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31 Days of Horror VI

Features / 28 September 2009

It is September again, and the comforts of summer are betrayed by an overcast sky. Cobwebs everywhere are unsettled in a cold breeze. Minor constellations of dying leaves deprive the horizon of its full spectrum of color. Cemeteries become even spookier. The tone is one of familiar uncertainty; another month of horror films draws ever closer.

October 2009 will welcome our sixth annual 31 Days of Horror, and – after last year’s VHS spectacular – this year the proceedings will be decidedly more varied, spanning from silent cinema to nonfiction to 80s creature features to a franchise horror film that’s yet to open. As always, we promise scare chords, second deaths, and pools of blood beyond the suspected capacity of the human body.

Please refer to this page during the month, as we tally each review, subgenre, and year of release.

Date/Title	File Under	Year
1 From Beyond	H.P. Lovecraft / Mad Scientists	1986
2 The Haunting	Haunted Houses / Gothic Horror	1963
3 Killer Klowns from Outer Space	Cotton Candy Killers	1988
4 Shock ’Em Dead	Hard Rock Horror	1991
5 Critters	Creature Features	1986
6 Critters 2	Creature Features / Sequels	1988
7 The Fall of the House of Usher	Poe Adaptations / Silent Horror	1928
8 Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple	Nonfiction	2006
9 In the Mouth of Madness	John Carpenter	1994
10 Winterbeast	Creature Features	1991
11 Black Roses	Hard Rock Horror	1988
12 Needful Things	King Adaptations	1993
13 The Seventh Victim	Val Lewton	1943
14 A Page of Madness	Silent Horror	1926
15 Holocaust 2000	Cash-Ins	1977
16 The Man and the Monster	Gothic Horror / Mexican Horror	1958
17 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2	Gore / Parodies / Sequels / Slasher Films	1986
18 Trick or Treat	Hard Rock Horror	1986
19 Single White Female	Obsession	1992
20 Trouble Every Day	Vampires / Gore / Art House	2001
21 The Hands of Orlac	Silent Horror	1924
22 The Devil’s Advocate	Psychological Horror / Ultimatums	1997
23 Nocturne	Art House	1998
24 Hardware	Cyberpunk / Post Apocalypse	1991
25 Hard Rock Zombies	Hard Rock Horror / Zombies	1985
26 The Slumber Party Massacre	Slasher Films / Parodies	1982
27 Saw VI	Gore / Ultimatums / Sequels	2009
28 Zombi 4: After Death	Zombies / Sequels	1988
29 The Uninvited	Gothic Horror / Haunted Houses	1944
30 Hausu	J-Horror / Haunted Houses / When Nature Attacks / Arthouse	1977
31 Dead of Night	Gothic Horror / Anthologies / Ghost Stories	1945