article.

DAY TWENTY-SEVEN THEME: The Scariest Horror Movie Scenes*

Suggestions:

Black Christmas (1974)

Halloween (1978)

Alien (1979)

The Thing (1982)

28 Days Later (2002)

The Eye (2002)

The Descent (2005)

Lake Mungo (2010)

Insidious (2011)

* If you want to know which scenes warrant each movie’s inclusion on the list, check out the original article.

DAY TWENTY-EIGHT THEME: 25 Horror Flicks with Twist Endings

Suggestions:

Psycho (1960)

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

April Fool’s Day (1986)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Se7en (1995)

The Others (2001)

Identity (2003)

High Tension (2005)

DAY TWENTY-NINE THEME: Horror Movies You Didn’t Realize Were Based on Books*

Suggestions:

The Thing from Another World (1951)

Psycho (1960)

The Wicker Man (1973)

Dead Calm (1989)

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Valentine (2001)

The Ring (2002)

Audition (2009)

* Another one that was supposed to be a completely different theme. The original article, “20 Underrated Horror Movies You Should Give a Second Chance,” is gone, so I found another one to use in its place.

DAY THIRTY THEME: The Best Horror Movies You’ve Never Seen

Suggestions:

The House in Nightmare Park (1973)

Effects (1980)

Trapped (1982)

The Echo (2004)

Wild Country (2005)

Crooked House (2008)

36 Pasos (2009)

Ring of Curse (2011)

This one will be the hardest, since I don’t actually own any of the suggested movies. I do have a subscription to Shudder and a link to a website where I can watch hundreds of horror movies for free (legally), so hopefully one of those will pan out.

DAY THIRTY-ONE THEME: Top 15 Halloween Horror Movies

Suggestions:

Halloween (1978)

Trick or Treat (1986)

Night of the Demons (1988)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Ginger Snaps (2000)

The Hazing (2004)

Satan’s Little Helper (2004)

Boo (2005)

Trick ‘r Treat (2009)