Friday 19 May 2000

Horror Movie Calendar

I'm a genre fan at heart and the core of that heart is the horror genre, so I've wanted to do a year long horror project for a while.

What I came up with was the Horror Movie Calendar. So many horror movies are set on holidays (Halloween is merely the most obvious) that I wondered which holidays didn't have their own horror movie. I did some research and found some fascinating titles, not necessarily all good but all fascinating, that spread across the calendar year.

Each of the reviews below was posted on the holiday on which its film was either entirely or, at least, predominantly set. I look mostly at the film, of course, but also the holiday and see how well the two tie together.

Over the year, the list is rather varied, by era and tone and culture, not all of these being American movies. I've also tried to avoid the most obvious titles, like Halloween and April Fool's Day because you know about those already.

I hope you choose to celebrate the Horror Movie Calendar with me!

Rating System
1 - Abysmal | 2 - Bad | 3 - Poor | 4 - OK | 5 - Good | 6 - Excellent | 7 - Classic

Latest Review (1 Nov 2021)
Title Year H D Director(s) IMDb
Hanukkah 2019 2 2 Eben McGarr IMDb
All Horror Movie Calendar Reviews
Title Year H D Director(s) IMDb
4/20 Massacre 2018 5 5 Dylan Reynolds IMDb
Black Friday 1940 5 5 Arthur Lubin IMDb
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh 1995 5 5 Bill Condon IMDb
Christmas Evil 1980 4 4 Lewis Jackson IMDb
Cinco de Mayo 2013 4 4 Paul Ragsdale IMDb
Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain 2003 3 3 Christian Viel IMDb
Father's Day 2011 4 3 Astron-6 IMDb
Hanukkah 2019 2 2 Eben McGarr IMDb
Home Sweet Home 1981 2 2 Nettie Peña IMDb
Hospital Massacre 1981 5 4 Boaz Davidson IMDb
Life Blood 2009 3 3 Ron Carlson IMDb
Maniac Cop 1988 4 4 William Lustig IMDb
Memorial Valley Massacre 1989 5 5 Robert C. Hughes IMDb
Mischief Night 2013 5 5 Richard Schenkman IMDb
Mother's Day 1980 4 4 Charles Kaufman IMDb
P2 2007 5 5 Franck Khalfoun IMDb
Presidents Day 2016 4 4 Chris LaMartina IMDb
Resurrection 1999 5 5 Russell Mulcahy IMDb
Ritual of Evil 1970 4 4 Robert Day IMDb
Slaughter High 1986 2 2 George Dugdale, Mark Ezra & Peter Litten IMDb
Solstice 2008 5 5 Daniel Myrick IMDb
Terror Train 1980 5 5 Roger Spottiswoode IMDb
Trick 'r Treat 2007 6 6 Michael Dougherty IMDb
Uncle Sam 1996 4 4 William Lustig IMDb
The Wicker Man 1973 7 6 Robin Hardy IMDb

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