Okay so the Hoop-Tober 5.0 rules are out and I'm super excited to watch a bunch of horror movies. The Idea is to watch 31 horror films in the month of October. I'm very busy at the moment so I'll be starting on September 15th much like Cinemonster
QUICK EASY RULES:
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
2. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
3. Halloween (1978)
4. Piranha (1978)
5. Monkey Shines (1988)
6. Maniac Cop (1988)
7. Pyscho (1998)
8. Ringu (1998) (my only re-watch)
9. Eden Lake (2008)
10. Shutter (2008)
6 countries
1. Germany
2. USA
3. France
4. Italy
5. UK
6. Japan
7. Austria
8. South Korea
6 decades (8)
1. 20s
2. 30s
3. 50s
4. 60s
5. 70s
6. 80s
7. 90s
8. 00s
9. 10s
6 films from before 1970
1. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
2. Dracula (1931)
3. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
4. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
5. Mothra (1961)
6. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
7. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
1. Night of the Living Dead (Romero)
2. Monkey Shines (Romero)
3. Scanners (Cronenberg)
4. Hellraiser (Barker)
5. The Curse of Frankenstein (Fischer)
6. Your Vice Is a Locked Room (Martino)
7. Maniac Cop (Lustig)
2 flying things that kill you films
1. Mothra (1961)
2. Q (1982)
1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
1. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
1. Piranha (1978)
2 women directed films
1. XX (2017)
2. Near Dark (1987)
1 inanimate object comes alive film
1. Monkey Shines (1988)
1 film with Barbara Crampton in it.
1. Re-Animator (1985)
And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
2. The Funhouse
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH TALES FROM THE HOOD AND TALES FROM THE HOOD 2, WHICH DROPS OCT 2. YOU WILL RECEIVE A SHOUT OUT IN NEXT YEARS HOOP-TOBER. JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOUVE FINISHED ALL 33***
I've also added Halloween (2018) to counter-act my re-watch of Ringu, so I'm still watching 31 new horror films.
One film can satisfy multiple criteria. I'm looking forward to this. It'll be my first month challenge.