Happy Hooptober!

Cinemonster's annual Hooptober emerges from the grave for its 12th year!. Their detailed guide can be found here.

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THE RULES:

There must be 31 horror films.

6 countries (other than Italy or US)
- Norway - The Ugly Stepsister
- UK - Dead of Night
- Czechoslovakia - The Cremator
- Canada - Rabid
- Japan - A Page of Madness
- France - Brotherhood of the Wolf

9 decades
- 20's - A Page of Madness
- 30's - Murders in the Rue Morgue
- 40's - Dead of Night
- 60's - The Haunting
- 70's - Torso
- 80's - The Church
- 90's - Misery
- 2010's - A Cure for Wellness
- 2020's - Bring Her Back

5 Zombie Films
- Rabbid
- Rec
- Return of the Living Dead Part II
- Return of the Living Dead Part III
- White Zombie

3 cult or conspiracy horror films
- Noroi: The Curse
- The Sect
- Silent Hill

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
- Blacula

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
- Frankenstein

1 Canadian film
- The Brood

1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
- The Cremator

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access
- Dead of Night

2 Post-apocalyptic horror films
- The Divide
- The Last Man on Earth

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
- Repulsion

1 The animals are pissed at us film
- Brotherhood of the Wolf

1 Silent film
- A Page of Madness

4 based on Novels
- The Haunting
- Misery
- Nightbreed
- The Ruins

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
- The Church

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
- Torso

1 film from 1932
- Murders in the Rue Morgue

I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39)

*nd 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
- Spontaneous Combustion

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986).

Review them all!

One film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.

Note - I'm starting a little early to be honest about the months ahead and will update with the inevitable bonus watches that come up during the month.