Sorry to sound like a grumpy old stickler for rules but mockumentaries are not documentaries. What We Did in the Shadows is not a documentary series. A mockumentary is a fictional film employing documentary techniques. So whilst you're watching a show about a real life serial kiler, I am watching a series about World War II, someone else wants to watch a COMEDY show about vampires. Sure if someone wants to do a Mockumentary challenge, that's swell but unfortunately I cannot keep compete in this challenge seriously now.

Yeah I appreciate that and I didn't take part in last year's challenge so I did not realise it included mocks.. but now having come back and seen films like Cannibal Holocaust and Trollhunter included, I just think it's getting a bit silly. To me, if you are going to do a documentary challenge then folks have to watch documentaries - just find something you're interested in. By all means, let's have a separate Found Footage/Mockumentary challenge but I feel movies like Cannibal Holocaust are just taking the buscuit and well be honest, it's a bit lazy..

I've not gone over the edge, I just feel if I am competing by watching a serious documentary series about World War II and others are watching famous found footage horror movies or some comedy series, it seems to defy the whole point of the challenge and the chosen topic. Anyway, I shall quit moaning now ..

OK, maybe I will try not to take it so seriously, but I hope no one ends up with just a whole bunch of mockumentary/found footage movies.

Yeah some ff movies are presented as mockumentaries (Cannibal Holocaust), whereas there are others that are not (Paranormal Activity).

Yeah as I replied to Der, some ff movies are presented as mockumentaries whereas others are not. This Is Spinal Tap is definitely one of the best mockumentaries ever made. But yeah, maybe for next year's challenge make it docs only to force some to actually watch docs if they wish to compete, and like I mentioned a separate challenge for mocks or ff movies would be good.

1/6 The World At War: A New Germany (1973) - 3 points
1/6 The World At War: Distant War (1973) - 3 points
1/6 The World At War: France Falls (1973) - 3 points
2/6 The World At War: Alone (1973) - 3 points
2/6 The World At War: Barbarossa (1973) - 3 points
2/6 The World At War: Banzai! (1973) - 3 points
3/6 The World At War: On Our Way (1973) - 3 points
4/6 The World At War: The Desert (1973) - 3 points
5/6 The World At War: Stalingrad (1974) - 3 points
6/6 The World At War: Wolf Pack (1974) - 3 points
7/6 The World At War: Red Star (1974) - 3 points
8/6 The World At War: Whirlwind (1974) - 3 points
8/6 The World At War: Tough Old Gut (1974) - 3 points
8/6 The World At War: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow (1974) - 3 points
9/6 The World At War: Home Fires (1974) - 3 points
9/6 The World At War: Inside the Reich (1974) - 3 points
9/6 The World At War: Morning (1974) - 3 points
10/6 The World At War: Occupation (1974) - 3 points
11/6 The World At War: Pincers (1974) - 3 points
12/6 The World At War: Genocide (1974) - 3 points
13/6 The World At War: Nemesis (1974) - 3 points
14/6 The World At War: Japan (1974) - 3 points
16/6 The World At War: Pacific (1974) - 3 points
16/6 The World At War: The Bomb (1974) - 3 points
16/6 The World At War: Reckoning (1974) - 3 points
17/6 The World At War: Remember (1974) - 3 points
17/6 Alison (2016) - 3 points
18/6 Eli Roth's History of Horror: Zombies (2018) - 4 points
19/6 Eli Roth's History of Horror: Slashers, Part 1 (2018) - 4 points
19/6 Eli Roth's History of Horror: Slashers, Part 2 (2018) - 4 points
19/6 Eli Roth's History of Horror: The Demons Inside (2018) - 4 points
20/6 Eli Roth's History of Horror: Killer Creatures (2018) - 4 points
20/6 Eli Roth's History of Horror: Vampires (2018) - 4 points
21/6 Eli Roth's History of Horror: Ghost Stories (2018) - 4 points

Total: 109

Hope Der is around for the War challenge but he hasn't signed up. I'm looking to you to give me some competition as not sure Box and Snowy will watch that many.

Thanks for hosting this and congrats to Der .

When you say you do not know a lot, do you mean if you had some recommendations you would try to watch a few more?

OK well you've probably heard of most of the following or perhaps the ones you have lined up are mentioned here:

Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Schindler's List
The Pianist
Black Hawk Down
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Dunkirk
Hackshaw Ridge

If you don't mind subtitles:

Come and See
Das Boot
Downfall
Grave of the Fireflies
Letters from Iwo Jima

Also remember war does not obviously just refer to recent history like World War II and Vietnam. You could watch stuff like Troy, Braveheart or even fantasies like The Lord of the Rings.

That's cool, he can always catch up.

Do other regulars here like znep, sfpx, zed, etc. usually have a good reason for not competing in these challenges (tell us why, if you're reading this!)? It's a pity, because obviously the more the merrier. It would be good if each challenge had at least 10, even if inidividuals were only able to watch a couple of movies - or maybe only the October challenge gets that kind of number?

Not for long.. and it's spelt M*A*S*H come on .