first time doing hooptober! picks and prompts below, starting from mid-september

17/31

top 3 new watches:

1. candyman (1992)
2. dracula (1958)
3. black christmas (1974)

6 countries
28 days later (uk), 10 cloverfield lane (usa), black candles (spain), as above so below (france), persona (sweden), blood and black lace (italy)

8 decades
cat people (1942), dracula (1958), the birds (1963), the house that dripped blood (1971), deadly blessing (1981), candyman (1992), the house of the devil (2009), xx (2017)

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
28 days later, 10 cloverfield lane

1 film with Robert Englund
a nightmare on elm street 2: freddy's revenge

1 something is underground film
as above so below

3 Satan/Devil centred films
rosemary's baby, black candles, the house of the devil

1 Amicus film
the house that dripped blood

the worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access
dracula 3D

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
persona

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson
the birds, deadly blessing, swamp thing, the hills have eyes, a nightmare on elm street (i went craven crazy, sorry!)

2 Peter Cushing films
the house that dripped blood, dracula

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
dracula

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
candyman

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
the mist (2007)

1 Mario Bava film
blood and black lace

1 film with an 'x' in the title
xx

and 1 Tobe Hooper film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
i'm dangerous tonight

free picks to get to 31 films total: black christmas, the fog, christine, hungry wives, deep red, house, halloween (1978), rocky horror picture show, it follows

rewatches: the fog, a nightmare on elm street, halloween (1978), rocky horror picture show, it follows, a girl walks home alone at night