SHOCKtober: 648-621

A rather varied chunk o' list coming at you today, so let's get to it! The following films received one vote each.

648. Signs – 2002, M. Night Shyamalan

647. Sick of Myself – 2022, Kristoffer Borgli

646. Shock (aka Beyond the Door II) – 1977, Mario Bava and Lamberto Bava

645. Shivers – 1975, David Cronenberg

644. The She-Creature – 1956, Edward L. Cahn

643. Shadow in the Cloud – 2020, Roseanne Liang

642. Séance -- 2000, Kiyoshi Kurosawa

641. Scream and Scream Again – 1970, Gordon Hessler

640. Scream VI – 2023, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

639. Scream 3 – 2000, Wes Craven

638. Scared Stiff – 1987, Richard Friedman

637. Scarecrows -- 1988, William Wesley

636. Scare Me -- 2020, Josh Ruben

635. Saw – 2004, James Wan

634. Saw II – 2005, Darren Lynn Bousman

633. Satanic Panic – 2019, Chelsea Stardust

632. Satan's School for Girls – 1973, David Lowell Rich

631. Satan's Cheerleaders – 1977, Greydon Clark

630. Saloum – 2021, Jean Luc Herbulot

629. Saint Drogo – 2023, Ahern, Miller, Perras-Sanchez, Dalpe, Gonsalves, and Jensen

628. Safe – 1995, Todd Haynes

627. Ricky 6 – 2000, Peter Filardi

626. Return to Oz – 1985, Walter Murch

625. [REC] 2 – 2009, Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza

624. Rear Window – 1954, Alfred Hitchcock

623. R-Point – 2004, Su-chang Kong

622. The Queen of Black Magic -- 2019, Kimo Stamboel

621. Quatermass and the Pit – 1967, Roy Ward Baker

• Heck yeah, Safe! Love seeing it here. This kinda showing is why this list is the best and Final Girl readers rule.
• YES Saint Drogo had six directors!
• I love Shock so much. A li'l possession, a li'l haunted house, a li'l mystery, a lotta Daria Nicolodi, and that incredible jump scare.
• It occurs to me that I've never actually seen Scream and Scream Again. But I have seen And Now the Screaming Starts. Not that that matters, I'm just saying because my mind sort of conflates and/or confuses the two.
• Speaking of scream(ing)...we go from Scream 3 to Scream VI. The series swaps between Arabic and Roman numerals, just like the Friday the 13th series does. Wow, Scream really is meta!
• A reader on Return to Oz: "I genuinely think seeing this as a child was my gateway into horror." They may be the lone voter, but I bet they're not the only one who feels that way about this movie.
• R-Point kinda got lost in amongst all the other great Korean offerings during the mid-aughties "Tartan Asia Extreme" wave, which is too bad because it's so good.
• A reader on [REC] 2: "The first one is obviously better but this one doesn't get enough love because it's sillier (but just as fun)." You know what? I agree. I think this would have been better received if it didn't have the burden of following The Adventures of Pulitzer-Prize-Winning-Reporter and All-Around Hero Ángela Vidal. And yes, that is [REC]'s Christian name. Heck, I'll even go to bat for [REC] 3: Genesis, which is also a lot of fun. [REC] 4: Apocalypse though...(Mariah Carey voice) I don't know her. Although now that I say that, I kind of want to revisit it...? That's the power of Ángela Vidal, baby!