This may be the 10th Hooptober, but it’s my 1st year participating, since I've only been using letterboxd less than a year. I’m excited to watch some satanic horror. However, I don’t know how scary I’ll find these films because anytime I picture Satan he’s always Peter Cook’s character in Bedazzled and it’s hard to be scared of anyone who has the same fashion sense as Van Johnson.
“Here, my ice lolly's melted. You really must be the Devil.”
“Incarnate. How d'you do?” -Bedazzled
Hooptober X: Hooptober, Hooptober Let Satan Come Over created by Cinemonster
Challenge Criteria:
There must be 31 films
6 countries: Japan, Italy, UK, US, Spain, Poland
8 decades: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s…
This may be the 10th Hooptober, but it’s my 1st year participating, since I've only been using letterboxd less than a year. I’m excited to watch some satanic horror. However, I don’t know how scary I’ll find these films because anytime I picture Satan he’s always Peter Cook’s character in Bedazzled and it’s hard to be scared of anyone who has the same fashion sense as Van Johnson.
“Here, my ice lolly's melted. You really must be the Devil.”
“Incarnate. How d'you do?” -Bedazzled
Hooptober X: Hooptober, Hooptober Let Satan Come Over created by Cinemonster
Challenge Criteria:
There must be 31 films
6 countries: Japan, Italy, UK, US, Spain, Poland
8 decades: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films: Anna and The Apocalypse, Things to Come
1 film with Robert Englund: Wishmaster
1 something is underground film: If the criteria is literal then The Descent, if it’s figurative, meaning not mainstream, then Wild Zero and at least half the movies on this list.
3 Satan/Devil centred films: The Devil’s Hand, The Omen, Satanic Panic, Psychomania, The Devil’s Rain, The Convent, Exorcismo, Lisa and The Devil, Satanic Rites of Dracula
1 Amicus film: Asylum
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access: Dracula 3D
1 LGBTQ+ connected film: Bit, Ana and the Apocalypse
5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson: Gothic, Spring, The Hills Have Eyes, Deadly Blessing, The Endless
2 Peter Cushing films: Asylum, Horror Express, Satanic Rites of Dracula
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker: Satanic Rites of Dracula, Dracula 3D
1 film based on a Clive Barker story: Nightbreed
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10: I’m not giving out my age, but it’s in there.
1 Mario Bava film: Lisa and The Devil
1 film with an 'x' in the title: The Amazing Mr X
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film): Texas Chainsaw Massacre
***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.
I’ve see 10 Rillington Place and don’t know if I’ll be able to get a hold of Shaky Shivers, so I’m just committing to watch the Zodiac Killer.
I added extra criteria for myself, 5 films directed by women. Since we’re required to have 5 films directed by men, it needs a balance.
The Lure, I Was A Teenage Serial Killer, Fresh, Satanic Panic, Kiss of The Damned
