Michael Elliott
Senior HTF Member
***Official 24th Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge 2023***
1. Watch 13 Scary/Horror/Halloween-Themed films, etc. from midnight October 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023 (use your own time zone to set the ending time).
2. Theatrically released films and short features count as 1 point each. Running times are irrelevant. TV specials (e.g. "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!") and individual episodes of anthology TV series (e.g. "The Twilight Zone") also count as 1 point each. For episodic TV series, 2 hour-long episodes (e.g. "The Walking Dead") count as 1 point and 3 episodes of 30 minute-long episodes (e.g. "The Munsters") count as 1 point.
3. Two of the 13 films, et. al. must be new discoveries, movies you've never seen before. The point of this is to see those few movies you've always meant to see, but never got around to. Please specify new discoveries in your film list by making them bold, adding asterisks, different colors, etc.
4. Come here and talk about 'em.
5. There is an uber-category, the Ultimate Splatter Challenge for those who wish to put all of the rest of us to shame. This is the heavyweight division. These people, if they choose to accept the challenge, must view 31 horror/scary/Halloween themed movies before dawn on Nov. 1st. Ten new discoveries are recommended for this one. The rest of us will bow down in awed reverence to these truly "Splatterific" HTF members. The bragging rights will be awesome and long lived. What movies qualify? If you wanna include it, go for it. There will be no hairsplitting. If The Wizard of Oz sends you to the dresser for a fresh pair of boxer shorts, all the power.
6. At the end of the challenge, the totals will be added up based on the point system outlined in number 2 above.
23rd Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge 2022 Results:
Michael Elliott 167 (136)
Travis R 148 (2)
Ruz-El 135.5 (119)
BobO'Link 133 (42)
John Stell 109 (15)
Robert Crawford 88 (46)
sleroi 86.66 (59)
JasonRoer 77 (35)
dpippel 55 (20)
compson 47 (41)
Adam Lenhardt 39.5 (23)
Neil Middlemiss 36 (15)
Suzanne.S 35 (26)
Malcolm R 30.5 (14)
Jeff Flugel 24.33 (19.33)
John Rice 17 (9)
EricSchulz 16 (11)
Bryan^H 7
1. Watch 13 Scary/Horror/Halloween-Themed films, etc. from midnight October 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023 (use your own time zone to set the ending time).
2. Theatrically released films and short features count as 1 point each. Running times are irrelevant. TV specials (e.g. "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!") and individual episodes of anthology TV series (e.g. "The Twilight Zone") also count as 1 point each. For episodic TV series, 2 hour-long episodes (e.g. "The Walking Dead") count as 1 point and 3 episodes of 30 minute-long episodes (e.g. "The Munsters") count as 1 point.
3. Two of the 13 films, et. al. must be new discoveries, movies you've never seen before. The point of this is to see those few movies you've always meant to see, but never got around to. Please specify new discoveries in your film list by making them bold, adding asterisks, different colors, etc.
4. Come here and talk about 'em.
5. There is an uber-category, the Ultimate Splatter Challenge for those who wish to put all of the rest of us to shame. This is the heavyweight division. These people, if they choose to accept the challenge, must view 31 horror/scary/Halloween themed movies before dawn on Nov. 1st. Ten new discoveries are recommended for this one. The rest of us will bow down in awed reverence to these truly "Splatterific" HTF members. The bragging rights will be awesome and long lived. What movies qualify? If you wanna include it, go for it. There will be no hairsplitting. If The Wizard of Oz sends you to the dresser for a fresh pair of boxer shorts, all the power.
6. At the end of the challenge, the totals will be added up based on the point system outlined in number 2 above.
23rd Annual HTF October Scary Movie Challenge 2022 Results:
Michael Elliott 167 (136)
Travis R 148 (2)
Ruz-El 135.5 (119)
BobO'Link 133 (42)
John Stell 109 (15)
Robert Crawford 88 (46)
sleroi 86.66 (59)
JasonRoer 77 (35)
dpippel 55 (20)
compson 47 (41)
Adam Lenhardt 39.5 (23)
Neil Middlemiss 36 (15)
Suzanne.S 35 (26)
Malcolm R 30.5 (14)
Jeff Flugel 24.33 (19.33)
John Rice 17 (9)
EricSchulz 16 (11)
Bryan^H 7
Thanks to HorrorMoviesonTV for the list!
Sunday, October 1, 2023
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Sunday, October 1, 2023
- 2:00am – Godzilla (1954)
- 4:00am – Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- 2:00am – The X from Outer Space (1967)
- 4:00am – Genocide (1968)
- 8:00pm – Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- 10:00pm – Dressed to Kill (1980)
- 12:00am – Cat People (1942)
- 1:30am – The Hunger (1983)
- 3:15am – Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
- 5:00am – The Wasp Woman (1960)
- 1:45am – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
- 8:00am – It! (1967)
- 9:45am – The Mummy’s Shroud (1967)
- 11:30am – Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- 1:00pm – Crack-Up (1946)
- 6:00am – King Kong (1933)
- 8:00am – Son of Kong (1933)
- 9:15am – Kongo (1932)
- 10:45am – The Death Kiss (1933)
- 12:15pm – Doctor X (1932)
- 1:45pm – The Walking Dead (1936)
- 3:00pm – The Vampire Bat (1933)
- 4:15pm – I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
- 5:30pm – Isle of the Dead (1945)
- 6:45pm – The Leopard Man (1943)
- 8:00pm – Cape Fear (1962)
- 10:00pm – The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- 11:45pm – From Beyond the Grave (1973)
- 3:15am – House of Dark Shadows (1970)
- 6:00am – Hausu (1977)
- 7:45am – Mark of the Vampire (1935)
- 9:00am – Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
- 10:45am – Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
- 12:30pm – The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
- 1:45pm – The Ghost Ship (1943)
- 3:00pm – Two on a Guillotine (1965)
- 5:00pm – Tormented (1960)
- 6:30pm – The Terror (1963)
- 8:00pm – Gaslight (1944)
- 3:00am – King Kong (1933)
- 12:30am – Poltergeist (1982)
- 4:15am – Village of the Damned (1960)
- 5:45am – Children of the Damned (1964)
- 4:00pm – Freaks (1932)
- 5:15pm – The Devil-Doll (1936)
- 6:45pm – Mark of the Vampire (1935)
- 1:30am – The Haunting (1963)
- 4:15pm – The Nanny (1965)
- 12:30am – The Mysterious Island (1929)
- 3:30am – House of Wax (1953)
- 5:15am – House on Haunted Hill (1958)
- 6:30am – The Bat (1959)
- 8:00pm – Soylent Green (1973)
- 10:00pm – The Omega Man (1971)
- 4:00am – The Awakening (1980)
- 8:00pm – Frankenstein (1931)
- 9:30pm – Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- 2:00am – Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
- 3:30am – The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- 5:00am – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
- 9:45pm – The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
- 10:30pm – The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
TCM Terror-Thon
Monday, October 30, 2023- 12:00am – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
- 2:00am – Cure (1997)
- 4:15am – Kuroneko (1968)
- 6:00am – Chamber of Horrors (1966)
- 7:45am – Freaks (1932)
- 9:00am – Mad Love (1935)
- 10:30am – White Zombie (1932)
- 11:45am – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
- 1:45pm – The Body Snatcher (1945)
- 3:15pm – The Seventh Victim (1943)
- 6:15pm – The Devil’s Bride (1968)
- 9:45pm – The Devil’s Own (1966)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
- 4:45am – The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
- 6:30am – Rasputin–The Mad Monk (1966)
- 8:15am – Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
- 10:00am – The Mummy (1959)
- 11:45am – Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- 1:15pm – The Invisible Man (1933)
- 2:30pm – The Black Cat (1934)
- 3:45pm – Frankenstein (1931)
- 5:00pm – Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- 6:30pm – The Wolf Man (1941)
- 10:00pm – When a Stranger Calls (1979)
- 1:30am – Carnival of Souls (1962)
- 3:00am – Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- 4:45am – Spider Baby (1964)
Thanks again to HorrorMoviesonTV!
Sunday, October 1, 2023
Sunday, October 1, 2023
- 1:30am – Halloween II
- 4:00am – Halloween (1978)
- 6:00am – Halloween III: Season of The Witch
- 8:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 10:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 12:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 2:30pm – Halloween II
- 5:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 7:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 9:00am – Corridors of Blood
- 9:15am – The Creation of the Humanoids
- 9:30am – Invasion of the Neptune Man
- 9:45am – The Apparition
- 11:45am – Jason X
- 2:00pm – Halloween Resurrection
- 4:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 6:00pm – Trick ‘R Treat
- 8:00pm – Rosemary’s Baby
- 11:00pm – Cursed Films
- 12:00am – Fright Night
- 9:00am – Jet Attack
- 9:15am – Suicide Battalion
- 9:30am – Drag Me to Hell
- 11:30am – The Rite
- 2:00pm – The Prodigy
- 4:00pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 6:00pm – Candyman
- 8:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 10:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 12:00am – Poltergeist
- 9:00am – Violent Midnight
- 9:15am – Tanks of El Alamein
- 9:30am – Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
- 12:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- 2:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- 4:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 6:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 10:00pm – Friday the 13th (2009)
- 12:00am – Child’s Play
- 5:14am – Violent Midnight
- 5:29am – Tanks of El Alamein
- 9:00am – Voodoo Woman
- 9:15am – Sinister 2
- 11:30am – Freddy Vs. Jason
- 1:30pm – Friday the 13th (2009)
- 3:30pm – Friday the 13th (2010)
- 5:30pm – The Last House on the Left
- 8:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 10:00pm – Insidious: The Last Key
- 12:15am – House of Wax
- 9:15am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:15am – The Gift
- 12:45pm – Insidious: The Last Key
- 3:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 5:00pm – Halloween (2007)
- 7:30pm – Halloween II
- 10:00pm – V/H/S/94
- 12:15am – V/H/S/99
- 2:45am – Happy Death Day 2 U
- 4:45am – Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell
- 7:00am – Creepshow
- 10:00am – The Haunting in Connecticut
- 12:15pm – The Exorcist
- 3:00pm – Final Destination 5
- 5:00pm – The Final Destination
- 7:00pm – Final Destination
- 9:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 11:00pm – Final Destination 3
- 1:00am – Final Destination
- 3:00am – Final Destination 2
- 5:00am – Quarantine 2: Terminal
- 7:00am – Flight of the Living Dead
- 9:00am – The Dead Zone
- 11:30am – 1408
- 2:00pm – Misery
- 4:30pm – Firestarter
- 7:00pm – Christine (1983)
- 11:46pm – Christine (1983)
- 9:30am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:30am – Sinister 2
- 12:45pm – The Haunting in Connecticut
- 3:00pm – Misery
- 5:30pm – The Last House on the Left
- 8:00pm – House of Wax
- 10:30pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 12:30am – Evil Dead
- 9:00am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:00am – House of the Dead
- 12:00pm – Evil Dead
- 2:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 4:00pm – Pumpkinhead
- 6:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 8:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 10:00pm – The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Halloween (1978) AMC Original Special
- 12:30am – Halloween (2007)
- 5:07am – Corridors of Blood
- 5:22am – Jet Attack
- 9:00am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:00am – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 12:00pm – Halloween Resurrection
- 2:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 4:00pm – Halloween II
- 6:00pm – Halloween III
- 8:00pm – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 10:00pm – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 12:00am – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 5:25am – Suicide Battalion
- 5:40am – Tanks of El Alamein
- 9:00am – War of The Colossal Beast
- 9:15am – Hellboy
- 11:15am – Ghoulies
- 1:15pm – Tremors II: Aftershocks
- 3:30pm – Tremors
- 5:30pm – The Thing
- 8:00pm – The Exorcist (1973)
- 10:45pm – Final Destination
- 9:15am – Invasion of the Neptune Man
- 9:30am – Voodoo Woman
- 9:45am – Priest
- 11:45am – Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
- 1:45pm – Friday the 3th Part IX: Jason Goes to Hell
- 3:45pm – Freddys Vs. Jason
- 5:45pm – Jason X
- 8:00pm – Friday the 13th (2009)
- 10:00pm – Creepshow SEASON 4 PREMIERE
- 5:03am – Ghoulies
- 7:00am – Pumpkinhead
- 9:00am – The Thing
- 11:30am – Fright Night
- 2:00pm – Christine
- 4:00pm – Halloween II
- 6:00pm – Halloween III
- 8:00pm – Poltergeist
- 10:30pm – Candyman
- 12:30am – Pumpkinhead
- 2:30am – An American Werewolf In London
- 4:30am – Hellraiser: Inferno
- 7:00am – Happy Death Day 2U
- 9:00am – Child’s Play
- 11:00am – The Strangers
- 1:00pm – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
- 3:00pm – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- 5:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 7:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 12:34am – Halloween (1978)
- 9:00am – Identity
- 10:30am – The Rite
- 1:00pm – The Possession
- 3:00pm – The People Under the Stairs
- 5:30pm – Firestarter
- 8:00pm – Christine
- 10:00pm – The Exorcist
- 5:19am – Suicide battalion
- 5:34am – Violent Midnight
- 9:00am – Body Snatchers
- 11:00am – 1408
- 1:30pm – Misery
- 4:00pm – Christine
- 6:00pm – Trick ‘R Treat
- 8:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 10:00pm – House of Wax
- 12:30am – Insidious: The Last Key
- 9:00am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:00am – Candyman
- 12:00pm – Hellraiser: Hellseeker
- 2:00pm – Hellraiser: Hellworld
- 4:00pm – Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
- 6:00pm – Jeepers Creepers
- 8:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 10:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 12:00am – Candyman
- 5:30am – Voodoo Woman
- 5:45am – Tanks of El Alamein
- 9:30am – Daybreakers
- 11:45am – Don’t Breathe
- 1:45pm – The Haunting in Connecticut
- 4:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
- 6:00pm – Ghost Ship
- 8:00pm – Friday the 13th (2009)
- 10:00pm – Poltergeist
- 12:30am – Pumpkinhead
- 9:00am – Eli Roth’s History of Horror
- 10:00am – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- 12:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- 2:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
- 4:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- 6:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
- 8:00pm – A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- 12:30am – Army of Darkness
- 6:30am – The Dead Zone
- 9:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 11:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- 1:00pm – Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
- 3:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 5:00pm – Halloween II
- 7:00pm – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- 9:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
- 11:00pm – Halloween (1978)
- 1:00am – Halloween II
- 3:00am – Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- 5:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- 7:00am – The Last Exorcism
- 9:00am – The Possession
- 11:00am – Final Destination 5
- 1:00pm – The Final Destination
- 3:00pm – Final Destination
- 5:00pm – Final Destination 2
- 7:00pm – Final Destination 3
- 9:00pm – Fear the Walking Dead (Mid-Season Premiere)
Pre-Code Horror: FEATURING: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Svengali (1931), Doctor X (1932), Freaks (1932), Island of Lost Souls (1932), The Most Dangerous Game (1932), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)*, The Old Dark House (1932), Thirteen Women (1932), Murders in the Zoo (1933), Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935)
Art-House Horror: Häxan (1922), Vampyr (1932), Eyes Without a Face (1960), Jigoku (1960), Carnival of Souls (1962), Onibaba (1964), The Face of Another (1966), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Kuroneko (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Spirits of the Dead (1968), Flesh for Frankenstein (1973), Sisters (1973), Blood for Dracula (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Eraserhead (1977), House (1977), Suspiria (1977), The Shout (1978), Arrebato (1979), The Brood (1979), Wolf’s Hole (1987), The Vanishing (1988), Cronos (1993), Cure (1997), Donnie Darko (2001), Trouble Every Day (2001), Antichrist (2009), The Lure (2015), Suicide by Sunlight (2019)
90s Horror: Def by Temptation (1990), The Exorcist III (1990), Frankenhooker (1990), Body Parts (1991)*, The Rapture (1991), Dust Devil (1992)*, When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)*, In the Mouth of Madness (1994), The Addiction (1995), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)*, Ravenous (1999)
Art-House Horror: Häxan (1922), Vampyr (1932), Eyes Without a Face (1960), Jigoku (1960), Carnival of Souls (1962), Onibaba (1964), The Face of Another (1966), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Kuroneko (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Spirits of the Dead (1968), Flesh for Frankenstein (1973), Sisters (1973), Blood for Dracula (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Eraserhead (1977), House (1977), Suspiria (1977), The Shout (1978), Arrebato (1979), The Brood (1979), Wolf’s Hole (1987), The Vanishing (1988), Cronos (1993), Cure (1997), Donnie Darko (2001), Trouble Every Day (2001), Antichrist (2009), The Lure (2015), Suicide by Sunlight (2019)
90s Horror: Def by Temptation (1990), The Exorcist III (1990), Frankenhooker (1990), Body Parts (1991)*, The Rapture (1991), Dust Devil (1992)*, When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)*, In the Mouth of Madness (1994), The Addiction (1995), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)*, Ravenous (1999)
10/1: Dead End (2023), Evil Dead II (1987), Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), Lake Mungo (2008), May (2002), The Gate (1987), The Lords of Salem (2012)
10/2: Spirit Halloween (2022), Hell House LLC The Director's Cut (2015), Hell House LLC II (2018), Hell House LLC III (2019)
10/6: V/H/S 85 (2023)
10/9: All Hallow's Eve (2013), All Hallow's Eve 2 (2015), Dog Soldiers (2002)
10/10: The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs: 1978 Halloween Special
10/13: Creepshow - Season 4 (2023), The Puppetman (2023)
10/16: Lockdown Tower (2022)
10/20: Night of the Hunted (2023), Joe Bob's Halloween
10/23: Kidnapped (2010), The Midnight Man (2016)
10/27: When Evil Lurks (2023)
10/30: Hell House LLC Origins (2023), The Moulet Brothers' Dragula -Season 5
10/31: Saw 1-7
10/2: Spirit Halloween (2022), Hell House LLC The Director's Cut (2015), Hell House LLC II (2018), Hell House LLC III (2019)
10/6: V/H/S 85 (2023)
10/9: All Hallow's Eve (2013), All Hallow's Eve 2 (2015), Dog Soldiers (2002)
10/10: The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs: 1978 Halloween Special
10/13: Creepshow - Season 4 (2023), The Puppetman (2023)
10/16: Lockdown Tower (2022)
10/20: Night of the Hunted (2023), Joe Bob's Halloween
10/23: Kidnapped (2010), The Midnight Man (2016)
10/27: When Evil Lurks (2023)
10/30: Hell House LLC Origins (2023), The Moulet Brothers' Dragula -Season 5
10/31: Saw 1-7
10/1: The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula AD 1972, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Final Destination 1-5, Freddy Vs Jason, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Friday the 13th (remake), The Haunting (original), Horror of Dracula, Leatherface: TCM 3, The Lost Boys, Meg 2: The Trench, The Mummy (1959), Pet Sematary, Pet Sematary II, The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Poltergeist (original), Scream 1-3, Soylent Green, Species 1-3, Stephen King's Cat's Eye, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Trick 'r Treat, Warm Bodies,
9/22 No One Will Save You (Hulu)
10/1: Ash vs Evil Dead Seasons 1-3 (Hulu), Leprechaun series (Hulu), Appendage (Hulu)
10/4: Haunted Mansion (2023-Disney+)
10/5: The Boogeyman (2023-Hulu)
10/9: The Mill (2023-Hulu)
10/12: Monster Inside: America's Most Extreme Haunted Houses (2023-Hulu)
10/13: Goosebumps (2023-Disney+)
10/15: Sloterhouse (2023-Hulu)
10/20: Werewolf By Night In Color (Disney+)
10/20: Cobweb (2023-Hulu)
10/1: Ash vs Evil Dead Seasons 1-3 (Hulu), Leprechaun series (Hulu), Appendage (Hulu)
10/4: Haunted Mansion (2023-Disney+)
10/5: The Boogeyman (2023-Hulu)
10/9: The Mill (2023-Hulu)
10/12: Monster Inside: America's Most Extreme Haunted Houses (2023-Hulu)
10/13: Goosebumps (2023-Disney+)
10/15: Sloterhouse (2023-Hulu)
10/20: Werewolf By Night In Color (Disney+)
10/20: Cobweb (2023-Hulu)
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