Due to some films being possibly removed from streaming before October, I am starting my 2023 'Hooptober" viewing as we near April. So, 6 months early, lol.

Whatever does not get consumed is considered visual leftovers and put in the proverbial freezer for another time.

HoopToberX criteria listing here:
letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-x-hooptober-hooptober-let-satan/#comment-20222143

[[**31 FILMS (44/31) - PRE-HOOPTOBER (cinematic foreplay in prep for the main event)
A Page of Madness; Mr. Vampire; Magic Cop; Alison's Birthday; The Long Weekend; Patrick; Thirst; The Survivor; The Man Who Laughs; The Most Dangerous Game; April Fools Day; Happy Birthday To Me; The Slumber Party Massacre; Cure; Harlequin; Turkey Shoot; Night of Fear; Inn of the Damned; Black Death; Berserk; Strait Jacket; The Phantom of the Opera; Mr. Vampire II; Io Island; The Lair of the White Worm; The Lighthouse; Chopping Mall; Killer Workout; In Search of Darkness; The Lost Boys; The Thing; Phantom of the Paradise; The Fog; The Ghost Ship; Jaws; Jaws 2; Jaws 3-D; Piranha; Creature from the Black Lagoon; Revenge of the Creature; The Creature Walks Among Us; Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle; The Monster Squad; In The Mouth of Madness.

Australia (9); Canada (1); Hong Kong (3); Japan (2); Korean (1); UK (4); USA (24)

1920s (3); 1930s (1); 1940s (1); 1950s (3); 1960s (2); 1970s (10); 1980s (17); 1990s (3); 2000s (1); 2010s (3)**]]

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1) 31 FILMS (28/31) *COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1st
Izbavitelj (The Rat Savior); Davitelj protiv davitelja (Strangler vs. Strangler); Viy; Sveto Mesto (A Holy Place); Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema; White Dog; Chopping Mall; The Lost Boys; Fright Night; Asylum; Tales from the Crypt; Torture Garden; The Addiction; The Hunger; Only Lovers Left Alive; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; Nosferatu; The Third Part Of The Night; Possession; Diabolique; Eyes Without A Face; The Birds; Psycho; Psycho II; Psycho III; Psycho IV; Carnival of Souls;

2) COUNTRIES (8/6)
Croatia (1); France (2); German/Weimar Republic (4); Poland (1); Russia (1); Serbia (2); UK (4); USA (13);

3) DECADE (7/8)
1920s (3); 1950s (1); 1960s (6); 1970s (4); 1980s (8); 1990s (4); 2010s (2)

4) 2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
(Finally watch my "Maggie" BD? Maybe revisit 28 Days/Weeks Later? Can Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Last Man on Earth or I am Legend pass or are they more sci-fi? Ruminate)

5) 1 film with Robert Englund
(Choose a film from my "A Nightmare on Elm Street" boxset)

6) 1 something is underground film
(If literally underground, revisit Kane in Poltergeist II)

7) 3 Satan/Devil centered films
The Devils; Satan's Children; The Ninth Gate

8) 1 Amicus film (3/2)
Asylum (1972); Tales from the Crypt (1972); Torture Garden (1967).

9) The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access.

10) 1 LGBTQ+ connected film
Sleepaway Camp II; Silence of the Lambs (possibly revisit Thelma which is more of a thriller or maybe revisit Stranger By The Lake which is also more of a thriller from what I remember)

11) 5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Morehead & Benson (choose from below) (2/5)
The Birds; Psycho (Hitchcock)

The Devils, Gothic, The Lair of the White Worm, Altered States (Ken Russell); The Hills Have Eyes I & II, Scream, Vampire in Brooklyn (Wes Craven); Phantom of the Paradise, Carrie, Sisters, The Fury, Raising Cain (Brian De Palma)

12) 2 Peter Cushing films (2/2)
Asylum (1972); Torture Garden (1967);
(Dr. Phibes Rises Again; Torture Garden)

13) 1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker (1/)
Nosferatu (1922)

14) 1 film based on a Clive Barker story
Hellraiser; maybe revisit "Gods and Monsters" too which I have not seen since my University days

15) 1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
Tetsuo; Houseboat Horror (released by Umbrella in 2023)

16) 1 Mario Bava film.
Black Sunday

17) 1 film with an 'x' in the title
Doctor X ("synthetic flesh!")

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Transferring flicks I did not manage to check out/revisit during Hooptober9 (2022). Special focus on Aussie horror - list here: www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/survey-australian-horror-films-1970s-saw-and-babadook

List of Croatian films exploring horror themes:
www.imdb.com/search/title/?countries=hr&genres=horror&sort=year

Also, here is a small regional horror list to peruse: letterboxd.com/fieldmouse/list/regional-horror/

Also try to discover more Polish and Nordic horror films to balance the over-representation of American films.

Hoping they have categories like comedic horror, horror anthology films (e.g. Kwaidan, Creepshow series etc as well as an aquatic horrors theme that could include Piranha, Jaws, Creature from the Black Lagoon, swamp thingy from Creepshow 2 etc; 1980s region horror, Australian Horror classics, 5 Director films could include Tod Browning, Frank Henenlotter etc)