What began as a personal crash course into an under-explored genre has become a communal month long survey of horror movies of varied origins, decades, tones, and scares. A mere 31 movies this year. Held annually since 2011.

A graphic list with movie posters can be found here, but see below for streaming options and complete movie details (listed chronologically):

  • The Hands of Orloc / Orlacs Hände (dir. Robert Wiene, 1924; Austria), 92 min
    Trailer
    Free: Youtube, Kanopy

  • The Seventh Victim (dir. Mark Robson, 1943; USA), 71 min
    Trailer
    Rent: Amazon

  • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (dir. Charles Barton, 1948; USA), 82 min
    Trailer
    Free: Amazon Prime

  • The Flesh and the Fiends (dir. John Gilling, 1960; UK), 94 min
    Trailer
    Free: Kanopy
    Rent: Amazon

  • Peeping Tom (dir. Michael Powell, 1960; UK), 101 min
    Trailer
    Rent: Amazon (or free with 7-day trial subscription to BFI Player Classics)

  • The Intruder (dir. Roger Corman, 1962; USA), 84 min
    Trailer
    Free: Kanopy, Youtube (low resolution)

  • Demon / Il demonio (dir. Brunello Rondi, 1963; Italy/France), 100 min
    Trailer
    Free: Criterion Channel
    Rent: Amazon

  • Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (dir. Jack Hill, 1967; USA), 86 min
    Trailer
    Free: Criterion Channel, Amazon Prime

  • Destroy All Monsters / Kaijū Sō-shingeki (dir. Ishirō Honda, 1968; Japan), 89 min
    Trailer
    Free: Amazon Prime

  • I Drink Your Blood (dir. David E. Durston, 1971; USA), 90 min
    Trailer
    Free: Kanopy
    Rent: Amazon Prime (or free with 7-day trial subscription to Screambox)

  • See No Evil (dir. Richard Fleischer, 1971; UK/USA), 89 min
    Trailer
    Free: Youtube
    Rent: Amazon Prime

  • The Girl on the Broomstick / Dívka na koštěti (dir. Václav Vorlíček, 1972; Czechoslovakia), 80 min
    Trailer
    Free: Criterion Channel

  • Messiah of Evil (dir. Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, 1973; USA), 90 min
    Trailer
    Free: Kanopy
    Rent: Amazon Prime (or free with 7-day trial subscription to AMC+)

  • The Tenant (dir. Roman Polanski, 1976; France), 125 min
    Trailer
    Free: Paramount+ Showtime
    Rent: Amazon Prime (or free with 7-day trial subscription to Showtime)

  • Network (dir. Sidney Lumet, 1976; USA), 121 min
    Trailer
    Free:
    Rent: Amazon

  • 3 Women (dir. Robert Altman, 1977; USA), 124 min
    Trailer
    Rent: Amazon

  • Someone’s Watching Me! (dir. John Carpenter, 1978; USA), 98 min
    Trailer
    Free: Criterion Channel
    Rent: Amazon

  • Christmas Evil (dir. Lewis Jackson, 1980; USA), 100 min
    Trailer
    Free: Amazon, Kanopy

  • Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (dir. William Asher, 1981; USA), 96 min
    Trailer
    Free: Internet Archive
    Rent: Amazon (or free with 7-day trial subscription to AMC+)

  • Possession (dir. Andrzej Żuławski, 1981; France/West Germany), 124 min
    Trailer
    Free: Kanopy
    Rent: Amazon (or free with 7-day trial subscription to AMC+)

  • The Appointment (dir. Lindsey C. Vickers, 1982; UK), 90 min
    Trailer
    Rent: Amazon (or free with 7-day trial subscription to BFI Player Classics)

  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man (dir. Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989; Japan), 67 min
    Trailer
    Free: Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    Rent: Amazon

  • Celia (dir. Ann Turner, 1989; Australia), 103 min
    Trailer
    Free: Kanopy

  • Tremors (dir. Ron Underwood, 1990; USA), 96 min
    Trailer
    Free: Peacock
    Rent: Amazon

  • The Lawnmower Man (dir. Brett Leonard, 1992; USA), 141 min
    Trailer
    Free: Criterion Channel
    Rent: Amazon

  • Freaked (dir. Alex Winter, 1993; USA), 86 min
    Trailer
    Free: Youtube

  • Bringing Out The Dead (dir. Martin Scorsese, 1999; USA), 121 min
    Trailer
    Free: Paramount+
    Rent: Amazon (or free with 7-day trial subscription to Paramount+)

  • No Country for Old Men (dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2007; USA), 122 min
    Trailer
    Free: Paramount+ Showtime
    Rent: Amazon

  • Operation Avalanche (dir. Matt Johnson, 2016; Canada/USA), 94 min
    Trailer
    Free: Kanopy
    Rent: Amazon

  • Late Night with The Devil (dir. Colin Cairnes & Cameron Cairnes, 2023; Australia/USA/United Arab Emirates), 89 min
    Trailer
    Free: Hulu, Shudder
    Rent: Amazon (or free with 7-day trial subscription to AMC+)

  • I Saw the TV Glow (dir. Jane Schoenbrun, 2024; USA), 100 min
    Trailer
    Free: Max
    Rent: Amazon (or free with 7-day trial subscription to Max)

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