Dreadfuls

The test group

Help me build Dreadfuls.

Rate every horror movie you watch, and help me make it better.

Try it on The Exorcist.

This flow is still a work in progress.

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.

  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.

Our October marathon

One film a night, all month. Now you can plan one like it, in any month.

  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. Thu Oct 22: Hokum
  23. Fri Oct 23: Candyman
  24. Sat Oct 24: Smile 2
  25. Sun Oct 25: Late Night with the Devil
  26. Mon Oct 26: Evil Dead Burn
  27. Tue Oct 27: Let the Right One In
  28. Wed Oct 28: It Follows
  29. Thu Oct 29: Train to Busan
  30. Fri Oct 30: [REC]
  31. Sat Oct 31: Halloween II

Swap any night, or every night.

A marathon is a plan, not a rule. If something better comes along, swap it in. You can watch whatever you want.

It isn’t finished

  1. It changes daily. Sometimes hourly.
  2. That’ll keep happening the whole time you test it.
  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. Any horror movie, any night.
  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 idea.

A horror movie a night, and an app that isn’t finished.

And a few people to help me break it.

Join the test group

You’ll get an email right away saying you’re on the list. When I let you in, you’ll hear from me.