Oh, Hooptober, how I have longed for thee.

My first year was a miserably thwarted attempt to complete it, but the second was such a fun experience. It was the first time I truly felt like I had crossed some sort of "horror-fan rubicon." Dedicating that time for a whole month to just watch horror movies made me feel like a heard member of our little community. I loved reading all the comments on my reviews and reading other people's reviews too. I can't wait to see what y'all got to say.

I was going to say something corny like "third time's the charm," but the second time doing our little annual marathon was the charm for me. So instead of all that gibber-gabble, I'll just say this one quote that I totally did not google:

"First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence. The third time's tradition."

And so it shall be.

Okay, enough rambling on about meaningless rubbish. For this year's Hooptober, I have specifically chosen films I have not prior seen, except for Halloween, of course. You can never go an October 31st without John Carpenter's Halloween. Keeping in theme with last year, most of these picks are cult films, but that's because that's my shit. We've got some stone-cold classics in here, like "Nightmare City", "Frankenhooker", "I Walked with a Zombie", and down below we've got some Lovecraftian horrors stirring in the abyss, hordes of bloodthirsty rats scurrying away, a racist canine gnawing its teeth, and a bloodstained yellow brick road that leads straight down into the tormented depths of hell.

Here is Cinemonster's original list.

Come on down with me, but beware... you will not make it out ALIVE! ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ! ₐₗᵢᵥₑ!