The Kids Aren’t Alright: A #MonthOfDread Dedicated to Pint-Sized Terrors

Josh Millican |

Aug 1, 2020

Daily horror movie challenges are a staple of the Halloween season, but would you dare attempt a 366-day challenge? Why, you’d have to be insane to attempt such a feat, right? Well, that’s exactly what we’re doing! On January 1st, we launched our “Year of Dread 2020” and we’re just over half-way through!

Dread Central liberated the 31-day horror challenge from October with monthly, themed horror movie challenges back in the Summer of 2018. Our ongoing mission: To create unique and inspiring curriculums for the truly devoted. You can check out our previous “Months of Dread” by following the links below.

July 2018: Horror Heatwave
August 2018: Aquatic Terrors
September 2018: Back to School
October 2018: Every Day is Halloween
November 2018: November of the Living Dead
December 2018: The End is Nigh

January 2019: Winter HorrorLand
February 2019: Horror is for Lovers
March 2019: Monster Madness
April 2019: Asian Cinema April
May 2019: MAYhem
June 2019: Summer of Blood
July 2019: Camps and Cabins
August 2019: Haunted August
September 2019: Sequel September
October 2019: GOTH-tober
November 2019: Stephen King

January 2020: Best of 2019
February 2020: Women in Horror
March 2020: 21st Century Monster Movies
April 2020: Horror Comedies
May 2020: Horror/Sc-Fi
June 2020: Vacations from Hell
July 2020: Clown/Circus Horror

This month it’s all about the pint-sized terrors, those creepy kids who make adults crumble into whimpering messes! Whether they’re possessed, endowed with supernatural abilities, or quintessential bad seeds, they somehow manage to chill us to the bone!

Ask yourself: Are you a horror fan who lives every day like it’s Halloween? Do you have the gumption and the stamina to consume a new horror movie every day for an entire year? If so, feast your eyes on August’s 31-day horror challenge below. Let us know you’re participating by using the hashtag #YearOfDread2020 on Social Media!

Did your favorite creepy kid-themed horror movie make the list? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also carry on the convo with me personally on Twitter @josh_millican.

*Right click images (separated by week) to save and print; you can also see a complete list of films in August’s 31-Day horror challenge at the bottom of the article. Enjoy!

August 1^st, 2020: The Ring (2002)
August 2^nd, 2020: The Babadook
August 3^rd, 2020: Vivarium
August 4^th, 2020: The Bad Seed
August 5^th, 2020: Z
August 6^th, 2020: Alice, Sweet Alice
August 7^th, 2020: The Good Son
August 8^th, 2020: Mikey
August 9^th, 2020: Twilight Zone: The Movie
August 10^th, 2020: Wake Wood
August 11^th, 2020: Pet Sematary (1989)
August 12^th, 2020: Sinister
August 13^th, 2020: Salem’s Lot
August 14^th, 2020: The Children
August 15^th, 2020: The Grudge (2004)
August 16^th, 2020: The Others
August 17^th, 2020: The Brood
August 18^th, 2020: Them (2006)
August 19^th, 2020: The Omen
August 20^th, 2020: The Prodigy
August 21^st, 2020: The Hole in the Ground
August 22^nd, 2020: The Orphanage
August 23^rd, 2020: Goodnight Mommy
August 24^th, 2020: The Unborn
August 25^th, 2020: The Possession
August 26^th, 2020: Boarding School
August 27^th, 2020: The Exorcist
August 28^th, 2020: Orphan
August 29^th, 2020: Let the Right One In
August 30^th, 2020: Mama
August 31^st, 2020: The Golem

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