It’s that time. It’s FINALLY that time. The real Fright-A-Thon begins. October 1st. The leaves outside, even here in California, have a different sheen today. Somehow the air just feels different. It can only mean one thing. Halloween. Yes, it’s October and we’ve been beating around the bush for September to try to extend the evil of Halloween into that month. It’s time for a fully operational Halloween battlestation. I, and probably many of you, like to watch at least one horror themed thing each day of October. It could be an episode of a TV show, or a feature film, or anything you can imagine. But the gods of Halloween will only be satiated with a sacrifice or you paying your respect to the greatest of holidays.
Christmas gets an entire month and a half. Halloween, like we’ve said before, deserves that extra half a month of preparation. That’s the very essence of THS Fright-A-Thon. We’ve got our top horror hounds on the case. But for the very first day of the hallowed month of October, here’s the THS Fright-A-Thon Movie Marathon to keep your horror wits sharp. The list might not be every horror movie that you love, but it’s tried and tested to certainly appease the gods of Horror and Halloween.
You might notice a certain, Wes Craven theme to the list, which is paying respect to one of the masters of Horror. So let’s get to it.
The 31 Day List For Fright-A-Thon
THS Fright-A-Thon October 1st: A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
So this is what Wes Craven was doing instead of Nightmare on Elm Street sequels. Well it turns out, when he gets an original idea, he runs with it. The People Under The Stairs takes a story of a teen and his two friends who break into the house of his parents evil landlords. It’s just weird enough, but also horrifying.
THS Fright-A-Thon October 16th: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)
The double-feature to end all double features. You can watch any other movies on Halloween, but you need to end the night with these two. The film that popularize the slasher genre and the underrated sequel to it. Get the Jack O’ Lanterns around your tv, turn out the lights, and sit with the warm orange glow as you go on the journey. As the trick or treaters fade away, the morning glow of the ending of Halloween II should send you off to bed with a successful Halloween night.
My Apologies To The Films That Didn’t Make The Cut
Making and curating this list was difficult. I had to leave off films that are absolute classics, but those ones are for the horror veterans to watch. This was more for people who are looking to get into horror or need a refresher course. After all, we’re all horror fans and let’s make Halloween 2020 the best it can be.
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