My fifth attempt at completing the Hooptober challenge! I started with films that I already planned on watching and worked my way backwards, so a lot of these are not first-time watches. I also played fast and loose with the rules this year (categorizing Roh as an "LGBTQ+ connected film" because it's a rip-off of Hellraiser which was written by Clive Barker may seem like a huge stretch to some) but it's my list so, whatever. I think I've only completed this challenge once, so I don't hold out too much hope that I'll complete it this year either. Happy Hooptober!

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QUICK EASY RULES:

6 countries
- Deadly Friend (USA)
- Roh (Indonesia)
- Something in the Garden (Chile)
- Deep Rising (Canada)
- Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (Italy)
- The Uncanny (UK)

8 decades
- Something in the Garden (2020s)
- Frozen (2010s)
- Deep Rising (1990s)
- The Fury (1970s)
- Roh (1980s)
- Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1950s)
- House of Dracula (1940s)
- L'Inferno (1910s)

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
- The Birds (1963)
- Frozen (2010)

1 film with Robert Englund
- Eaten Alive (1976)

1 something is underground film
- Ghost Chase (1987)

3 Satan/Devil centered films
- A House on the Bayou (2021)
- Prince of Darkness (1987)
- L’Inferno (1911)

1 Amicus film.
- Tales from the Crypt (1972)

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access.
- House of Dracula (1945)

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
- Roh (1989)

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson.
- The Fury (1978)
- The People Under the Stairs (1991)
- Deadly Friend (1986)
- Red Eye (2005)
- The Birds (1963)

2 Peter Cushing films
- Tales from the Crypt (1972)
- The Uncanny (1977)

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
- House of Dracula (1945)

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
- Roh (1989)

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
- Deep Rising (1998)

1 Mario Bava film.
- Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959)

1 film with an 'x' in the title
- Felix the Cat Switches Witches (1927)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
- Lifeforce (1985)

11 random film bc I already met the criteria
- The Skeleton Dance (1929)
- Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party (1933)
- Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
- Trick or Treat (1952)
- Halloween III (1982)
- Frankenweenie (1984)
- Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- Runaway Brain (1995)
- Cutting Moments (1997)
- Thingu (2012)

***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.