hello creepy ppl! i’m mad with excitement for this years hooptober and i am pleased to share in creation of this list by my lovely partner Lautaro who was a saint watching with me last year. this will be my second time participating and i am endlessly grateful to our overlord @cinemonster for hosting- as well as forcing me out of the clutches of Italy. seriously, last year over a third of my list were italian and i have tried my best this year to diversify… let’s see how i did! 
decades: 1920, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 00, 10, 20
countries: Mexico, Canada, Guatemala, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Japan, UK, Germany, Norway, Poland, and Russia
zombies: 

City of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Chud 2: Bud the Chud
Invisible Invaders
The World of the Dead
Dead Snow

cult/conspiracy:

Popeye the Slayer Man
Summer of ‘84 - also my Canadian pick
The Devils

black directed/cast

Def by Temptation

central american:

La Llorona

russian:

Viy

40s: 

Cat People 

post apocalyptic:

In the Year 2889
Night of the Comet

dream-based:

Hourglass Sanatorium

animal havoc:

The Leopard Man

silent: 

The Phantom Carriage

novel adaptations: 

Rebecca
From Beyond
The Color out of Space
The Cremator
The call of Cthulhu 

from cine’s list: 

A Page of Madness

Ernesto Gastaldi:

Your vice is a locked room and only i have the key

1932:

Freaks

The Wizard of Oz

tobe:

Body Bags

aaaand finally, extra credit:

Burn Witch, Burn
German Chainsaw Massacre
Trick or Treat

thanks for looking guys! happy hoopin’ :p