Well, as 2020 comes to an end. Notch up another
October Challenge. They seem to go as fast as they come. Thanks again to everyone who participated this year and in doing so keeping this challenge alive. From participants or bystanders joining in on the festive atmosphere the challenge brings to the fold. It’s great to see an eruption of horror talk (from reviews, conversations, recommendations, personal ratings etc) of what people have been watching through the month.
I know it probably hasn’t been an easy year for many, and binging on horror films for the month might have been the furtherest thing on your minds one time or another. But I hope this has been a good escape, and sharing this passion for the genre/or challenge with like minded individuals for October kept you in the spirit.
So congratulations to those who completed the challenge requirements and
TheSowIsMine (159, 54) for taking top honours a third year straight. Just three short of breaking MrFurious 2017 record (161, 150). Over the years FridayOnElmStreet, ProgressiveElement and Lebowskidoo have been pretty consistent in hovering around the top 5. Looks like there’s an increase of people watching more films compared to previous challenges. You only have to look at 4th spot through to 9th which had tight competition. But then again it could just be the times we are in? To those few who fell short of the challenge. Thanks for sticking it out, and coming along for the ride. The more, the merrier. No matter the results.
Also the door is always open if anyone is interested in hosting the next challenge.
Hope to see everyone back again. Same time, same place.
2020 Results; Signed Up Participants: 33
Challenge Completed: 26 (best strike rate since the 2017 challenge)
Total films watched: 1,690 (excluded Quagsjonny)
Total FTV's: 985 (excluded Quagsjonny & MrFurious)[rank, username, total films, first-time viewings, completion date]1/ TheSowIsMine 159, 54 (6th Oct)
2/ Lebowskidoo 119, 78 (8th Oct)
3/ progressiveelement 109, 109 (9th Oct)
4/ FridayOnElmStreet 89, 67 (12th Oct)
5/ Anonymous Andy 84, 29 (17th Oct)
6/ Poelzig 83, 35 (17th Oct)
7/ TheOriginalPinky 82, 35 (16th Oct)
8/ stefancrosscoe 81, 41 (14th Oct)
9/ moviemouth 78, 57 (14th Oct)
10/ lostinlimbo 69, 35 (17th Oct)
11/ Marv 64, 28 (14th Oct)
12/ OffTheBoatPsycho 60, 26
13/ Dramatic Look Gopher 57, 28 (20th Oct)
14/ theravenking 50, 24 (20th Oct)
15/ gspdude 46, 26
16/ OrsonSwelles 43, 31 (19th Oct)
17/ Squelchy 39, 20 (25th Oct)
18/ Sarge 37, 28
19/ cybajedi 37, 27 (17th Oct)
20/ Nicko’s Nose 36, 22
21/ sostie 34, 26 (25th Oct)
22/ SophieFoxx 33, 30 (31st Oct)
23/ jamesbamsey 33, 27 (29th Oct)
24/ smurfbate 33, 17 (30th Oct)
25/ Hitchcockthelegend 32, 16 (30th Oct)
26/ moviebuffbrad 32, 16 (31st Oct - 3pm)
Half-way there;27/ Archelaus 28, 22
28/ darkreviewer2013 22, 14
29/ MooseNugget 13, 11
30/ Ass_E9 6, 6
31/ MrFurious 2, 2?
32/ Quagsjonny 18?, ??
33/ Super Morbidly Obese Werewolf 0, 0
Completion Date Rankings;1/ TheSowIsMine (6th Oct)
2/ Lebowskidoo (8th Oct)
3/ progressiveelement (9th Oct)
4/ FridayOnElmStreet (12th Oct)
5/ stefancrosscoe (14th Oct)
moviemouth (14th Oct)
Marv (14th Oct)
6/ TheOriginalPinky (16th Oct)
7/ Anonymous Andy (17th Oct)
poelzig (17th Oct)
lostinlimbo (17th Oct)
cybajedi (17th Oct)
8/ OrsonSwelles (19th Oct)
9/ Dramatic Look Gopher (20th Oct)
theravenking (20th Oct)
10/ Squelchy (25th Oct)
sostie (25th Oct)
11/ jamesbamsey (29th Oct)
12/ smurfbate (30th Oct)
Hitchcockthelegend (30th Oct)
13/ moviebuffbrad (31st Oct - 3pm)
14/ SophieFoxx (31st Oct)
First-Time Views Rankings;1/ progressiveelement 109
2/ Lebowskidoo 78
3/ FridayOnElmStreet 67
4/ moviemouth 57
5/ TheSowIsMine 54
6/ stefancrosscoe 41
7/ poelzig 35
TheOriginalPinky 35
lostinlimbo 35
8/ OrsonSwelles 31
9/ SophieFoxx 30
10/ Anonymous Andy 29
11/ Marv 28
Dramatic Look Gopher 28
Sarge 28
12/ cybajedi 27
jamesbamsey 27
13/ OffTheBoatPsycho 26
gspdude 26
sostie 26
14/ theravenking 24
15/ Nicko’s Nose 22
Archelaus 22
16/ Squelchy 20
17/ smurfbate 17
18/ Hitchcockthelegend 16
moviebuffbrad 16
19/ darkreviewer2013 14
20/ MooseNugget 11
21/ Ass_E9 6
22/ MrFurious 2(?)
If you notice an error regarding my final tallies. Notify and I’ll adjust accordingly. Thanks.