I finished this at the last minute, logging my final two movies the evening of Halloween. I didn't get to the bonus movies this year (trying to complete both this and the October scavenger hunt was probably too much, even for me), but I am planning on watching them at some point. There weren't quite as many standout favorites this year, but I did enjoy (most of) my choices this Hoopter. The best was The Host (not really a surprise, given how much I've enjoyed Bong's other films) and the worst was Argento's Dracula (pretty disappointing, as I'm still making my way through his filmography and this was just...boring). My two biggest surprises were Phantom of the Paradise and Flatliners,…
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Hooptober X (2023) [COMPLETED]
I finished this at the last minute, logging my final two movies the evening of Halloween. I didn't get to the bonus movies this year (trying to complete both this and the October scavenger hunt was probably too much, even for me), but I am planning on watching them at some point. There weren't quite as many standout favorites this year, but I did enjoy (most of) my choices this Hoopter. The best was The Host (not really a surprise, given how much I've enjoyed Bong's other films) and the worst was Argento's Dracula (pretty disappointing, as I'm still making my way through his filmography and this was just...boring). My two biggest surprises were Phantom of the Paradise and Flatliners, both of which I enjoyed while watching but then continued to think about and discuss afterwards. One of the highlights of this year was getting to rewatch all of the Nightmares on Elm Street with Jon. Nancy is still my favorite final girl!
*****
Cinemonster's original list
My re-watches: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Progress: 31/33
My reviews for this list
My previous list: Hooptober 2022
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QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 films
6 countries (USA, UK, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Estonia, Poland, Netherlands) ✅
8 DECADES (1920s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s) ✅
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films (1, 2) ✅
1 film with Robert Englund ✅
1 something is underground film ✅
3 Satan/Devil centered films (1, 2, 3) ✅
1 Amicus film ✅
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that I haven't seen and can access ✅
1 LGBTQ+ connected film ✅
5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Morehead & Benson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) ✅
2 Peter Cushing films (1, 2) ✅
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker ✅
1 film based on a Clive Barker story ✅
1 film that was released the year that I turned 10 ✅
1 Mario Bava film ✅
1 film with an 'x' in the title ✅
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) ✅
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Zodiac Killer and 10 Rillington Place. Like last year, there is a third film: Shaky Shivers.
