Hooptober X:

First time participating in Hooptober. All first time watches. See more about Hooptober X: Hooptober, Hooptober Let Satan Come Over made possible by Cinemonster.

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
🎬 5 films from Brian DePalma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Alfred Hitchcock, and/or 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 (1990)
🇮🇹 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.
There must be 31 films:

6 countries:
• Egypt - Fangs (1981)
• Czechoslovakia - The Cremator (1969)
• Mexico - The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
• Spain - Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
• Japan - Jigoku (1960)
• Finland - Hatching (2022)

8 decades
• 1940's - The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
• 1960's - Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)
• 1970's - Eaten Alive (1976)
• 1980's - Rawhead Rex (1986)
• 1990's - Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
• 2000's - The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
• 2010's - Knife+Heart (2018)
• 2020's - Shaky Shivers (2022)

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
• Hardware (1990)
• The Drifting Classroom (1987)

1 film with Robert Englund
• Eaten Alive (1976)

1 something is underground film
• The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

3 Satan/Devil centered films
• The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)
• The Sentinel (1977)
• Mister Frost (1990)

1 Amicus film
• From Beyond the Grave (1974)

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

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
• Knife+Heart (2018)

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson

Wes Craven:
• Deadly Blessing (1981)
• Deadly Friend (1986)
• Shocker (1989)

Ken Russell
• Altered States (1980)

Moorhead & Benson
• Spring (2014)

2 Peter Cushing films
• From Beyond the Grave (1974)
• Shock Waves (1977)

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
• Drácula (1931)

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
• Rawhead Rex (1986)

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
• Frankenstein Unbound (1990)

1 Mario Bava film
• Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)

1 film with an 'x' in the title
• The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

1 Tobe Hooper Film
• Eaten Alive (1976)

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.
• The Zodiac Killer (1971)
• 10 Rillington Place (1971)
• Shaky Shivers (2022)