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

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!

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

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