SHOCKtober: 340-313

Man, you could watch one movie from this chunk o' list every night this month and have a wicked (and wicked varied) SHOCKtober. Final Girl readers have the best taste in horror movies, I swear. So feast your eyeballs on some more gruesome (I mean that in a nice way) twosomes: each of these movies received two votes.

340. The Final Girls – 2015, Todd Strauss-Schulson

339. The Faculty – 1998, Robert Rodriguez

338. Eyes of Laura Mars – 1978, Irvin Kershner

337. The Dead Zone – 1983, David Cronenberg

336. The Convent – 2000, Mike Mendez

335. The Car – 1977, Elliot Silverstein

334. The Borderlands (aka Final Prayer) – 2013, Elliot Goldner

333. The Blob – 1958, Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. and Russell S. Doughten Jr.

332. The Babysitter – 2017, McG

331. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 – 1986, Tobe Hooper

330. Targets – 1968, Peter Bogdanovich

329. Strait-Jacket – 1964, William Castle

328. StageFright – 1987, Michele Soavi

327. Sorority House Massacre – 1986, Carol Frank

326. Silver Bullet – 1985, Daniel Attias

325. Seven – 1995, David Fincher

324. Repulsion – 1965, Roman Polanski

323. Rare Exports – 2010, Jalmari Helander

322. Pyewacket – 2017, Adam McDonald

321. Pumpkinhead – 1988, Stan Winston

320. Psycho II – 1983, Richard Franklin

319. Prey – 2022, Dan Trachtenberg

318. Possessor – 2020, Brandon Cronenberg

317. Pin – 1988, Sandor Stern

316. Pieces – 1982, Juan Piquer Simón

315. Phenomena (aka Creepers) – 1985, Dario Argento

314. Pet Sematary – 1989, Mary Lambert

313. Opera – 1987, Dario Argento

• So many movies I absolutely adore today, including The Convent, which makes for perfect Halloween party viewing. (Do people have parties anymore?) I love it so much.
• I feel like I can still hear the sound of that cop's rubber raincoat during that scene in The Dead Zone. That's always my first thought with this movie. Second? My (terrible) Johnny impression that I love to torture people with. The ICE...is gonna BREAK. (Too bad you can't hear that.) Third, of course, is "aww man I miss the Brooke Adams era in film.
• A reader on The Borderlands: "My favourite British horror. Natural, likable performances, the ever-creepy British countryside as the perfect setting and THAT ENDING. When I close my eyes I can picture it. Truly horrifying." (I saw it for the first time within the last year and it is so good. Found footage aficionados (especially), if you haven't seen it then check it out!)
• I need to give Sorority House Massacre another chance--I might be able to appreciate its weirdness more now, rather than being disappointed by it because I was hoping for a regular ol' slasher flick.
• Seriously, I could make a bullet point for pretty much every movie listed today and just say I LOVE THIS. Whether it's old standby forever faves (Psycho II, Straight-Jacket) or new delights (Prey, Possessor) or lawd I'm so happy this even exists (The Car, Pieces) or or or, I could go on forever.