Week # |
Movie |
Chooser |
Notes |
Badges |
Genres; Tags; Milestone Counters |
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| 1 | The Visitor | Chelsea | Broke the "Incest Free" streak right out of the gate, Chelsea is still sorry. | religious; incest; southern gothic | |
| 2 | Event Horizon | Danielle | A classic, and one of the few Sam Neill villain roles. |  |
sci-fi; gore; psychological |
| 3 | Scream (1996) | Christina | The first slasher to really poke fun at the horror genre, Scream is still a brutal film. It also spawned an incredible amount of sequels- and the majority of them are surprisingly good! |  |
slasher; 90s; meta |
| 4 | Tucker and Dale vs. Evil | Chelsea | They did indeed have a doozy of a day. |  |
comedy; Alan Tudyck; slasher |
| 5 | Nope | Laura | The most accurate title of any movie on this list. | sci fi; the horse lives! | |
| 6 | We Have Always Lived in the Castle | Danielle | Christina worried about this one as it's her favourite book; there was no need to worry. | gothic horror; Shirley Jackson; book to film; CAvote: 8/10 | |
| 7 | The Manor | Christina | Official design for the Ghoul Scouts member tattoo! |  |
Blumhouse; druids; senior stars |
| 8 | Split/Second | Chelsea | Rutger Hauer?? Kim Cattrall?? Pete Postlethwaite?? Character names include Harley Stone and Dick Durkin! 90s-era apocalypse setting means somehow bondage gear comes into play as regular costumes! The pigeons!!!! |  |
futuristic; B movie; epic |
| 9 | Black Box | Laura | Super disappointing dad or possession? You decide. | tw: domestic violence; futuristic; hi-tech; sci-fi horror; ghosts | |
| 10 | Jug Face | Danielle | Another broken "Incest Free" streak. | 
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barely a film; hillbilly horror; Appalachian horror; major incest; CAvote: 1/10 (1 point for "The Pit Wants What It Wants") |
| 11 | Absentia | Christina | An early Mike Flanagan film! | Mike Flanagan; creature feature; CAvote: 8/10 | |
| 12 | Pet | Chelsea | We did not expect this to go the way it did. |  |
Ksenia Solo & Dominic Monoghan; unexpected ending; cages; CAvote: 7/10 |
| 13 | Tales from the Dark Side | Laura | A classic so campy we should've made s'mores! |  |
90s; B-movie; campy; anthology |
| 14 | The Gift | Danielle | Keanu Reeves plays the exact opposite of Keanu Reeves. |  |
Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, & Cate Blanchett; southern; psychic; murder mystery; tw: domestic violence; CAvote: 8/10 |
| 15 | Pyewacket | Christina | This girl's got the metal scream! | witchcraft; metal/punk; summoning; demons. CAvote: 8/10 | |
| 16 | Nekrotronic | Chelsea | Rangi is the forever bro. | Maori character; sci-fi; necromancy | |
| 17 | The Dressmaker | Committee (Laura & Danielle skipped) | Kate Winslet makes extraordinary dresses in a backwater town in Australia. People are rude (and generally awful). |  |
revenge plot; Liam Hemsworth & Kate Winslet; fashion; Australia; emotional damage; book to film; CAvote: 9/10 |
| 18 | Chhorii | Danielle | Depicts cultural violence towards women & is a PSA about ending it cleverly disguised as a horror film. | 
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ghosts; supernatural; Indian language; patriarchy; creepy field; PSA: cultural domestic violence; CAvote: 8/10 |
| 19 | There's Something Wrong with the Children | Christina | I mean, the title says it all. | creepy children; haunted ruins; camping; Blumhouse; CAvote: 4/10 | |
| 20 | A Knock at the Cabin | Chelsea | I have never disliked Rupert Grint before this movie, and am highly impressed. Dave Bautista is a gem as per usual; Jonathan Groff improves anything he appears in. |  |
M. Night Shyamalan; violence; CTvote: 9/10; CAvote: 9/10 |
| 21 | The Voices | Danielle | Ryan Reynolds freakin nailed it- and voiced Mr Whiskers & Bosco to boot. |  |
tw: animal neglect; comedy; Ryan Reynolds & Anna Kendrick; mental health; gore; CTvote: 7/10; CAvote: 8/10 |
| 22 | Train to Busan | Chelsea | Christina was not there |   |
zombies; Korean horror; emotional damage; CTvote: 9/10 |
| 23 | Mama | Christina | (Chelsea and Christina switched weeks) | tw: child endangerment; ghosts; twins; psychological; Guillermo del Toro; CTvote: 5/10; CAvote: 6/10 | |
| 24 | Evil Eye | Danielle | Kept us on the edge about breaking the "Incest Free" streak until the very end. | tw: domestic violence; Indian language; reincarnation; CTvote: 6/10; CAvote: 6/10 | |
| 25 | Train to Busan | Committee (Danielle skipped) | First repeat film, EMOTIONAL DAMAGE |  |
zombies; Korean horror; emotional damage; CTvote: 9/10; CAvote: 10/10 |
| 26 | Unhuman | Christina | Bright colours, bad friendships, & sociopathic incels taking it way too far. | 
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zombies; human villains; incels; CTvote: 6/10; CAvote: 4/10 |
| 27 | V/H/S | Chelsea | Terrible. Legitimately just the worst. Made Manos: The Hands of Fate look like The Thing. (Christina is sorry for forgetting 98% of this movie and vouching for it, and has dedicated her next turn to a classic palette cleanser.) |  |
tw: on-screen sa; anthology; violence; CTvote: 0/10; CAvote 0/10 |
| 28 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Committee (Danielle skipped) | I mean with Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy, how could it go wrong?? Also I (Chelsea) firmly believe that Leonard Nimoy was human to the end, but just hates people. |  |
psychological; classic (1); creatures; CTvote: 9/10 |
| 29 | Lavender | Danielle | Well this was on all of our lists, so we can't blame any one person for breaking the incest-free streak. It's on all of our heads. |  |
tw: off-screen csa; psychological; ghosts; CTvote: 2/10; CAvote: 1/10 |
| 30 | The Inheritance | Committee (Danielle skipped) | It was terrible. Not a single part of this movie made sense. The directors should go to jail. |   |
tw: domestic violence; ghosts; Russian language; CTvote: 0/10 |
| 31 | The Bat | Christina | Vincent Price! Colourised! One of the most suspenseful films we've had in awhile. After V/H/S, Christina gave her turn to a classic for a palette cleanser. |  |
suspense; classic (2); murder mystery; Vincent Price & Agnes Moorehead; bats |
| 32 | Shrooms | Committee | Chelsea picked V/H/S last time and gave up her next choice in penance. This was truly a movie picked solely for the badge. What a terrible film. (Hilariously terrible! - CA) |  |
drugs; suspense; twist ending |
| 33 | Midsommar | Danielle | The best movie to watch after a bad breakup. Very tense, amazing cinematography, would recommend. |   |
Ari Aster; some graphic violence; weird but good; disturbing imagery; another for the mushrooms!; highly satisfying |
| 34 | Mara | Christina | Pretty creepy, extremely creaky. Love that Javier Botet makes Marfan's work for him. Made my next bathing experience a terrifying one. Would recommend, but not if you have an issue with eye stuff. |
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sleep paralysis; demons; violent death; 33rd film! |
| 35 | The Ring | Committee (Chelsea skipped) | Gore Verbinski directed this and we were surprised. Gorgeous & artistic shots combined with fairly creepy imagery. American version of a Japanese onryo horror film. | tw: child abuse/murder & animal endangerment/death; slow-burn; creepy faces; artistic direction | |
| 36 | The Mandela Effect | Chelsea | Super interesting premise, but very short. Loved that they cited all their sources at the end of the credits. | tw: child death; thought-provoking; sci-fi; interesting concept | |
| 37 | The Night of the Living Dead (1968) | Committee (Danielle skipped) | Classic Romero zombie movie! Barbara's best line didn't even come from her. |    |
double tap II (3/5); classic horror; og zombies; tool-using zombies; black & white; what an ending |
| 38 | Coherence | Danielle | Extremely odd and hard to follow, high concept film. Hated nearly every character in the film. SO GOOD! |  |
mind-bending; Schrödinger's cat; comet; quantuum mechanics; nightmarish |
| 39 | Shortcut | Committee (Danielle skipped) | Great start to the movie! Fae monster? Cool old bus? HORRIBLE REST OF MOVIE. Never show the monster that early. Why the Breakfast Club ending? Why would you reveal the monster's face so early? WHY DID IT DIE SO EASILY???? |  |
great start, terrible finish; fae horrors; British as hell; lunar eclipse; nonsense abounds |
| 40 | The Golem | Christina | A veritable cornucopia of historical inaccuracies surround a story about a demon child made of clay, ish. | "That's not how any of this works" | Jewish horror; evil kid |
| 41 | The Uninvited | Committee (Chelsea skipped) | Based on the Korean film "A Tale of Two Sisters". Well made, excellent movie! No complaints. | ||
| 42 | I Think We're Alone Now | Chelsea | Peter Dinklage lives the first half hour of the movie in our fantasy apocalypse life, the rest of it in a mindfuck. Excellent movie. I've never been afraid of Paul Giamatti before and it was awesome. | apocalypse; mindfuck; | |
| 43 | Oculus | In-Person Ghoul Scouts Committee Choice! | Karen Gillian tries to kill the Lasser Glass, body horror abounds albeit not egregiously. Very scary (to me, Chelsea, who is scared easily). | "The Lasser Glass"; "The Gang's All Here!" | mirrors; body horror; Karen Gillian's American accent; mindfuck; Mike Flanagan! |
| 44 | The Isle | Danielle | Ghosty, witchy, we came up with many new deoderant scents (this is a recommendation). | Cryptid: Sirens | the men must die; siren song; ghost story |
| 45 | The Dark | Committee (Danielle skipped) | Very cool concept, fell down in the execution, one scene dealt egregious emotional damage, and the ending left us very upset. | double tap II (4/5); monster perspective; zombies but in a weird way; misophonia trigger in the beginning; on-screen csa | |
| 46 | The Conference | Christina | Amazing. I was rooting for almost everyone to die and almost all of them did. Four final girls and one of them was a man. | Happy Birthday, Hither; The Real Villain was Capitalism | dubbed film; swedish film |
| 47 | Dead and Buried | Chelsea | Quite enjoyable, even if it really did read like a Twilight Zone episode that went on too long. Twists I wasn't expecting, and some I did. Grandpa Joe was sus in Willy Wonka and he was sus here. Early Robert Englund! |  |
zombies; the 80s were a different time |
| 48 | Bodies Bodies Bodies | Danielle | The "internet culture" version of "The Conference". I celebrated the death of every single character. The twist ending was top fucking drawer. | Best/Worst Ending | rich people don't make sense; the real villain was in more Scooby-doo masks than we could even name |
| 49 | The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Special Emergency Meeting | Highly unique (yet still classically executed) horror movie, very scary. How did the actress stay so still, and corpse-like?! Limited location & actors still gave this creepy movie all of the bad vibes. Picked by Christina (thank you Ghouls). We finally scared Danielle. | F*cking Finally | actually frightening; an actress was the corpse; here there be witches |
| 50 | He Never Died | Christina | Henry Rollins! Cain is a dead pan immortal with an addict's taste for human meat. He has a daughter. That... is about all I can tell about the plot of this movie. It was less of a story than it was a neatly cut out slice of life. Still hilarious though! | gratuitous violence; Henry Rollins; deadpan delivery | |
| 51 | Chelsea | ||||
| 52 | Special Anniversary Committee Choice! | ||||
| 53 | Danielle | ||||
| 54 | Christina | ||||
| 55 | Chelsea | ||||
| 56 | Danielle | ||||
| 57 | Christina | ||||
| 58 | Chelsea | ||||
| 59 | Danielle |