It may only be mid-September, but I am gearing up for Halloween!  I’ve been perfecting the Horror Movie Drinking Game I started last Halloween while watching a marathon of Friday the 13th movies.  This looks like a lot of things, and you’ll end up getting totally wasted, but I know not every one will be used in every movie, and isn’t the point of a drinking game to get drunk? Please comment with your suggestions if I’ve forgotten anything!

Drink anytime:

• anyone gets killed
• there is T&A, or a shower/bath scene
• anyone has sex, drinks, or uses drugs – drink twice if done by teenagers
• there is a chicken
• there is a “fake-out” scare – drink twice if this involves a cat – drink three times if “it was just a dream”
• the car doesn’t start, there’s a flat tire, etc.
• someone’s phone doesn’t work
• anyone says “I’ll be right back” or “Let’s split up”
• when someone doesn’t turn on the lights when entering a dark room / the electricity goes out / the flashlight doesn’t work
• there is a thunderstorm
• there are inbred mountain people
• Pagan deities, Salem witches, or Indian burial grounds are mentioned
• the camera shows the killer’s perspective
• the killer walks after a victim who is running
• the victim trips when running from the killer
• someone runs upstairs when running from the killer
• someone jumps out of a window when running from the killer
• the police arrive too late, are killed, or are related to the killer
• the victim sees the killer standing behind them in a mirror
• someone mistakes the killer as someone else
• the killer isn’t really dead
• anyone ends up in a mental hospital
• there is an awful, outdated special effect
• a character is wearing an awful, outdated fashion – you must be able to name it (e.g. shoulder pads, bell bottoms, pegged pants)

Drink when these horror movie character archetypes are identified:

• The Final Girl/Guy (aka The Virgin)
• The Slut (aka The Bitch)
• The Jock
• The Initial Sacrifice (e.g. the first person to die in the movie)
• The Stoner (aka The Drunk, The Prankster, The Comic Relief)
• The Nerd
• The Token Minority
• Mommy Dearest (the mom is a crazy nutball)
• The Priest (any extremely religious character)