Hooptober Dozen't Scare Me -

In The Twelfth Hour of the Twelfth Moon A Witchlord Shall Rise! Plus a Bunch of Stuff About Politics! Helloooo, Hellscape!

Ninth time around for my favorite challenge. I had pre-built a list with a lot of time, zodiac and werewolf stuff (boy, did I misread what the 12th edition criteria would look like), so it is two very different lists stuck together. Also counting the re-watches this year since The Wizard of Oz was already part of the criteria. Seemed a good chance to add some things I wanted the kids to see.

I'm doing Beyond Fest and AFI fest as I do every year. Will add films that match the list as I see/schedule them. Edit 9/11 - Beyond Fest Films added. Most not added as they seemed not horror, but will add after watching if I am wrong. Edit 10/27 - No AFI Fest films ended up counting, though The Testament of Ann Lee is essentially a witch movie with no horror.

Thanks as always to Cinemonster. Been looking forward to this all summer long.

Cinemonster's original: boxd.it/EsPD6

QUICK EASY RULES:
Edit 10/28 - Criteria Complete

There must be 31 horror films

6 countries (other than Italy or US) (So . . . 8 countries) - Japan, UK, Mexico, Romania, Canada, Estonia, Hong Kong

9 decades -1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

5 Zombie Films (I went traditional, not Romero style. Seemed to fit the political paranoia better) -King of the Zombies, Revolt of the Zombies, Voodoo Man, Revenge of the Zombies, Ouanga

3 cult or conspiracy horror films - Spontaneous Combustion, Son of Dr. Jekyll, Death Walks on High Heels

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

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director - El Espejo de la Bruja

1 Canadian film - Crimes of the Future, Ginger Snaps 2

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

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access. (dropped down to the second row to find one. Not much I hadn't seen) - The Ghost of Frankenstein

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films -Robot Monster, Rats! Night of Terror

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot - Living Skeleton, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Black Phone 2

1 The animals are pissed at us film - Evil Cat, The Monster Walks

1 Silent film - The Man Who Laughs

4 based on Novels- Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Son of Dr. Jekyll, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, Radu Jude’s Dracula

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen - Bones

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film - Death Walks on High Heels

1 film from 1932 - The Monster Walks

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