This is my sixth Hooptober! I will try to get through as many of the requirements before October 1st as possible. And then I will attempt to watch one a night in October.
So, this list will be likely be much different, and hopefully longer, in the end; adding and deleting as I go.
For anyone not in the know, Cinemonster's rules are as follows:
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✓There must be 31 films
✓6 countries [USA, Spain, UK, Italy, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Argentina, Germany]
✓8 decades [1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s]
✓2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films [Jason X, Night of the Comet, The Domestics]
✓1 film with Robert Englund [New Nightmare, Freddy vs.…
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Hooptober X: Decades of the Dead
This is my sixth Hooptober! I will try to get through as many of the requirements before October 1st as possible. And then I will attempt to watch one a night in October.
So, this list will be likely be much different, and hopefully longer, in the end; adding and deleting as I go.
For anyone not in the know, Cinemonster's rules are as follows:
"
✓There must be 31 films
✓6 countries [USA, Spain, UK, Italy, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Argentina, Germany]
✓8 decades [1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s]
✓2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films [Jason X, Night of the Comet, The Domestics]
✓1 film with Robert Englund [New Nightmare, Freddy vs. Jason]
✓1 something is underground film [New Nightmare?, The Lair of the White Worm, The Pit and the Pendulum]
✓3 Satan/Devil centered films [Phantom of the Paradise, Prime Evil, The Crimson Altar, The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, The Exorcist: Believer]
✓1 Amicus film. [The House That Dripped Blood]
✓The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access. [Dracula's Great Love]
✓1 LGBTQ+ connected film [Psycho Beach Party, Pussycake, Candyland, Chainsaw Sally]
✓5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson. [Phantom of the Paradise, Frenzy, Shocker, New Nightmare, The Lair of the White Worm]
✓2 Peter Cushing films [The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, The House That Dripped Blood]
✓1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker [The Lair of the White Worm]
✓1 film based on a Clive Barker story [Hellraiser]
✓1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 [The Lair of the White Worm]
✓1 Mario Bava film. [Shock]
✓1 film with an 'x' in the title [Jason X]
✓And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) [The Dark, Body Bags]
✓***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'm proud to have Screambox back as a partner, this year. I'd like to thank them for being a part of Hooptober Live, too. Use This Link for a complimentary trial, and watch Shaky Shivers. There is a lot of cool stuff on Screambox, so enjoy. 🤡
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
