Scarecrow Video isn’t just a video store. It’s a landmark for all we love about movies.

Each year, they do a month-long challenge to get people to stretch out and watch some movies they’ve never seen before.

Check out my lists for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Here’s this year’s Letterboxd list.

Here are this year’s movies!

1. INTRODUCING…: A well-known actor’s first movie. Bonus points if it has an “introducing” credit: The Cry Baby Killer

2. FANGS FOR WATCHING: Charm your senses with an anguine flick: Zuma

3. SIMIAN CINEMA: Grab a six-pack of bananas and watch a primate film. Something appeeling: The Bloody Ape

4. MYTHICAL CREATURES: Though they are hard to capture, you must see one in this feature: Kandisha

5. SHRIEKS & SQUEALS: This one’s gotta have that sound that makes the hairs on your neck stand up and sends shivers down your spine: Hush

6. SQUEAKY REELS: [whispers] This one came out in 1925. Shhhhh!: Wolf Blood

7. NOW THAT’S BRASS: Skewer the end of week one with a thrust of metal – be it precious or, better yet, base: The Devil’s Candy

8. HOLY WEDNESDAY: …And on the 8th day the Physical Media God watches a Christploitation flick: The Devil Conspiracy

9. MASTER OF DISASTER: Watch any Irwin Allen offering: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

10. ESTIMATION…DECIMATION: Today’s forecast is mushroom cloudy with a 100% chance of radiation: Fuga del Paradiso

11. DYSTOPIAN FUTURE: Polite society just ain’t what it used to be: Mad Max

12. MOROSE CODE: Nestle into your favorite dark place to view a Gothic horror piece: Anemia

13. HOLLYWOODLAND BACK: Made by an indigenous filmmaker or has featured indigenous cast members: Prey

14. “SHUT THE FACE UP”: Watch a TV edit of an R-rated movie, you fairy godmother: Halloween

15. GOES WITHOUT SAYING: Feast your eyes on something with little to no dialogue at all: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

16. SEQUELAR SUBTITULAR: You know how sequels sometimes have clever subtitles? Like House II: The Second Story…: Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering

17. THE WATCHENING: Today’s film title should end with an -ing: The Conjuring

18. VIDEO STORE DAY: This is the big one. Watch something physically rented or bought from an actual video store. If you live in a place that is unfortunate enough not to have one of these archival treasures, then watch a movie with a video store scene in it at least. #vivaphysicalmedia: Trick or Treat With Reed Richmond

19. THE ABANDONED PLACE: This spooky classic trope that must inhabit tonight’s viewing: Cub

20. DANCE DANCE DEVOLUTION: Today’s viewing soiree must be some kind of mutant, freak, or genetic mishappening: The Toxic Avenger

21. TWINNERS CIRCLE: Scientists rejoice! Human cloning has been achieved: The Boys from Brazil

22. WRECK TANGLE: Rubberneck a car crash scene: The Road Warrior

23. SURVIVORS?: If anything walks away from a plane crash, the chances of it being healthy are pretty slim: The Langoliers

24. IN YOUR DREAMS: Heavy on the dream sequence, Jack: Aliens

25. ELECTRIC SLIP’n’SLIDE: Wriggle your way through a sloppy/goopy good time flick: The Toxic Avenger Part II

26. THAR SHE GLOWS: There be a light house in this plot: The Monster of Piedras Blancas

27. TRANCING AND HYPNOTISM: Gold watches ain’t just for retirement: Death Is Not the End

28. THIS IS JEOPARDY: Ken says you must solve the clues to survive the predicament: Vertigo

29. “OCCULT”URAL CENTER: This one’s gotta have a supernatural hotspot in it: In the Shadow of the Sun

30. DEVIL’S NIGHT: Mischief, mayhem or pranks – oh my!: Don’t Hang Up, Toughguy!

31. I REMEMBER HALLOWEEN: This night, anything goes: Halloween Fan Films

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