It’s that most wonderful time of year once again. A time to sit indoors with the heating on bingeing on horror movies until your spine curves and your nerves are shredded.

I haven’t participated in a Hooptober since Hooptober 3 but I always pop in and check out everyone’s lists and I thought it was about time I rejoined all the fun. October tends to be the busiest time of year for me, it’s my girlfriend’s birthday, my Dad’s 70th and I’m off to Florida on holiday for the last 2 weeks of the month so I may end up starting a wee bit early to give myself a chance to complete it.

Thanks as always to Cinemonster for keeping the show on the road, a legend among men, he really is doing the devils work, here is a link to his master list boxd.it/n6or6.

So without further ado, here are the rules of engagement;

The challenge begins on 15th of September and ends at midnight on 31st of October.
There must be 31 films and 31 reviews featuring;

8 decades;

6 countries;

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films;

1 film with Robert Englund;

1 something is underground film;

3 Satan/Devil centered films;

1 Amicus film;

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

1 LGBTQ+ connected film;

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson;

2 Peter Cushing films;

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 you 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.

Godspeed everyone, looking forward to checking out your lists and reviews!

Revisions;

19th September, swapped Madhouse (1974) for Friday the 13th (1980).
1st October, swapped Stigmata (1999) for Saloum (2022).
6th October, swapped The Beast Must Die (1974) for Asylum (1972).
6th October, swapped Here Comes The Devil (2012) for Terrifier 2 (2022).
7th October, swapped Wake In Fright (1971) for Braindead (1992).
12th October, swapped The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) for Cargo (2017).
14th October, swapped The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) for The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
14th October, swapped The Monster Squad (1987) for Night of the Comet (1984).
17th October swapped Shaky Shivers (2022) for V/H/S/85 (2023).