The complete 31 day Horror fix movie challenge
A new October tradition with one horror movie for every letter followed by five numbered nights.
By Rory Jackson
Every October, horror fans make the same promise: this is the year we watch something every night. Then October 4 arrives, nobody can agree on a movie and half the group watches Halloween again. There are worse fates, but Horror-fix can do better.
The ABCs and 123s of Halloween turns indecision into a game. Nights one through twenty-six run from A to Z. The final five nights belong to 1 through 5, giving us exactly thirty-one movies for thirty-one nights. We chose one featured movie for every slot, then loaded each night with six Horror-fix alternatives. Seen the main selection? Hate it? Watching with kids, gorehounds or the friend who claims nothing scares him? Pick a backup and keep moving.
This is not a sacred ranking. It is a living October tradition. Argue with our choices, post your replacements and save the unused movies for next year. The only real rule is simple: watch horror.
| Night | Featured movie | First Horror-fix alternative |
| A | Alien (1979) | The Autopsy of Jane Doe |
| B | The Blair Witch Project (1999) | Black Christmas |
| C | Candyman (1992) | The Cabin in the Woods |
| D | Dawn of the Dead (1978) | The Descent |
| E | The Evil Dead (1981) | The Exorcist |
| F | The Fly (1986) | Friday the 13th |
| G | Get Out (2017) | Ginger Snaps |
| H | Halloween (1978) | Hereditary |
| I | It (2017) | Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| J | Jaws (1975) | Jacob’s Ladder |
| K | Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) | The Killing of a Sacred Deer |
| L | The Lost Boys (1987) | The Lighthouse |
| M | Midsommar (2019) | Martyrs |
| N | Night of the Living Dead (1968) | Nosferatu |
| O | The Omen (1976) | Oculus |
| P | Psycho (1960) | Poltergeist |
| Q | A Quiet Place (2018) | Quarantine |
| R | The Ring (2002) | [REC] |
| S | Scream (1996) | The Shining |
| T | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | The Thing |
| U | Us (2019) | Under the Skin |
| V | Videodrome (1983) | The Void |
| W | The Witch (2015) | The Wicker Man |
| X | X (2022) | Xtro |
| Y | You’re Next (2011) | Yummy |
| Z | Zombieland (2009) | Zombie |
| 1 | 1BR (2019) | 1408 |
| 2 | 2LDK (2003) | 28 Days Later |
| 3 | 3 from Hell (2019) | 30 Days of Night |
| 4 | 4bia (2008) | 47 Meters Down |
| 5 | 5ive Girls (2006) | Five Nights at Freddy’s |
The last word
That is the challenge: thirty-one nights, thirty-one featured movies and enough alternatives to keep the argument alive for years. Share your completed list with Horror-fix, tell us where we screwed up and remember—if you miss a night, double features were invented for a reason.
Which featured pick would you replace—and what movie gets the slot?
