Having addressed the horror genre in the previous entry (hey, this is HORROR 101 after all), it’s now time to give the Civilian flicks a moment in the sun.
This year, however, since I was toiling away at the H101 YouTube channel for much of the time, less attention was paid to the less scary fare. I dutifully viewed the prestige flicks in service of providing an informed vote for the SAG/AFTRA awards, and that was pretty much it outside of the random slices of comfort food cinema. Only 74 non-horror titles? What the heck?
In the meantime, let’s get on with the business at hand! As always, the non-horror titles listed below were encountered for the first time from January 1 to December 31, 2023 (i.e. no repeat viewings were eligible), and there is the usual (if diminished) collection of random trends that appeared organically or by design. Hope you enjoy the read.
Stay strong, stay safe, stay tuned!
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Barbie (2023)
A Disturbance in the Force (2023)
The Menu (2022)
Sharksploitation (2023)
Sisu (2022)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
HONORABLE MENTION:
King on Screen (2022)
Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin (2022)
Hustle (2022)
Women Talking (2022)
Tar (2022)
Beau is Afraid (2023)
The Woman King (2022)
Violent Night (2022)
MIXED BAGS:
The Whale (2022)
TOP CIVILIAN DISCOVERIES (First Time Views released before 2022)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
Drowning by Numbers (1988))
Force Majeure (2014)
Growing Up with I Spit on Your Grave (2019)
Highball (1997)
The Hot Spot (1990)
Joe (1970)
Joe (2014)
Kill Me Again (1989)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Pig (2021)
RBG (2018)
Shoplifters (2018)
So Dark the Night (1946)
This is GWAR (2021)
Walking Tall (1973)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021)
TOTALS FOR 2023:
316 Total Films, 146 First Time Views, 242 Horror, 10 Cinema
(2022 Totals: 203, 105, 143, 17)
(2021 Totals: 383, 198, 115, 5)
(2020 Totals: 434, 260, 148, 2)
(2019 Totals: 467, 222, 247, 41)
(2018 Totals 346, 211, 173, 41)
(2017 Totals: 251, 179, 111, 52)
(2016 Totals: 272, 183, 131, 31)
(2015 Totals: 352, 190, 224, 41)
(2014 Totals: 399, 203, 251, 48)
(2013 Totals: 306, 240, 185, 69)
(2012 Totals: 607, 520, 362, 166)
(2011 Totals: 640, 419, 355, 59)
(2010 Totals: 364, 253, 242, 45)
(2009 Totals: 472, 276, 289, 38)
(2008 Totals: 384, 278, 226, 39)
(2007 Totals: 409, 284, 260, 40)
FIRST FILM OF 2023
(2022 Totals: 203, 105, 143, 17)
(2021 Totals: 383, 198, 115, 5)
(2020 Totals: 434, 260, 148, 2)
(2019 Totals: 467, 222, 247, 41)
(2018 Totals 346, 211, 173, 41)
(2017 Totals: 251, 179, 111, 52)
(2016 Totals: 272, 183, 131, 31)
(2015 Totals: 352, 190, 224, 41)
(2014 Totals: 399, 203, 251, 48)
(2013 Totals: 306, 240, 185, 69)
(2012 Totals: 607, 520, 362, 166)
(2011 Totals: 640, 419, 355, 59)
(2010 Totals: 364, 253, 242, 45)
(2009 Totals: 472, 276, 289, 38)
(2008 Totals: 384, 278, 226, 39)
(2007 Totals: 409, 284, 260, 40)
FIRST FILM OF 2023
Casino Royale (2006)
LAST FILM OF 2023
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
DOCUMENTARIES: 24
LAST FILM OF 2023
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
DOCUMENTARIES: 24
RBG
Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin
The Legacy of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw
Of Flies and Maggots (Phenomena doc)
Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
King on Screen
This is GWAR
Queer for Fear
Sharksploitation
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched
Growing Up with I Spit on Your Grave
RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong
Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of Giallo
Marauders of the Mediterranean: The Spanish Zombie Film
The Simon’s Jigsaw: The Universe of J.P. Simon
The Outsider: the Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Monster Kid Movie Maverick
A Disturbance in the Force
Who Is Bill Rebane?
Invaluable
Other Men’s Careers
MOST WATCHED DIRECTORS:
10
Jean Rollin (The Living Dead Girl, The Grapes of Death, The Night of the Hunted, Fascination, Rape of the Vampire, Shiver of the Vampire, Requiem for a Vampire, Lips of Blood, The Iron Rose, Zombie Lake)
7
Roger Corman (Ski Troop Attack, The Raven x2, The Terror x2, The Tomb of Ligeia, The Little Shop of Horrors)
5
Dario Argento (Dracula 3D, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Tenebrae, Phenomena)
Bill Rebane (Twister’s Revenge, The Game, The Alpha Incident, The Demons of Ludlow, Monster a Go-Go)
4
David Gordon Greeen (Joe, Halloween, Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends)
Steven Spielberg (Twilight Zone: The Movie, Jurassic Park, The Fabelmans, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
3
Joe Dante (Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Twilight Zone: The Movie)
Bret McCormick (The Abomination, RepliGator, Monster Kid Movie Maverick)
Jacques Tourneur (I Walked With a Zombie, Curse of the Demon, The Leopard Man)
Fred Vogel (August Underground, August Underground’s Mordum, August Underground’s Penance)
2
Ari Aster (Beau is Afraid, Midsommar)
David Cronenberg (The Dead Zone, Crimes of the Future)
Ray Kellogg (The Giant Gila Monster, The Killer Shrews)
Yoshiyuki Kuroda (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts)
Damien Leone (Terrifier, Terrifier 2)
Ryan Meade (Invaluable, Other Men’s Careers)
Stephen R. Monroe (I Spit on Your Grave, I Spit on Your Grave 2)
Hideo Nakata (Ringu, Ring 2)
Ruben Ostland (Triangle of Sadness, Force Majeure)
George A. Romero (The Crazies, Creepshow)
Demian Rugnar (When Evil Lurks, Terrified)
J.P. Simon (Extra Terrestrial Visitors, Pieces)
Robert A. Simpson (Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland)
George Sluizier (Spoorloos, The Vanishing)
Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Dominion)
Ti West (Pearl, X)
Kimimoshi Yasuda (Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters, Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts)
Meir Zarchi (I Spit on Your Grave, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu)
SO NICE WE WATCHED ‘EM TWICE
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Black Sabbath
The Blob (1953)
Creepshow
Cujo
Deadstream
Exorcist III
Godzilla Minus One
Godzilla Vs. Megalon
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Haunting
The Raven (1963)
Robot Monster
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (3x)
The Terror (1963)
Theater of Blood
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
The Blob (1958, 1988)
Christine (1983, 2016)
The Crazies (1973, 2010)
Joe (1970, 2014)
King Kong (1933, 2005)
Night of the Demon (1957)/Night of the Demons (1988)
Quatermass and the Pit (1958, 1967)
Terrified (2017)/Terrifier (2016)
The Wicker Man (1973, 2006)
GOING FULL FRANCHISE
August Underground (3 films & doc)
The Blob (3 films)
The Exorcist (5 films)
The Fly (3 films)
I Spit on Your Grave (5 films & doc)
Jurassic Park (6 films)
King Kong (6 films & doc)
Quatermass (6 films)
Ringu (4 films)
Sleepaway Camp (4 films)
Yokai Monsters (4 films)
THEY COME IN TWOS:
Son of Kong, What the Waters Left Behind: Scars, Quatermass II, Beware! The Blob, Return of the Fly, Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Psycho II, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, Halloween Kills, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Son of Darkness: To Die For II, Scanner Cop II: Volkin’s Revenge, The Terror Within II, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Ring 2, I Spit on Your Grave 2, Terrifier 2, Wrath of Becky, Pearl
EARLIEST FILM WATCHED:
King Kong (1933)
COUNTRIES OF RECORD: 24
(Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, UK, USA)
GOING A-Z
Ad Astra
Bull Durham
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
Dashcam
Elvis
First Man
The Grapes of Death
Help Me... I’m Possessed
The In-Laws
Jurassic Park III
The Killer Shrews
Lips of Blood
Monster of the Opera
The Night of the Hunted
Orphan: First Kill
Play Dead
Queer for Fear
Robot Monster
Ski Troop Attack
They Only Kill Their Masters
Under the Silver Lake
Village of the Damned
Wild Mountain Thyme
X the Unknown
You’ll Like My Mother
Zombie Lake
LONGEST STREAK OF SEEING MOVIES FROM EACH YEAR:
Bull Durham
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
Dashcam
Elvis
First Man
The Grapes of Death
Help Me... I’m Possessed
The In-Laws
Jurassic Park III
The Killer Shrews
Lips of Blood
Monster of the Opera
The Night of the Hunted
Orphan: First Kill
Play Dead
Queer for Fear
Robot Monster
Ski Troop Attack
They Only Kill Their Masters
Under the Silver Lake
Village of the Damned
Wild Mountain Thyme
X the Unknown
You’ll Like My Mother
Zombie Lake
LONGEST STREAK OF SEEING MOVIES FROM EACH YEAR:
Starting from 1956, I missed features from 1966, 1987, 1992, and 1996. So… not great.
VIEWINGS BY MONTH:
January – 23
February – 26
March – 20
April – 22
May – 28
June – 11
July – 24
August – 17
September – 30
October – 34
November – 37
December – 45
SHARING THE SCARE:
Podcast Prep – 135
Solo – 53
Michelle – 38
Scare-a-Thon – 31
KTS – 24
Jon Kitley – 13
Scott Bradley – 7
VIEWS BREAKDOWN BY DECADE:
1910s – 0
1920s – 0
1930s – 2
1940s – 6
1950s – 20
1960s – 31
1970s – 50
1980s – 44
1990s – 24
2000s – 25
2010s – 42
2020s – 71
That's all, folks! If you made it this far, you're clearly my kind of people. Wishing you a fantastic year and looking forward to seeing you at the movies!
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VIEWINGS BY MONTH:
January – 23
February – 26
March – 20
April – 22
May – 28
June – 11
July – 24
August – 17
September – 30
October – 34
November – 37
December – 45
SHARING THE SCARE:
Podcast Prep – 135
Solo – 53
Michelle – 38
Scare-a-Thon – 31
KTS – 24
Jon Kitley – 13
Scott Bradley – 7
VIEWS BREAKDOWN BY DECADE:
1910s – 0
1920s – 0
1930s – 2
1940s – 6
1950s – 20
1960s – 31
1970s – 50
1980s – 44
1990s – 24
2000s – 25
2010s – 42
2020s – 71
That's all, folks! If you made it this far, you're clearly my kind of people. Wishing you a fantastic year and looking forward to seeing you at the movies!
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