Dreadfuls

The October test group

Help me build Dreadfuls.

Join my October marathon. Rate every film you watch.

Why I made it

Every October, my wife Ana and I watch a horror movie every night. Each year gets its own marathon, and we plan it together.

We kept score in a Google Sheet. Last year, four of us were in it.

But a number in a cell can’t tell you if a film was actually scary. Or if the story held up, or if you’d ever watch it again. That’s the part we end up arguing about.

So I built Dreadfuls. It’s only horror, and it asks those questions.

Our 2025 marathon scores, from the sheet we kept
DateMovieAnaDanielWas it scary?Did the story hold up?Watch it again?
Oct 1Paranormal Activity76.2
Oct 2Paranormal Activity 27.57.2
Oct 5Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones7.97.9
Oct 9In A Violent Nature46.5
Oct 10Oddity8.77.5
Oct 11Midsommar8.58.6

How rating works

You don’t type a score. You place it. Try it on The Exorcist.

  1. “How was it?”

    Pick a skull. Each one is a range, so you’re never guessing what a number means.

  2. “Which did you like more?”

    Then it puts your film next to ones you’ve already rated. You pick, and that narrows down where the score goes.

  3. “How scary was it?”

    Scariness, then Story and Rewatchability if you want them. Scariness is the one only a horror app would ask.

  4. “Would you tell a friend to watch it?”

    One tap, and it nudges the score.

  5. Your score

    Tenths either way if it’s not quite right, and you see where it lands before you save.

This flow is still a work in progress.

The October marathon

One film a night, all month. You don’t have to watch every night.

  1. Thu Oct 1: Saw
  2. Fri Oct 2: Saw II
  3. Sat Oct 3: Saw III
  4. Sun Oct 4: Saw IV
  5. Mon Oct 5: Saw V
  6. Tue Oct 6: Saw VI
  7. Wed Oct 7: Saw 3D
  8. Thu Oct 8: Jigsaw
  9. Fri Oct 9: Spiral: From the Book of Saw
  10. Sat Oct 10: Saw X
  11. Sun Oct 11: 28 Days Later
  12. Mon Oct 12: 28 Weeks Later
  13. Tue Oct 13: 28 Years Later
  14. Wed Oct 14: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
  15. Thu Oct 15: Ready or Not
  16. Fri Oct 16: Ready or Not: Here I Come
  17. Sat Oct 17: The Substance
  18. Sun Oct 18: Longlegs
  19. Mon Oct 19: Rosemary’s Baby
  20. Tue Oct 20: Nosferatu
  21. Wed Oct 21: The Exorcism of Emily Rose
  22. Open night, Thu Oct 22
  23. Open night, Fri Oct 23
  24. Open night, Sat Oct 24
  25. Open night, Sun Oct 25
  26. Open night, Mon Oct 26
  27. Open night, Tue Oct 27
  28. Open night, Wed Oct 28
  29. Open night, Thu Oct 29
  30. Open night, Fri Oct 30
  31. Sat Oct 31: Halloween II

It isn’t finished

  1. It changes daily. Sometimes hourly.
  2. That’ll keep happening all through the marathon.
  3. A screen might look different tomorrow than it does tonight.
  4. What you tell me is what changes next.

What joining means

  1. Rate what you watch in October. Marathon films or not.
  2. Use it on your phone. It’s a web app. You add it to your home screen, and there’s no App Store.
  3. Tell me what breaks. Or what’s confusing, or what you’d change. Just text me.

That’s the month.

Thirty-one nights, and an app that isn’t finished.

And a few people to help me break it.

Join the test group

I’m keeping it small, and I add everyone by hand. So you won’t get an automatic email. You’ll hear from me.