✔️ Final progress: 7/33 (21%)

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Around this time last year, there were only about 10 horror films out of some 400 or so total films on my Letterboxd. Out of those, only one or two were supernatural horror (you know, ghosts and shit), the kind of horror that genuinely freaks me out and hence I usually avoided. Many times I sat down to watch a supernatural horror film, and each time I couldn't finish it.

But despite my genuine fear of horror films, I took part in Hoop-tober 3.0 and Hayley's Spooky 2k16 Challenge so that I could finally get 'round to watching great films from this genre. At the time of writing this, there are now 60 horror films on my Letterboxd, so it's fair to say I am no longer a horror virgin. Also, I must admit that period of time (between mid-October and early November), was one of the most memorable time of my life in terms of watching movies. It's only been a year, but I already feel nostalgic thinking about it.

I am very excited about doing Hoop-tober again, and my focus will once again be on watching the classics and 'essentials' of this genre - many of which I missed last year due to a lack of time - along with some more recent films. I only managed 15 out of 33 films last time around but watched 7 more of those in the following months. I am again targeting 33 films this time, just to keep things consistent.

The rules:

6 sequels (mix-and-match. 6 total):

28 Weeks Later, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Evil Dead II, Inferno, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Hannibal

6 countries:

Germany, Italy, USA, Japan, UK, Spain, New Zealand

6 decades:

There is at least one film from every decade from the 1920s to 2000s

6 films from before 1970:

There are 9 films from before 1970

6 films from the following: Carpenter, Raimi, Whale, Browning, Craven, Tom Holland (mix-and-match, or all one:

Carpenter - Halloween, The Fog, They Live
Raimi - The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II
Craven - Scream

3 people eating people (non-zombie):

Hannibal, Ravenous, Cannibal Holocaust

1 Hammer Film:

The Curse of Frankenstein

1 Romero Dead film:

Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead

1 terrible oversight (use the following link, filter out the films you've seen and picked the highest rated film from the list that you can get ahold of letterboxd.com/films/genre/horror/by/rating/size/small/ ):

The Shining

And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):

Poltergeist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2