Learner age is flexible. You know your learner and their maturity level best. Learners will need to watch the movies on their own, prior to class meeting. 

We will begin class with background on the movie of the week and any oddities that may have happened during filming. We will discuss plot choices and filming strategies such as filters, soundtrack, and framing. How do the editing decisions affect the plot? How do they make you feel as a member of the audience? We will also discuss learners' favorite and least favorite parts, anything that stood out to them, and any lessons they may have learned. We will point out classic horror and slasher tropes such as splitting up, going into the strange room you just heard a weird noise come out of, and going into the basement alone... without a flashlight. Discussion will be learner led, leaving the possibility for other topics related to the movie and/or director to be be covered. If applicable, we will also talk about real life events the movies have inspired, or that inspired the movies. 


We will not be discussing any rated-R movies. Most movies will be rated PG-13, with some PG. 

Schedule:

Week of July 14: Beetlejuice (1988, Tim Burton)
Rated PG, stream on Amazon Prime and for rent on many platforms for about $4

Week of July 21: M3gan (2022)
Rated PG-13, stream on Peacock, rent on other VoD for about $4

Week of July 28: Goosebumps (2015)
Rated PG. Rent on Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango, YouTube for approx. $4.

Week of August 4: A Quiet Place (2018)
Rated PG-13, stream on Paramount+, rent on other VoD for $4

Week of August 11: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Rated PG-13, stream on Netflix

Week of August 18: The Birds (1963)
Rated PG-13, stream on Prime

Week of August 25: The Sixth Sense (1999)
Rated PG-13, stream on AMC+

Week of September 1: Lights Out (2016)
Rated PG-13, rent on Prime for about $4

Week of September 8: Jurassic Park (1993)
Rated PG-13, stream on Peacock

Week of September 15: The Boogeyman (2023)
Rated PG-13, stream on Hulu, rent on other VoD for about $4

Week of September 22: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Rated PG-13, stream on Netflix

Week of September 29:  The Watchers (2024)
Rated PG-13, Stream on Max

Week of October 6: The Village (2004)
Rated PG-13, Rent on Prime and other VoD

Week of October 13: Poltergeist (1982)
Rent on Prime and other VoD services 

Week of October 20: A Quiet Place II (2018)
Rated PG-13, Stream on Paramount

Week of October 27: Gremlins (1984)
Rated PG (PG-13 did not exist yet), stream on Max

Week of November 3: The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Rated PG, Rent on Amazon for $4

Week of November 10: A Quiet Place Day One (2024)
Rated PG-13, Stream on Paramount

Week of November 17: Signs (2002)
Rated PG-13, stream on AMC+

Week of November 24: Coraline (2009)
Rated G, Rent on Amazon

Week of December 1: The Visit (2015)
Rated PG-13, stream on Max

Week of December 8: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Rated PG-13, stream without a subscription on Pluto or Tubi

Week of December 15: Krampus (2015)
Rated PG-13, stream on Max

Week of December 22: Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Rated PG-13, Stream on Prime

Week of December 29: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Rated PG-13, stream on Hulu


TBD:
The Possession (2012)
Rated PG-13, stream on Peacock, rent on other VoD for $4

Split (2016)
Rated PG-13, stream on Hulu

Insidious (2010)
Rated PG-13. rent on Prime and other VoD for about $4

Ghostbusters (1984)
Rated PG, stream on Peacock

The Silence
Deathnote
Mars Attacks

No One Will Save You (2023)
Rated PG-13, stream on Hulu

The Haunting (1999)
Rated PG-13, stream on Paramount+, MGM+

47 Meters Down (2017)
Rated PG-13, stream on Starz

The Cave (2005)
Rated PG-13, stream on Netflix

Cloverfield (2008)
Rated PG-13, stream on Paramount+

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Rated PG-13, stream on Starz