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