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.
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Since my attentions remained focused primarily on the H101 YouTube channel throughout the year (did I mention that I added two other shows in addition to the weekly Friday Night Frights?), that didn’t leave a ton of extra time. So, I watched my SAG-nominated films, enjoyed some random comfort food entries, and tried to stay abreast of the biggest and the brightest, but with only 65 non-horror titles, I can’t say I’m all that well-informed outside the genre for 2024's output.
That said, let’s get on with the business at hand! As always, all the non-horror titles listed below were encountered for the first time from January 1 to December 31, 2024 (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!
FAVORITE CIVILIAN FILMS OF 2022/2023
Anatomy of a Fall
The Fall Guy
From Darkness to Light (Jerry Lewis doc)
The Greatest Night in Pop: We Are the World
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3
Poor Things
Randy Feltface: Feltopia
HONORABLE MENTION:
American Fiction
Enter the Clones of Bruce
The Holdovers
Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized Tinseltown
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part One
Nyad
Oppenheimer
Rustin
Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic
MIXED BAGS:
Maestro
Killers of the Flower Moon
TOP CIVILIAN DISCOVERIES (First Time Views released before 2023)
Cone of Silence (1960
Deliver Us from Evil (2009)
Down Terrace (2009
The Duke of Burgundy (2014
Nobody (2021
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021
Snake of June (2002
Suspect (1960
Tokyo Fist (1995
Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 (2022
TOTALS FOR 2024:
400 Total Films, 165 First Time Views, 335 Horror, 20 Cinema
(2023 Totals: 316, 146, 242, 10)
(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 2024
Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) (1964)
LAST FILM OF 2024
On Golden Pond (1981)
DOCUMENTARIES: 15
Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 (2022
Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic (2024
Spine Tingler!: The William Castle Story (2007
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010
Inferno Rosso (Joe D’Amato doc) (2021
The Greatest Night in Pop: We Are the World (2024
Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized Tinseltown (2024
From Darkness to Light (Jerry Lewis doc) (2024
Found Footage Phenomenon, The (2021
Forget Everything You’ve Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre (2011
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood (1992
Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun (2004
Cuadecuc Vampir (1971
MOST WATCHED DIRECTORS:
8
Terence Fisher
(The Curse of Frankenstein, The Revenge of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Created Woman, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, The Mummy, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Gorgon, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell)
6
Shinya Tsukamoto
(Tokyo Fist, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, Snake of June, Kotoko, The Adventure of Dench-kozu)
Roger Corman
(Attack of the Crab Monsters, The Wasp Woman, The Tomb of Ligeia, The Masque of the Red Death, Creature from the Haunted Sea, A Bucket of Blood)
5
Don Coscarelli
(Phantasm, Phantasm II, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, Phantasm IV: Oblivion, Phantasm V: Ravager)
4
Kevin Connor
(The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth’s Core, The People That Time Forgot, Warlords of Atlantis)
Lloyd Kaufman
(The Toxic Avenger, The Toxic Avenger Part Two, Toxic Avenger Part Three: The Last Temptation of Toxie, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV)
Christopher Nolan
Oppenheimer, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises
3
Edgar Wright
(Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End)
H.G. Lewis
(Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs!, Color Me Blood Red)
Dick Maas
(The Lift, Down (aka The Shaft), Amsterdamned)
Antonio Margheriti
(Castle of Blood, The Long Hair of Death, Web of the Spider)
Jose Mojica Marins
(At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse, Embodiment of Evil)
Jun Fukuda
(Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla)
Adam Green
(Hatchet, Hatchet II, Victor Crowley)
David Gregory
(Enter the Clones of Bruce, Forget Everything You’ve Ever Seen: The World of Santa Sangre, Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic)
Ishiro Honda
(Gojira, Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster, Invasion of Astro Monster)
James Cameron
(The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens)
William Castle
(House on Haunted Hill The Tingler, The Old Dark House)
Ari Aster
(Hereditary, Midsommar (Director’s Cut), Beau is Afraid)
James Nguyen
(Birdemic: Shock and Terror Birdemic 2: The Resurrection Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle)
Sisworo Gautama Putra
(Sundelbolong, Srigala (aka Wolf) , Santet)
Ivan Reitman
(Meatballs, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II)
Ridley Scott
Alien, Prometheus, Alien: Covenant)
2
Jack Arnold
(Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature)
Lamberto Bava
(Demons, Demons 2)
Earl Bellamy
(Flood, Fire)
Ole Bornedal
(Nightwatch, Deliver Us from Evil)
Greydon Clark
(Without Warning, The Return)
Stephen Cognetti
(Hell House, LLC, Hell House, LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor)
Wes Craven
(Swamp Thing, A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Jesus Franco
(Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein, Count Dracula)
Lucio Fulci
(Zombie, City of the Living Dead)
John Gilling
(The Reptile, Cross of the Devil)
Henry Joost / Ariel Schulman
(Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4
Neil Jordan
(The Company of Wolves, Interview with the Vampire)
Kevin Ko
(Invitation Only, Incantation)
Steven Kostanski
(Leprechaun Returns, Frankie Freako)
David Leitch
(The Fall Guy, Atomic Blonde)
BJ McDonnell
(Studio 666, Hatchet III)
Mike Mendez
(Killers, The Convent)
Steve Miner
(Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part 3)
Daniel Myrick / Eduardo Sanchez
(The Blair Witch Project, Curse of the Blair Witch)
Billy O’Brien
(Isolation, I Am Not a Serial Killer)
Ben Rock
(Shadow of the Blair Witch, The Burkittsville 7)
M. Night Shyamalan
(The Sixth Sense, Trap)
Tilman Singer
(LUZ, Cuckoo)
Steven Spielberg
(Jaws, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial)
Peter Strickland
(In Fabric, The Duke of Burgundy)
Brian Trenchard-Smith
(Leprechaun 3, Leprechaun 4: In Space)
Adam Wingard
(Blair Witch, Godzilla X Kong)
SO NICE WE WATCHED ‘EM TWICE
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Dellamorte Dellamore
Eyes of Fire
Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster
Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Impulse (1974)
Interview with the Vampire
Isolation
Longlegs
Randy Writes a Novel
The Return (1980) Rolling Thunder
Santet
Shatter Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Silent Night Deadly Night
Vampyres
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Vampyres (1974, 2013)
The Mummy (1932, 1959, 1999)
The Old Dark House (1932, 1963)
GOING FULL FRANCHISE
August Underground (3 films)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (3 films)
Leprechaun (8 films)
Terminator (6 films)
Alien (10 films)
Hammer Frankenstein (6 films)
Ghostbusters (5 films)
Blair Witch (6 films)
Toxic Avenger (4 films)
Paranormal Activity (6 films)
Coffin Joe (3 films)
THEY COME IN TWOS:
Aliens, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters II, The Toxic Avenger Part II, Leprechaun 2, The Ring Two, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Paranormal Activity 2, Birdemic 2: The Resurrection, Hatchet II, Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2: Straw Eyes, This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Revenge of the Creature, Friday the 13th Part 2, Revenge of Frankenstein, Ghoulies 2, Gremlins 2, Godzilla Raids Again, The People That Time Forgot, Phantasm II, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, The Dark Knight, Mexico Barbaro II, Demons 2, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
EARLIEST FILM WATCHED:
The Old Dark House & The Mummy (1932)
COUNTRIES OF RECORD: 23
(Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, USA)
GOING A-Z (missed “U” and “X”)
Alice Sweet Alice
Banana Splits Movie
Common Law Wife
Demon Wind
The Enchanted
Flood
The Girl in Room 2A
The Holdovers
It’s a Wonderful Knife
The Jar
Killers of the Flower Moon
Love at First Bite
Mexican Barbaro II
Necrophagous (aka Graveyard of Terror)
Orphan
Penda’s Fen
A Quiet Place: Day One
Raya and the Last Dragon
Space Probe Taurus
To Fire You Come at Last
U
Voodoo Black Exorcist
When Time Ran Out....
X
Young Frankenstein
Zombie Holocaust
LONGEST STREAK OF SEEING MOVIES FROM EACH YEAR:
From 1953-2024, I only missed 1962, which is better than I’ve done in a while!
VIEWINGS BY MONTH:
January – 26
February – 29
March – 36
April – 29
May – 44
June – 16
July – 33
August – 20
September – 39
October – 51
November – 39
December – 38
VIEWS BREAKDOWN BY DECADE:
1910s – 0
1920s – 0
1930s – 6
1940s – 1
1950s – 19
1960s – 37
1970s – 64
1980s – 67
1990s – 38
2000s – 39
2010s – 52
2020s – 76
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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