31 Nights of Thrills

“Screams and moans and bats and bones/ teenage monsters in haunted homes/ the ghost on the stair/ the vampire’s bite/ better beware, there’s a full moon tonight!/ Cannibal spiders creep and crawl/ boys and ghouls having a ball/ Frankenstein, Dracula and even the Mummy/ are sure to end up in someone’s tummy! Take a fresh rodent, some toadstools and weeds/ and an old owl and the you one she breeds/ mix in seven legs of an eight-legged beast/ then you are all set for a cannibal feast!/ Sit around the fire with the cup of brew/ a fiend and a werewolf on each side of you/ this cannibal orgy is strange to behold/ and the maddest story ever told!” –”Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told” (1967)

October is here and that means that Halloween is in the air! To celebrate, True Myth Media is proud to announce it’s largest series to date: 31 Nights of Thrills! Throughout the month of October we’ll be posting reviews every day, covering all sorts of horror films- classic or contemporary, super scary or slightly silly- we’ve tried to cover it all, so that no matter what your preference we’ll have something for you! This post will update daily with links to our latest reviews and podcasts, so be sure to check back frequently! We’ve tried to arrange the films by themes, so that each day covers a sort of subset of the horror genre! If you have a film you think we’d enjoy, send us a message! We’d love to hear from you!

October 1st: A Dario Argento Spotlight:

“And so he committed his first murder. He had broken the most deep-rooted taboo, and found not guilt, not anxiety or fear, but freedom” - ”Tenebre”

1. The Bird with the Crystal Plummage (1970)

An American writer living in Italy witnesses an attempted murder and is soon stalked by a serial killer.

2. Deep Red (1975)

After witnessing the murder of a famous psychic, composer Marcus Daly teams up with reporter Gianna Brezzi to investigate the crimes of a serial Killer.

3. Suspiria (1977)

An American ballerina attends a prestigious ballet academy in Germany, only to realize something sinister is happening within its walls.

4. Inferno (1980)

Two siblings stumble upon strange writings that might clue them in on a series of murders.

5. Tenebre (1982)

A writer arrives in Rome to publicize his book, only to be stalked by a serial killer obsessed with his work.

6. Phenomena (1985)

A young psychic with a connection to insects tries to solve a string of murders.

7. Opera (1987)

A beautiful young opera understudy is stalked by a deranged fan.

8. Two Evil Eyes (1990)

Two short stories from Edgar Allan Poe, directed by Argento and Romero.

October 2nd: Cronenberg Double Feature… and Rabid Grannies

“I’m not sure here, where we are, is real at all…” - “eXistenZ”

9. eXistenZ (1999)

Allegra Gellar, a world famous game designer, and Ted Pikul, a marketing trainee, go on the run after reality enthusiast assassins try to kill Allegra.

10. Rabid (1977)

After a motorcycle accident and subsequent experimental plastic surgery, a woman develops a strange disease that makes her thirst for blood.

11. Rabid Grannies (1988)

The greedy members of the Remington family gather to celebrate the birthdays of their two elderly aunts whom posses an enormous fortune. But after opening a gift from their estranged nephew, things get a little out of control.

October 3rd: Crazy Stories

“Psycho killer! Qu’est-ce que c’est. Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away!” -Talking Heads

12. The Loved Ones (2009)

After being rejected by her crush Brent, Lola convinces her dad to help kidnap Brent for a horrifying makeshift prom.

13. Raising Cain (1992)

After a man’s wife cheats on him, he becomes increasingly unstable.

October 4th: Crazy Stories PT II

“New York is filled with creatures.”- “Jacob’s Ladder”

14. The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

A man named Jozef visits a sanatorium where his father is staying, only to find that within its walls, time doesn't behave the way it should.

15. Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

A Vietnam veteran struggles to maintain his sanity as he’s bombarded with delusions that might be the result of something happened during the war.

October 5th: Benson and Moorhead

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”- H.P. Lovecraft (quoted in “The Endless”)

16. Resolution (2012)

A man travels to an isolated cabin to help his estranged best friend overcome meth addiction, only to find the cabin might hold dark secrets.

17. Spring (2014)

After Evan looses his Mom and his job in the same week, he heads to Italy, where he meets Louise, a seemingly perfect girl. But underneath her skin, Louise hides a secret.

18. The Endless (2017)

Two brothers return to a cult they left when they were teenagers, only to discover the cult might not be as crazy as they once seemed.

October 6th: Horror Films About Making Horror Films

“Nobody has seen this horror before.” -”Berberian Sound Studio”

19. Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

A British sound engineer travels to Italy to help finish a horror film, only to find working on the film is a literal nightmare.

20. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

The filming of “Nosferatu” (1922) is complicated by the demands and habits of lead actor Max Schreck.

October 7th: Anthology Films

“It’s close to midnight, somethin’ evil’s lurking from the dark…”- Michael Jackson’s Thriller

21. Kwaidan (1964)

Kobayashi’s beautiful anthology film of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

22. Ghost Stories (2017)

A Professor bent on debunking popular ghost stories and psychics is given a file of three cases that a ghost expert couldn’t crack.

October 8th: Spooky Spells

“The Kabbalah is an exploration of god. We’re doing something much darker…”- “A Dark Song”

23. A Dark Song (2016)

A young woman teams up with an occultist to attempt a dangerous but powerful ritual; in doing so they risk their lives and souls.

24. The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

A father and son coroner team performs an autopsy on a body of an unknown woman discovered at a crime scene, only to find her body harbors some grim secrets.

October 9th: Strange Sanatoriums

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”- Charles Bukowski

25. Unsane (2018)

A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, believing her stalker has purposefully brought her there. Is it all in her head, or is it really happening?

26. A Cure for Wellness (2016)

A wealthy young executive is sent to a retreat in the Swiss Alps to retrieve his company’s CEO, only to find the spa where the CEO is staying might hold some dark secrets.

October 10th: Puppet Master

"I have no strings to hold me down, to make me fret, or make me frown.”- “Pinocchio”

37. Puppet Master (1989)

A group of psychics attend a funeral for an old colleague, only to be attacked by murderous sentient puppets.

38. Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)

A comic book writer travels to a convention where he hopes to sell a rare puppet, but the puppet has other intentions.

October 11th: Silent Hill

“Fire doesn’t cleanse, it blackens!”- “Silent Hill”

39. Silent Hill (2006)

A young girl’s recurring nightmares about Silent Hill, the place she was born, prompts he mother to take her to take her daughter there, only to find that Silent Hill is not at all what they thought it might be.

40. Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)

Years after the events of the first Silent Hill, Sharon Da Silva is called back to the decrepit town to save her father.

October 12th: Deadly Diseases

“I’m running this monkey farm now, Frankenstein!” - “Day of the Dead”

41. Cabin Fever (2002)

Five college kids rent a cabin in the woods and fall pray to a horrifying virus.

42. Day of the Dead (1985)

A small group of scientists and military officers hide out in an underground bunker, trying to figure out a cure for the zombie plague, and fearing they might be the only ones left alive on earth.

43. Dawn of the Dead (2004)

During a zombie outbreak, a group of survivors team up in a mall.

October 13th: Sinister Ceremonies

“Midway upon the journey of our life/ I found myself within a forest dark/ for the straightforward pathway had been lost.”- Dante Alighieri, “Dante’s Inferno” Canto I

44. Baskin (2015)

A squad of cops are called to an isolated building, only to find that there is a group of nefarious occupants.

45. The Skeleton Key (2005)

A hospice nurse moves into a home outside New Orleans to take care of an elderly man and his wife, only to find the house holds some secrets.

October 14th: Serial Killers in Victorian Era London

“I shall tell you where we are. We’re in the most extreme and utter region of the human mind. A dim, subconscious underworld. A radiant abyss where men meet themselves. Hell, Netley. We’re in Hell.” - Alan Moore, “From Hell”

46. The Limehouse Golem (2016)

As famed musician Elizabeth Cree awaits her death sentence for the apparent murder of her husband, Inspector Kildare investigates a series of murders that might coincide with Cree’s husband.

47. From Hell (2001)

In 1888, Jack the Ripper stalks the Whitechapel District of London.

October 15th: Sion Sono Double Feature... and New release: Apostle

“Nothing in this world is pure…”- “The Apostle”

48. Tag (2015)

A high school student is stalked by various forces that seem bent on killing everyone around her.

49. Cold Fish (2010)

After a man’s daughter is caught stealing at a store and a friendly storeowner steps in to help, the man and the storeowner strike up a friendship. But when the storeowner asks the man for a favor, things take a very dark turn.

50. Apostle (2018)

A man journeys to an island that is home to a cult in an attempt to rescue his sister.

October 16th: Horror Films about Sisters

“I saw a murder, and I’m going to prove it!” - Sisters

51. Sisters (1972)

A journalist witnesses a murder in a nearby apartment, but the police find no evidence of any wrongdoing, so the journalist takes matters into her own hands.

52. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

A South Korean film about a family haunted by the ghosts of their past.

October 17th: Werewolves

“I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand/ walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain/ He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook’s/ gonna get a dish of beef chow mein.”- Warren Zevon

53. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Two American college students on a European holiday are attacked by a werewolf.

54. The Company of Wolves (1984)

An anthology of dark fairy tales, all of which involve werewolves.

October 18th: Creepy Clowns

“We all float down here.” - “IT”

55. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

Aliens that look like clowns attack a small town.

56. It (2017)

In the summer of 1989, a group of outcast kids band together to fight a mysterious force that feeds on the children of the town.

October 19th: Cult Classic Musicals

“I don’t know/ I have so, so many strong reservations. Should I go and perform mutilations?”- “Little Shop of Horrors”

57. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

A flower shop worker comes across an unusual species of plant that brings him great fortune, but at a great cost.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

58. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

A newly engaged couple get a flat tire near a castle where the mad Dr. Frank-N-Furter is having a party.

October 20th: Cannibal Musicals

“The sky is blue and all the trees are green, my heart’s as full as a baked potato!”- “Cannibal! The Musical”

59. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

A barber who has been wrongfully imprisoned for fifteen years returns to London to extract his revenge on the judge who wronged him.

60. Cannibal! The Musical (1993)

A team of miners travels across the mountains only to be trapped in the winter. As the snows pile up the travelers are forced to turn to cannibalism, while singing!

October 21st: Grim Ghouls

“She’s a black magic woman, and she’s tryin’ to make a devil out of me.” - Fleetwood Mac

61. Viy (1967)

A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch, whom he murdered, which means spending three nights alone in her mausoleum.

62. Possession (1981)

A married man suspects his wife is having an affair, only to find that something far more disturbing is taking place.

October 22nd: The Stranger You Think You Know

“Happy… that’s exactly my problem. That I can't be happy.” - “Sleep Tight”

63. The Guest (2014)

A man arrives at the Peterson’s home, introducing himself as a soldier that served beside their son who died in action, but the man might be hiding some secrets.

64. Sleep Tight (2011)

A depressed concierge at an apartment complex in Spain makes it his life’s work to make his tenant’s lives as miserable as his, but one tenant in particular is incredibly jovial.

October 23rd: Vampire Cult Classics

“I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!” - “Vampire’s Kiss”

65. The Lost Boys (1987)

After moving to a new town, two brothers find out the area is infested with vampires.

66. Vampire’s Kiss (1988)

A publishing executive believes he’s turning into a vampire.

October 24th: Psycho Psychics

“Red. I might have known it would be red.”- "Carrie”

67. Thelma (2017)

While away at college, a girl with oppressive religious parents falls in love with a female friend and tries to suppress the urges, only to arouse dormant telekinetic powers.

68. Carrie (1976)

Carrie White, a shy awkward teenager, believes she is developing telekinetic powers just before her senior prom.

October 25th: Another Cronenberg Double Feature

“Be afraid. Be very afraid.”- “The Fly”

69. The Fly (1988)

An eccentric scientist has an accident in his lab that changes his life forever.

70. Dead Ringers (1986)

Twin gynecologists take advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, but when an actress comes to their clinic for advice the twin’s relationship and balance begins to fall apart.

October 26th: The Conjuring

“Diabolical forces are formidable. These forces are eternal, and they exist today.” - Ed Warren

71. The Conjuring (2013)

Paranormal investigators help a family that is being terrorized by a malicious presence that lives in their home.

72. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

The Warrens head to London to help a single mother and her children deal with a restless spirit.

October 27th: Deals with the Devil

“What have you done to his eyes?” - Rosemary’s Baby

73. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

A young couple moves into an apartment with strange neighbors, but when the wife Rosemary becomes pregnant, she begins to feel as if people are after her unborn child.

74. Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2017)

A retelling of an ancient fable about a Blacksmith who captures a demon.

October 28th: A Mixed Bag

“Be with me always- take any form- drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!” - Heathcliff to the ghost of Catherine Earnshaw, Emily Bronte

75. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

A drifter commits a series of murders while staying with a friend in Chicago, loosely based on the life of Henry Lee Lucas.

76. The Others (2001)

Shortly after the end of World War II, a woman in the English countryside becomes convinced her home is haunted.

77. Underworld (2003)

A vampire warrior becomes infatuated with a human that is sought after by her archenemies: the lycan.

78. Van Helsing (2004)

A monster hunter travels to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula from hatching an evil plan.

October 29th: Lucio Fulci Double Feature

“Violence is Italian art!”- Lucio Fulci

79. Zombie (1979)

After a zombie is found on a sailboat off the New York coast, a journalist named Peter West and Anne Bowles, a daughter in search of her missing father, travel to a tropical island looking for answers.

80. Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)

A small Italian town is thrown into disarray after a series of child murders.

October 30th: Classic Monsters

“I ought too be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel...”- Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein”

81. Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Francis Ford Coppola’s retelling of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novel.

82. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)

Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

October 31s: Universal Classics

“To a new world of Gods and Monsters!”- “The Bride of Frankenstein”

83. Dracula (1931)

Count Dracula leaves his castle in Transylvania to prey on a woman who lives in London.

84. Frankenstein (1931)

An obsessive scientist recreates life using the corpses of dead men.

85. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

The continuing misadventures of Frankenstein and his monster.

86. The Mummy (1932)

A resurrected mummy searches for the reincarnation of his lost love.

87. The Old Dark House (1932)

A torrential storm washes out the road, causing five travelers to take shelter at a strange old home.

88. The Invisible Man (1933)

A scientist is driven to insanity after he becomes invisible, and he spends his days terrorizing a town.

89. The Wolf Man (1941)

A man returns to his family estate for his brother’s funeral only to be attacked by a wolf and possibly turned into a creature of legend.

90. The Phantom of the Opera (1943)

A disfigured violinist stalks a young operetta.

91. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

A group of scientists travel to the Amazon in search of a missing link in evolution, only to be terrorized by a fearsome beast that dwells there.

We hope you find some new thrilling films to fill your spooky fall nights! Remember, check back daily as we’ll be adding to this list every day of October! If you have a horror/thriller recommendation, feel free to send a message to our site! We’ll try to include any suggestions in our 31 Nights of Thrills Series 2 next year!

Side Note: We’ve chosen not to include many of the horror films that we’ve already reviewed for this site in this series, but if you’re interested, there are dozens of other reviews for movies you might enjoy.