Tuesday, 25 September 2018

31 Days of Modern Horror: The Longlist

Last year, as part of our Halloween celebrations here at Castle Vanian, we had a 31 Days of Classic Horror movie marathon. So... what to do this year?

Well, 31 Days of Modern Horror, of course!


We're busy trying to whittle down our (ever increasing, it seems) longlist for this year's marathon, which will start in just a few days. Here's where we are at the moment:

2000:
Bless the Child
Cherry Falls
The Convent
Crocodile
Cut
Dracula 2000
Final Destination
Ginger Snaps
Hollow Man
Lost Souls
Pitch Black
Shadow of the Vampire
Supernova
What Lies Beneath

2001:
Bones
The Bunker
Dagon
The Devil's Backbone
Fear of the Dark
From Hell
Ghosts of Mars
Jason X
Jeepers Creepers
Joy Ride
Pulse
The Others
Thir13en Ghosts

2002:
28 Days Later
Blade II
Bubba Ho-Tep
Cabin Fever
Dog Soldiers
Eight Legged Freaks
The Eye
Fear of the Dark
FeardotCom
Ghost Ship
Halloween: Resurrection
Queen of the Damned
Resident Evil
The Ring
Rose Red

2003:
Darkness Falls
Dead End
Decoys
Dreamcatcher
Final Destination 2
Freddy vs. Jason
Gothika
House of the Dead
Identity
Jeepers Creepers II
Monster Man
Undead
Underworld
The Uninvited
Wrong Turn

2004:
Alien vs. Predator
Club Dread
Creep
Cube Zero
Dawn of the Dead
Dead Birds
Dead Meat
Frankenfish
Ghost Lake
The Grudge
Malevolence
One Missed Call
Premonition
Satan's Little Helper
Saw
Shaun of the Dead
Van Helsing

2005:
Alone in the Dark
The Amityville Horror
Boy Eats Girl
Cursed
Dark Water
The Descent
Doom
Evil Aliens
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Land of the Dead
Man-Thing
Mortuary
Reeker
The Skeleton Key

2006:
Abominable
An American Haunting
Black Sheep
Hatchet
Pulse
See No Evil
Silent Hill
Slither
When a Stranger Calls
The Woods

2007:
30 Days of Night
1408
The Caretaker
The Cook
Dead Silence
Devil's Diary
Diary of the Dead
Halloween
The Messengers
The Mist
My Name is Bruce
The Orphanage
Trick 'r Treat
Paranormal Activity
Prey
The Reaping
REC
Shrooms
Skinwalkers
Sweeny Todd
Vacancy

2008:
Book of Blood
The Children
Cloverfield
The Cottage
Diary of the Dead
Eden Lake
The Happening
Let the Right One In
Mirrors
Pontypool
Quarantine
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Shutter
Splinter

2009:
The Collector
Daybreakers
Dead Snow
Doghouse
Dorian Gray
Drag Me to Hell
Friday the 13th
Hush
Jennifer's Body
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Pandorum
Splice
Survival of the Dead
Zombieland

2010:
Black Death
The Crazies
Exorcismus
The Innkeepers
Insidious
My Soul to Take
Piranha 3-D
Predators
Priest
Stake Land
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
The Wolfman

2011:
The Awakening
Fright Night
Inbred
Season of the Witch
Stitched
The Thing

2012:
The Bay
The Cabin in the Woods
Cockneys vs Zombies
The Collection
The Devil Inside
Elfie Hopkins
Grabbers
John Dies at the End
The Pact
Piranha 3DD
Prometheus
The Raven
REC 3: Genesis
Silent Hill: Revelation
Sinister
Smiley
V/H/S
The Woman in Black

2013:
Bad Milo!
The Conjuring
Dark Skies
Frankenstein's Army
Fright Night 2: New Blood
Haunter
Horns
Open Grave
The Purge
World War Z

2014:
Annabelle
As Above, So Below
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
Fatal Frame
Housebound
Jessabelle
Late Phases
See No Evil 2
What We Do in the Shadows

2015:
Dead Rising: Watchtower
Demonic
Howl
Krampus
Poltergeist
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Sinister 2

2016:
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Bedeviled
Better Watch Out
The Conjuring 2
Don't Breathe
Friend Request
The Girl with All the Gifts
Hush
Lights Out
Train to Busan

2017:
Alien: Covenant
Amityville: The Awakening
Annabelle: Creation
The Babysitter
The Bye Bye Man
Cult of Chucky
Happy Death Day
Get Out
It
Jigsaw
Mayhem
Tragedy Girls
Wish Upon

2018:
Bad Samaritan
Blood Fest
Boarding School
The Devil's Doorway
Insidious: The Last Key
The Nun
Summer of 84
Winchester

What do you make of our list? Have you spotted any monsters (pun intended) we're missing? (Don't even say Sharknado. That's a dirty word in this house.) If you have any corrections or suggestions, do get in touch! Otherwise, we'll see you in a day or two with a shortlist!