Preview Hooptobers:
Hooptober (2024)
Hooptober X: Judgment Rising
Hooptober 9: Jason Goes To Hellraiser Revelations
Hooptober 8.0: Resurrection Takes Manhattan
Hooptober 7: Cult of the New Blood Nightmare (Wash in cold H20 only)
Hooptober 6: Jason Lives For The Curse of Michael Myers

Top Five:
5 - The Most Dangerous Game
4 - When Evil Lurks
3 - The Void
2 - I Walked With A Zombie
1 - The Vanishing

My list for the twelfth Hooptober (my seventh) based on the rules found here. My only rewatch is Wizard of Oz which was unavoidable. The rules are as follows:

-I challenge anyone to do the same and use the TAG Hooptober12 so we can read each others stuff.

-If you are going to do it, list your link to YOUR list in the comments and i will add it to the intro to help others find your list. ( Hoop-tober index is HERE, 2.O HERE, 3.O HERE, 4.O HERE, 5.O HERE, 6.O HERE, 7.O HERE, 8.O HERE, 9.O HERE, 10.O HERE 11.O HERE)

QUICK EASY RULES:

There must be 31 horror films
✅ 6 countries (other than Italy or US) (Onibaba - Japan, Santo vs. the Vampire Women - Mexico, Republic Z - Russia, Anacoreta - Canada, The Last Days of Earth - San Marino, The Vanishing - Netherlands
✅ 9 decades (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 20s, Wizard of Oz - 30s, Santo vs. the Vampire Women - 60s, The Haunting Of Julia - 70s, The Vanishing - 80s, I’ve Been Waiting for You - 90s, Queen of the Damned - 00s, The Last Days of Earth - 10s, Mr Crocket - 20s)

✅ 5 Zombie Films (Zombie 5, Republic Z, Life After Beth, I Was A Teenage Zombie, The Living Dead Girl)
✅ 3 cult or conspiracy horror films (Malum, The Sacrament, The Void)
✅ 1 film from a Black director with a Black lead (Mr. Crocket)
✅ 1 film from a Mexican or Central American director (Santo vs. the Vampire Women)
✅ 1 Canadian film (Anacoreta)
✅ 1 Russian or former Russian state film (Republic Z)
✅ The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access.. (I Walked with a Zombie)
✅ 2 Post Apocalyptic horror films (It Comes at Night, Day the World Ended)
✅ 1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot (Scorpion with Two Tails)
✅ 1 The animals are pissed at us film (Crocodile)
✅ 1 Silent film (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
✅ 4 based on Novels (The Vanishing, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Queen of the Damned, I’ve Been Waiting for You)
✅ Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen. (Onibabba)
✅1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film (Scorpion with Two Tails)
✅ 1 film from 1932 (The Most Dangerous Game)
✅ I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39) (Wizard of Oz... duh)

✅ And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (Mortuary)

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

-review them all.(eek)

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