In the month of May, I participated in the ABCs of Horror Movie Challenge hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Halloween. Each day, I selected a horror movie I had not seen to match the letter of the alphabet for that day.
So allow me to share my new-to-me horror alphabet from May.
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A is for Audition |
Visually poignant and confusing in the best and most disturbing way |
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B is for The Bye Bye Man |
Boring, cliche, and full of poorly executed tropes |
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C is for The Children of the Corn |
Essential. How had I not seen this yet? |
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D is for Dig Two Graves |
Delightful spin on the exhausted revenge subgenre |
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E is for Excision |
Fell infinitely short of expectations |
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F is for Frontiere(s) |
Some wonderful combination of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hostel |
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G is for Ginger Snaps |
Fun ride with angsty, teenage goths |
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H is for House of the Devil |
Gorgeous throwback that left me bored |
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I is for Irreversible |
Irreversible and haunting in every way, brilliant but brutal |
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J is for JeruZalem |
Winged zombies, stupid |
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K is for Kaw |
Fantastically horrendous, the Birdemic of horror |
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L is for The Lazarus Effect |
An excellent cast in a passably entertaining story |
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M is for Maggie |
A slow burn twist on the post apocalyptic zombie trope |
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N is for Near Dark |
Bill. Paxton. |
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O is for The Open House |
A spectacular fail at commentating on random crime |
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P is for Phenomena |
Classic Argento, delivering cringe-worthy gore before the credits |
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Q is for A Quiet Place |
High tension suspense in an interesting premise |
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R is for Raw |
Beautiful and disgusting, a wonderfully real take on cannibalism |
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R is also for Revenge |
So good I needed a second R! Gorgeous and gory, how rape revenge stories should be told |
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S is for Slither |
Disgusting and hilarious |
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T is for Terrifier |
Amazing practical FX gore, deeply disturbing and so much fun it had us screaming |
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U is for Under the Shadow |
Slow and uneventful |
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V is for The Vault |
An awkward insertion of horror into a bank heist movie |
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W is for Wrong Turn 2 |
As awful as I knew it was going to be |
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X is for XX |
Four frightening trips into female horror |
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Y is for Yeti:
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Ridiculous and hilarious, best of the worst |
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Z is for Zombie |
Necessary zombie watching, subgenre defining |
Fiery Pen 