Hello again everyone 👻

I have returned yet again and genuinely intend to finish this list... as I always do (lol). Though this time, I think it's really possible. In the span of the last year, since the last Hooptober, I've gotten engaged and married. I've lived with another person. This Hooptober, I'll be doing with my hubby.

Since we've been together, I've always tried to go out of my way to expand his knowledge of film and provide him with experiences that'd make him appreciate the medium even more than he already does. I love sharing this part of myself with him. Since showing him new stuff and experiencing new stuff with him, he has his own taste. We picked the films on this list together with his input.

As I already prioritize trying to show him new films, I fully believe I can finish this list this year. Let's do something we haven't been able to do in awhile... finish my damn Hooptober list as an adult!!! It was a lot easier when I was vastly younger and jobless *sighs*

One note: there is only one film on this list that both of us have seen together. That is: Bliss from Joe Begos. This is an all-time favorite for me and it became one of my husband's when I showed it to him. I just wanna watch it again <3

The original list: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-x-hooptober-hooptober-let-satan/

6 countries
Santa Sangre (1989) (Mexico)
Thesis (1996) (Spain)
Bliss (2019) (United States)
Diabolique (1955) (France)
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013) (Germany)
Kotoko (2011) (Japan)

8 decades
Diabolique (1955)
Spider Baby (1967)
The Brood (1979)
The Howling (1981)
Thesis (1996)
Thirst (2009)
My Soul to Take (2010)
Annihilation (2018)

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
Juan of the Dead (2011)
Annihilation (2018)

1 film with Robert Englund
Choose or Die (2022)

1 something is underground film
Dead and Buried (1981)

3 Satan/Devil centered films
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
The Others (2001)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

1 Amicus film
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access
Dracula 3000 (2004)

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
Diabolique (1955)

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson
My Soul to Take (2010) (Craven)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974) (Palma)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988) (Russell)
Frenzy (1972) (Hitchcock)
Spring (2014) (Moorhead & Benson)

2 Peter Cushing films
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
Nightbreed (1990)

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
Guilty of Romance (2011)

1 Mario Bava film
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)

1 film with an 'x' in the title
XX (2017)

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

EXTRA CREDIT:
1. No One Will Save You (2023)
2. Saw X (2023)
3. Halloween (1978)
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