40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 28 - Horror film with a great soundtrack.
I really liked Joseph Renzetti’s score in the original Child’s Play. It’s creepy but also feels like something out of a fairy tale. I wish it could be featured again in the franchise but given the original film being separate rights-wise I don’t see that happening.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 27 - Best death scene in a horror film.
The death of Captain Henry Rhodes in George Romero’s Day of the Dead is one of the most gruesome deaths in a horror film and also one of the most satisfying.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 26 - Best use of gore in a horror film.
The French film Inside has the most effective use of gore in my opinion. It’s a bloodbath in every sense of the word but it’s also masterfully done in terms of directing and acting.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 25 - Most disturbing horror film.
There are worse films out there but Speak No Evil is the one that comes to my mind in terms of disturbing horror. It’s not a film that I liked but I suppose the filmmakers did not intend it to be.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 24 - Favorite horror television show.
‘Channel Zero’ was a horror anthology show with each season being based off a different 'creepypasta’. The show was creepy and surreal with concepts and monsters I’ve never seen depicted before. Each season is worth seeing but “Butcher’s Block” was the standout with a great performance from Rutger Hauer.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 23 - Favorite made-for-tv horror film.
I wanted to pick something else for a change of pace but it’s hard for me to pick anything else other than Stephen King’s It for this. The first part is great; Tim Curry as Pennywise can’t be topped and the kids are all fantastic. The second part drags a bit but still has its moments. The new movies, which I still liked, just reinforced to me how much the miniseries got right the first time.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 22 - Favorite foreign horror film.
Not my favorite per se but Frontier(s) is up there. It’s one of the best takes on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre formula.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 21 - Favorite horror comedy film.
PG: Psycho Goreman is hilarious and ultraviolent film about two kids who force an intergalactic warlord to do their bidding.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 20 - Favorite horror science fiction movie.
Daybreakers is an interesting mix of horror and science fiction that imagines a futuristic world ruled by vampires where human blood has become a dwindling resource. Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill steal the show.
40 Day Horror Movie Challenge
Day 19 - Favorite psychological horror film.
A Tale of Two Sisters is a film I’ve talked about a bit. It’s one of the best South Korean horror films in my opinion with some genuinely creepy moments and beautiful visuals. It’s a film that holds up on repeat viewings as there are so many things you’ll catch a second or third time around.