Week 1: Anime Week
Week 1: Jan. 1-Jan. 7

Japanese animation has exerted a significant impact on a wide variety of genres, shaping the landscape of entertainment for the past century.

Week 2: Reb Brown Week
Week 2: Jan. 8-Jan. 14

If Reb Brown steps on your throat and starts asking you questions, you better answer cause believe me, he does not fuck around.

Week 3: Vestron Video Week.
Week 3: Jan. 15-Jan. 21

Vestron distributed a plethora of iconic cult classics on VHS throughout the 1980s.

Week 4: 80s Teen Comedy Week
Week 4: Jan. 22-Jan. 28

The 1980s was the peak of teenage comedy films.

Week 5: Roger Corman Week
Week 5: Jan. 29-Feb. 4

RIP to a legend of cinema.

Week 6: Blaxploitation Week
Week 6: Feb. 5-Feb. 11

The best way to start off Black History month in February is some kick ass blaxploitation cinema.

Week 7: Hammer Films Week
Week 7: Feb. 12-Feb. 18

The studio that reinvigorated gothic cinema.

Week 8: Albert Pyun Week
Week 8: Feb. 19-Feb. 25

If you been to the video stores in the 1980s and 1990s, you probably seen one of his films.

Week 9: Keith David Week
Week 9: Feb. 26-Mar. 4

Keith David's commanding voice and captivating presence on screen establish him as a legendary figure in the entertainment industry.

Week 10: Cannon Group Week
Week 10: Mar. 5-Mar. 11

The Cannon Group pumped out so many entertaining movies with b-movie plots and B+ movie budgets.

Weel 11: Psychotronic Encyclopedia Week
Week 11: Mar. 12-Mar. 18

This is a stable of all the cult movie challenges. It's hard not do a yearly CMC without it.

Weel 12: Film Noir Week
Week 12: Mar. 19-Mar. 25

Murders, mysteries, femme fetales and hard-boiled detectives. What else is there to love?

Week 13: Ozploitation
Week 13: Mar. 26-Apr. 1

Experience films from the great down under.

Week 14: Rod Steiger Week
Week 14: Apr. 2-Apr. 8

From winning Academy Award for Best Actor to being in low budget flicks. This guy has it all.

Week 15: Park Chan-Wook Week
Week 15: Apr. 9-Apr. 15

Master of cult Korean cinema.

Week 16: Svengoolie Week
Week 16: Apr. 16-Apr. 22

A television program dedicated to showcasing horror films, which has been in operation since the 1970s. Many movies to choose from.

Week 17: 50's Sci-Fi Week
Week 17: Apr. 23-Apr. 29

The era characterized by camp aesthetics and iconic science fiction masterpieces.

Week 18: American International Pictures Week
Week 18: Apr. 30-May 6

The kings of the 50's drive-ins, and the first company to go after the now-coveted teen demographic.

Week 19: Arrow Video Week
Week 19: May 7-May 13

A boutique Blu-ray label that specializing in cult and horror films.

Week 20: Lance Henriksen Week
Week 20: May 14-May 20

Lance Henriksen is not only a highly regarded actor in the horror and sci-fi flicks; he is undeniably the king of being in horror movie sequels.

Week 21: USA Up All Night Week
Week 21: May 21-May 27

One of the best late night TV blocks on weekend nights in the 1990s.

Week 22: Chow Yun-fat Week
Week 22: May 28-June 3

From Hong Kong to Hollywood. What more needs to be said? Chow Yun-fat knows how to kick major ass.

Week 23: Splatter Movie Guide Week
Week 23: June 4-June 10

Blood and guts everywhere. Oh my!

Week 24: Gregg Araki Week
Week 24: June 11-June 17

Cult film maker of the New Queer Cinema movement

Week 25: Bruce Campbell Week
Week 25: June 18-June 24

The man, the myth, and the legend.

Week 26: Killer Animal Week
Week 26: June 25-July 1

When Animals Attack!

Week 27: Fred Olen Ray Week
Week 27: July 2-July 8

Horror, comedy, sci-fi, and even some animation films have been directed by Fred Olen Ray. Almost none of them well.

Week 28: Claudio Simonetti Week
Week 28: July 9-July 15

He's one of the top Italian musicians and film composers, known for a ton of iconic movies.

Week 29: Troma Week
Week 29: July 16-July 22

One of the most enduring independent film companies, renowned for producing iconic cult classics, and sleazy films for more than four decades.

Week 30: CAT III Week
Week 30: July 23-July 29

Category III is the Hong Kong equivilent of NC-17. Most of these films get the rating for violence, but you get some nudity in there too.

Week 31: Rarelust Week
Week 31: July 30-Aug. 5

Taken from their website: "Rarelust is my personal project to keep rare flick rips alive freely and stop sellers who sell these movies at insane prices.." This website is a treasure trove of obscurity, and offers a giant grab bag of potential options for this week's theme.

Week 32: Linnea Quigley Week
Week 32: Aug. 6-Aug. 12

One of the all-time best scream queens

Week 33: Tokusatsu Week
Week 33: Aug. 13-Aug. 19

Godzilla, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai/Power Rangers, and tons of awesome Japanese special effect awesomeness.

Week 34: John Waters Week
Week 34: Aug. 20-Aug. 26

Experience the lowbrow cinema crafted by the renowned filmmaker from Baltimore.

Week 35: Shaw Brothers Week
Week 35: Aug. 27-Sep. 2

Hong Kong based production company with an enormous library of films under their belt. Most notable for their martial arts action films, and for their influence on the Wu-Tang Clan.

Week 36: 70s Disaster Movie Week
Week 36: Sep. 3-Sep. 9

So much destruction. So many b-list celebrities to round out the ensemble casts. So many leisure suits. Disaster films before the days of CGI.

Week 37: Michelle Yeoh Week
Week 37: Sep. 10-Sep. 16

The most ass-kicking female action star in Hong Kong cinema.

Week 38: New World Pictures Week
Week 38: Sep. 17-Sep. 23

One of Roger Corman's most successful studio from 1970-1997.

Week 39: Tim Curry Week
Week 39: Sep. 24-Sep. 30

One of the true kings of genre.

Week 40: Slasher Movie Week
Week 40: Oct. 1-Oct. 7

Let the bodies hit the floor!

Week 41: Gothic Horror Week
Week 41: Oct. 8-Oct. 14

Spooky castles, candelabras, and corsets. What else do you need?

Week 42: Zombie Week
Week 42: Oct. 15-Oct. 21

Brains!

Week 43: Vampire Week
Week 43: Oct. 22-Oct. 28

They avoid sunlight, wear dope looking capes, and refuse to come over unless very clearly and specifically invited to do so. I'm also being told they drink blood.

Week 44: MonsterVision Week
Week 44: Oct. 29-Nov. 4

The beloved TNT show hosted by Joe Bob Briggs.

Week 45: Samurai (Chanbara/Jidai-geki) Week
Week 45: Nov. 5-Nov. 11

Honor, bloodshed and tons of sword fights.

Week 46: Techsploitation Week
Week 46: Nov. 12-Nov. 18

When technology runs amok!

Week 47: New French Extremity Week
Week 47: Nov. 19-Nov. 25

Experience French cinema in a whole new way.

Week 48: Cannibal Week
Week 48: Nov. 26-Dec. 2

Watch some people eat some people now that Thanksgiving is here.

Week 49: Claudia Jennings Week
Week 49: Dec. 3-Dec. 9

The 70s Queen of B movies

Week 50: Neil Breen Week
Week 50: Dec. 10-Dec. 16

Finally, Neil Breen is getting his moment in the spotlight for the CMC!

Week 51: Biker Movie Week
Week 51: Dec. 17-Dec. 23

They'll rebel to anything.

Week 52: Christmas Horror Week
Week 52: December 24th-December 31th

Ending the year with some holiday splatter.