Hooptober VIII

Thank you, Cinemonster
So excited for Hooptober this year! I look forward to this time of year, and in recent years, this challenge has been one of the best parts about Halloween. This will be my fourth time participating, and I loved listening to the podcast reveal when it went live and jotting furiously into a memo pad. I did a lot of min-maxing this year. Completed the criteria in 15 films!
My First Hooptober.
My Second Hooptober.
My Third Hooptober.
My first year, I completed the list without watching the extra credit, and though I reviewed all of the films by the deadline, some of them were retrospective as I got behind.
As before, I attempted to keep most of the movies on this list as a first time watch, and in the current state of this list, all of these films will be first-time watches for me. (I think I may have seen parts of Salem's Lot when I was young, but definitely have never watched)
The rules for hooptober 8 can be found in the original post by cinemonster, here.
Stats...
Countries
UK
US
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Italy
Canada
Denmark
Decades
10's, 30's, 50's, 60's 70's, 80's, 90's, 2010's 2020's
Two Folk Horror
The Apartment (1981)
Candyman (1992)
Four from 1981
The Apartment
Roadgames
The Beyond
The Pit
Two from birth year
Candyman (1992)
Ax'Em (1992)
Two Haunted House
The Hearse
The Old Dark House
Worst Part Two I Haven't Seen
Birdemic 2
Set in the Woods
Ax'Em
Kaiju or Kong
Shin Godzilla
2 Hammer
Curse of Frankenstein
The Old Dark House
Three Titles Starring or Directed by a Person of Color
Candyman
The Hearse
Ax'Em
Three Asian Horror
Shin Godzilla
Audition
The Wailing
One Tobe
Salem's Lot
I finished the criteria with 16 films, but I am sure I will repeat some.
More Details to come, and I plan to add Criteria into the notes.
Happy Hooptober!