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2019 Shudder 31 Days of Halloween Viewing Guide Reviewed and Ranked

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Shudder’s 31 Days of Halloween Horror Viewing Guide

Finished watching, rating and reviewing the last of Shudder’s 31 Days of Halloween Horror View Guide. Here are links to all reviews and ranked listing of all the movies including the three that were part of the Joe Bob Briggs Halloween Hootenanny event on October 25, 2019 (three Halloween movies, the original John Carpenter masterpiece plus Halloween 4 and Halloween 5). The list below intentionally excludes the Shudder Creepshow TV series, which I’ve reviewed and rated all of those in a separate TV REVIEW post (Season 1 posted here).

NOTE: Bolded titles were first watches in October 2019, click title to read the review

  1. Halloween (1978)⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  2. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  3. Phantasm ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  4. Dead & Buried ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  5. The Devil’s Rejects ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  6. The Wax Mask⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  7. The Changeling ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  8. Haunt ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  9. Magic ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  10. The Furies ⭐️⭐️⭐
  11. T️he Nightshifter⭐️⭐️⭐
  12. City of the Living Dead ⭐️⭐️⭐
  13. Nightmare Cinema ⭐️⭐️⭐
  14. Hands Of The Ripper ⭐️⭐️⭐
  15. The Taking of Deborah Logan ⭐️⭐️⭐
  16. Noroi: The Curse ⭐️⭐️⭐
  17. (Joe Bob Special) Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers ⭐️⭐️½
  18. Terrified ⭐️⭐️½
  19. Demons ⭐️⭐️½
  20. Hell House LLC ⭐️⭐️½
  21. Belzebuth ⭐️⭐️½
  22. Creepshow 2 ⭐️⭐️
  23. The Witch in the Window ⭐️⭐
  24. Gwen ⭐️⭐
  25. Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl⭐️½ ️
  26. Yiy ⭐️
  27. (Joe Bob Special) Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers ½ ️

John Carpenter’s eerie music just stole the show for pure horror value and earns the #1 slot. I think that’s a staple for both new and veteran horror fans alike to watch in/around Halloween every year.

Interestingly, at the opposite end — way deep at the bottom of the list — is the literally unwatchable (and the only reason I suffered through watching it again was because it was part of Joe Bob’s Shudder special) Halloween 5. Yikes, that is one of the trashiest horror sequels in an iconic franchise ever made with its only saving grace being Donald Pleasence

‎2019 Shudder 31 Days of Halloween Viewing Guide – Social Watching Fun!

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Watch, rate and review along with other Shudder fans all throughout October 2019

Am a bit behind getting started viewing the 2019 October Shudder 31 Days of Halloween Viewing Guide movies. A small few of them I’ve already seen, so that will help out, but will probably rewatch those anyway. Sharing here so others reading can follow and participate as well, if you like. It is fun to watch movies on a recommended watchlist, so I wanted to get this posted ASAP.

As of this writing, I’ve watched, rated and reviewed (click title to read full review) the following (from oldest to newest, not ranked):

  1. The Taking of Deborah Logan ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – amateur film crew documents woman suffering from Alzheimer’s and something much darker
  2. Yiy ⭐️ – 1967 soviet horror film involving witches and weirdness
  3. The Furies ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – aggressive multi-slasher flick with young women dropped into a game with a bunch of Jason-like stalkers.
  4. Belzebuth ⭐️⭐️ ½ – promising beginning that becomes a bit too familiar. A string of strange children murders along the US-Mexico border. Tobin Bell (Saw) stars.

Also here is a video update on our October 2019 Horror Movie Challenge (66+ horror films watched or rewatched and reviewed during the 31 days of October):

Have watched, rated and reviewed 31 of the goal of 66+ horror movies in October 2019

October 2019 Challenge — in progress update (34 / 66+ is 52% complete)
Watch and review 66+ horror films:

  1. Psycho⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  2. The Invisible Man ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  3. The Thing ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  4. Rosemary’s Baby ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  6. The Birds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  7. Tales From The Hood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  8. X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes  ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½
  9. Scream ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  10. The Ruins ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  11. Child’s Play (1988) ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  12. Rubber ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
  13. Children of the Corn (1984) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½
  14. The Human Centipede ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  15. Leprechaun 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  16. Severance ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  17. The Furies ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  18. Leprechaun In The Hood ⭐️⭐️⭐
  19. The Taking of Deborah Logan ⭐️⭐️⭐️
  20. Tremors ⭐️⭐️ ½
  21. Escape Room ⭐️⭐️ ½
  22. Belzebuth ⭐️⭐️ ½
  23. A️pt Pupil ⭐️⭐️
  24. Freddy vs. Jason ⭐️⭐️
  25. The Blair Witch Project ⭐️⭐️
  26. Creepshow 2 ⭐️⭐️
  27. Chernobyl Diaries ⭐️⭐️
  28. Needful Things ⭐️½
  29. Would You Rather⭐️½
  30. Firestarter ⭐️
  31. Maximum Overdrive ⭐️
  32. The Human Centipede 2⭐️
  33. Yiy ⭐️
  34. You Can’t Kill Stephen King ½