How about we talk out loud and brain storm? I am trying to keep this pretty simple, fun, and giving people choices. But I do want people to get introduced to new things or watch stuff they might not have. So I trimmed down the categories and thought something like:
Categories (10)
Slasher or Giallo
Found Footage
Horror Comedy
Religion
Folk Horror
Sci-Fi Horror
Body Horror
Psychological Horror
Foreign Language
Horror Anthology
Monsters (10)
Werewolf of Land Creature
The undead (vampire or zombie)
Ghost or Poltergeist
Witches
Demons or Devils
Kids and Teens
Water Creature
Clowns or Dolls
Machines
Makin' Movies! (5)
A movie from Romero, Carpenter, or Craven - but NOT from their main franchise (Dead, Halloween, Nightmare)
Female Director
Horror Debut
A movie with Tom Savini effects
1st role for a famous actor
Misc (5)
A movie from your birth year
Rewatch a movie that scared you as a kid/teen
A 5th movie or higher from a franchise
Pre 1980s sequel or remake
Low budget horror ($1M or less?)
Watch one of your personal favorite horror movies (1)
I really like the categories and I think they cover a lot of ground paired with some of the monsters like Witches and Ghosts to cover other subgenres missed there. I also like the Makin' Movies ideas. Where I am iffiest on is the Misc and Monsters categories. I would love to hear ideas on tweaks or if people don't like this at all and want more specific ideas.
I also thought we could come up with "bonus" goals while you are filling out your lists, like making 1/3 of the movies foreign language, take a movie from 8 or more different decades, 80% new to you movies, stuff like that.
Thoughts??