It's been three (?!) years since I've taken hiatus from this most wretched ritual. In that time, I've built a backlog more horrifying than Cronenberg's recipe binder, and I've come to dust off the cobwebs.
Elated to return to this challenge, and Letterboxd at large, for this, my fifth Hooptober, and the first one which I will see through to completion.
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There must be 31 films
6 countries
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (1973) - Japan
THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1924) - Germany
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968) - UK
HAGAZUSSA (2017) - Austria
SLUGS (1988) - Spain…
It's been three (?!) years since I've taken hiatus from this most wretched ritual. In that time, I've built a backlog more horrifying than Cronenberg's recipe binder, and I've come to dust off the cobwebs.
Elated to return to this challenge, and Letterboxd at large, for this, my fifth Hooptober, and the first one which I will see through to completion.
🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦 🪦
There must be 31 films
6 countries
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (1973) - Japan
THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1924) - Germany
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968) - UK
HAGAZUSSA (2017) - Austria
SLUGS (1988) - Spain
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970) -CzechoslovakiaÂ
8 decades
THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1920s)
THE CITY OF THE DEAD (1960s)
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (1970s)
ALTERED STATES (1980s)
LOST HIGHWAY (1990s)
MORTUARY (2000s)
CARRIE (2010s)
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2020s)
2 insect centered films
SQUIRM (1976)
SLUGS (1988)
1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released)
ALTERED STATES (1980)
2 animated films
MEMORIES (1995)
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (1973)
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film
THE SKELETON KEY (2005)
2 1970s regional US films
THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970)
THE HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS (1970)
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access
HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1995)
1 German Silent
THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1924)
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022) - David Cronenberg
X (2022) - Ti West
PEARL (2022) - Ti West
STING OF DEATH (1966) - William Grefe
THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976) - Charles B. Pierce
BLOOD HARVEST (1987) - Bill Rebane
2 Christopher Lee films
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968)
THE CITY OF THE DEAD (1960)
1 film with a musician or band in it
LOST HIGHWAY (1997), featuring the incredible Henry Rollins.
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.
CARRIE (2013)
1 Lon Chaney film
THE PENALTY (1920)
1 Tobe Hooper Film
MORTUARY (2005)
Bonus Round 🎪
The Last Circus
Silent Madness
Pennywise: The Story of It
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