Each October I do my best to watch as many "new to me" horror movies that I can. This year I am thrilled to try Cinemonster's Hooptober 12 Challenge for the first time. All of these are new to me except Wizard of Oz. Looking forward to seeing these! eta: I may change these as I go along for ease of access.

QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films

6 countries (other than Italy or US)

Spain - REC 10/8
Germany - VAMPYR
UK - THE SUBSTANCE
South Korea - THE HOST 10/19
Ireland - I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER 9/24
Australia - ROGUE 10/6
9 decades
1940s DR JEKYLL & MR. HYDE (1941)
1950s HOUSE OF WAX (1953)
1960s CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE (1964) 10/18
1970s THE WICKER MAN (1973)
1980s FUNHOUSE (1981)
1990s DARK WATERS (1993) 10/23
2000s REC (2007) 10/8
2010s TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) 10/13
2020s WEAPONS (2025) 9/16
5 Zombie Films - 28 YEARS LATER 9/29, PENINSULA 10/17, REC 10/8, TRAIN TO BUSAN 10/13, SLITHER
3 cult or conspiracy horror films - THE FIRST OMEN 9/20, THE LAST SHIFT, M3GAN 2.0 10/2
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
- SINNERS 9/2
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
- CRIMSON PEAK
1 Canadian film
- BLACK CHRISTMAS 10/17
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
- DARK WATERS (UKRAINE) 10/23
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access - DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE (1941)
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
- 28 YEARS LATER 9/29, PENINSULA 10/17
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
- THE BLACK PHONE 9/18
1 The animals are pissed at us film - ROGUE 10/6
1 Silent film
- NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU
4 based on Novels
- BLACK PHONE 9/18, THE LONG WALK 10/22, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT adding one based on a video game - UNTIL DARK 9/30
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
- BLACK CHRISTMAS (2006) 10/17
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film - CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE 10/18
1 film from 1932 - VAMPYR
WIZARD of OZ ('39)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) - FUNHOUSE
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986). 
Watch, rate, review all films starting September 15th and completing by midnight on October the 31st! eta: Starting a bit early so I can hopefully power through!