Started by Letterboxd user Cinemonster's in 2014, "Hooptober" (named for renowned horror director Tobe Hooper) is an annual viewing-challenge that encourages people to watch 31 horror movies from September 15th through Halloween that fit certain criteria (see below)... and here's the movies I picked out for 2023, my 7th time participating!
Click "Read notes" to see which criteria each film satisfies.
• Official Rules •
🌎 6 countries
⏱ 8 decades
🌪 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 production
🧛🏻♂️ The worst Dracula film that you haven't seen
🏳️🌈 1 LGBTQ+ connected film
🎬 Brian DePalma, Wes Craven, Ken…
Started by Letterboxd user Cinemonster's in 2014, "Hooptober" (named for renowned horror director Tobe Hooper) is an annual viewing-challenge that encourages people to watch 31 horror movies from September 15th through Halloween that fit certain criteria (see below)... and here's the movies I picked out for 2023, my 7th time participating!
Click "Read notes" to see which criteria each film satisfies.
• Official Rules •
🌎 6 countries
⏱ 8 decades
🌪 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 production
🧛🏻♂️ The worst Dracula film that you haven't seen
🏳️🌈 1 LGBTQ+ connected film
🎬 Brian DePalma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Alfred Hitchcock, Moorhead & 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 (1996)
🇮🇹 1 Mario Bava film
❌ 1 film with an 'x' in the title
📺 And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
⭐ Extra: "The Zodiac Killer" and "10 Rillington Place."
✚ My added difficulty: All are first-time watches.
Films arranged in order of release date.
My #Hooptober Lists:
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