AKA The Spooky Edition! In which I try to make season-appropriate selections where possible.
Original List
**1/1/21/ Capping this at 24/31 - Really Fun Month!**
Favorite First-Time Five*:
1. The Hitcher
2. Videodrome
3. Love & Monsters
4. Scared Shrekless
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street
*Bride of Chucky is second place in my heart but since it's teeeeechnically a rewatch, I'm not adding it to the month's ranking.
Rewatches: The Shining
1. Happy quarantine everyone! I've been quarantining in the 'burgh this whole time so watch a movie that was filmed or takes place in Pittsburgh (if you need inspo I made this lil list a while back)
2. Watch a poorly received or unnecessary sequel
3. Watch a foreign-language…
AKA The Spooky Edition! In which I try to make season-appropriate selections where possible.
Original List
**1/1/21/ Capping this at 24/31 - Really Fun Month!**
Favorite First-Time Five*:
1. The Hitcher
2. Videodrome
3. Love & Monsters
4. Scared Shrekless
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street
*Bride of Chucky is second place in my heart but since it's teeeeechnically a rewatch, I'm not adding it to the month's ranking.
Rewatches: The Shining
1. Happy quarantine everyone! I've been quarantining in the 'burgh this whole time so watch a movie that was filmed or takes place in Pittsburgh (if you need inspo I made this lil list a while back)
2. Watch a poorly received or unnecessary sequel
3. Watch a foreign-language horror film 🎃
4. Happy birthday Buster Keaton! Watch one of his films (either starring or directed)
5. I've been watching a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation this quarantine. Watch a movie with a Star Trek TNG actor
6. Watch a movie from a college film class syllabus (& link the syllabus you found!)
7. Watch a Japanese pink film or a Japanese film made between 1962 & 1980
8. Watch a movie you started but never finished
9. In honor of my favorite college radio station WRCT, Watch a movie featuring a radio host
10. Watch a horror film with a female director 🎃
11. Watch a movie discussed on The Flop House Podcast*
12. Fuck Christopher Columbus! Watch a movie with an Indigenous director
13. Watch a movie with less than 1000 letterboxd reviews (HARD MODE: less than 500)
14. Watch a parody film
15. Watch the movie that #14 parodied
16. Watch the movie currently showing on Le Cinéma Club (they screen one film every Friday that is available to watch for one week so feel free to check it out on different weeks)
17. Watch a horror film with a Black director 🎃
18. Watch a movie from Alex Winter’s 50 B-Sides and Rarities
19. On Letterboxd desktop, you can sort a list by "Shuffle." Do this for your own watchlist and watch a movie from the top row.
20. Watch a movie with Gold in the title or starring Whoopi Goldberg
21. Watch a film from a different country than yours that won a Palme d'Or
22. Watch a film with a character who wears a mask (happy quarantine!)
23. Watch a film in a series with at least five entries
24. Watch a horror film made before 1950 🎃
25. Watch a movie discussed in Willow Maclay's Female Filmmaker Project
26. Watch a movie that got a C (plus or minus) score on an AV Club Review
27. Watch a DCOM (disney channel original movie of course!)
28. Watch a movie starring the Rat Pack or the Brat Pack
29. Watch a movie you've definitely seen before but remember nothing (or very little) about
30. Watch a movie from Letterboxd's Art House Online list or a movie you can rent through your local independent cinema
31. Watch a film that takes place, at least partially, during Halloween 🎃