Welp, the anticipation is stewing...

There's nothing I quite enjoy than mulling over what my first film will be for Halloween-month (I've grown to feel that Halloween isn't just a day but a month of horror-loving joy). I have about three that are duking it out for the first month. I have a rather obscure Columbia Pictures werewolf movie seemingly inspired by Val Lewton, starring Nina Foch, called Cry of the Werewolf, Murnau's Nosferatu seems just right for Midnight, the witching hour, as October begins as the clock strikes twelve, and an old mainstay, Dracula's Daughter, a film which opened the month for years prior to last year, has crept back into my heart. I decided, after a two-year absence, to rejoin the IMDB horror board for the October challenge (Christianne's banner here), which requires me to watch 16 new movies along with the old favorites (31 is the goal, which I'm confidant to surpass rather easily), and I have a slew of new horrors I can choose from. What is always interesting is how to determine what "makes the cut". I think a lot of my peers are looking specifically for potential gems that surprise us. A few years ago, a vampire flick featuring Alice Cooper and Malcolm McDowell, called Suck, was such an example. Sometimes, an older movie that finds its way into the list surprises horror fans that maybe us vets had been familiar with for some time. Not long ago I watched a nice little 70s cult film called Nightmare in Blood about a real vampire at a horror convention in San Francisco during October which again proved that nothing is as cool as making discoveries during the most awesome month of the year for us true genre fans. I guess part of the process is going through a number of potential "prospects" and weeding out what might be that gem and what will probably be a stinker...however, this isn't always that easy. I would like to FINALLY watch Noroi and maybe Bloodthirsty Freaks this October, both being First Time viewings. I would like to have a variety of foreign titles making the cut this year. Still, I fill my watch-list with a number of the Universal and Hammer flicks as they aren't watched by me all that much during the rest of the year. Selectivity is key, in October, so I will have to include a bunch of new viewings early then allow myself the luxury to Jones on the films that have always been close to my horror heart. Excited and pumped, just the same.