It's time for another Hooptober (finally)!
Thank you again to Cinemonster for setting up the challenge, as always.
Not all of the films on this list were selected to fit one of the below criteria, but have ended up serving the country and decade requirements, and many of the movies meet more than one criteria.
For the 31 films that I'm aiming to watch for Hooptober X, the rules are as follows:
6 countries
Canada, USA, UK, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Japan, Korea
8 decades
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later
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It's time for another Hooptober (finally)!
Thank you again to Cinemonster for setting up the challenge, as always.
Not all of the films on this list were selected to fit one of the below criteria, but have ended up serving the country and decade requirements, and many of the movies meet more than one criteria.
For the 31 films that I'm aiming to watch for Hooptober X, the rules are as follows:
6 countries
Canada, USA, UK, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Japan, Korea
8 decades
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later
1 film with Robert Englund
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1 something is underground film
Barbarian
3 Satan/Devil centered films
Rosemary's Baby, Faust, The Day of the Beast, Phantom of the Paradise, Dante's Inferno
1 Amicus film
The Skull
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access
Dracula 3D
1 LGBTQ+ connected film
Thelma
5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson
Phantom of the Paradise [De Palma], A Nightmare on Elm Street [Wes Craven], The Hills Have Eyes [Wes Craven], The Devils [Ken Russell], The Lair of the White Worm [Ken Russell], The Birds [Alfred Hitchcock], The Endless [Moorehead & Benson]
2 Peter Cushing films
The Vampire Lovers, Twins of Evil, The Skull
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
The Lair of the White Worm, Dracula 3D
1 film based on a Clive Barker story
Candyman
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
Audition
1 Mario Bava film
Blood and Black Lace
1 film with an 'x' in the title
X the Unknown
1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
I'm being optimistic and adding the following extra-credit films: The Zodiac Killer, 10 Rillington Place, Shaky Shivers
Happy horrors everyone!
