It's that time of the year again. Time for Hooptober 5.0.
I've been collecting possible titles for this years challenge ever since the last one ended. So I've prepared my list for a whole year before the requirements even got official and I'm not sure if I would even manage to get a list ready this year if I hadn't done that previous work.

Since this year has been an especially hard one for me because some terrible shit really knocked me out and I'm still figuring out how to deal with all of this Hooptober is becoming an important part of my recovery.
Film has always been one of my biggest interests, maybe even THE biggest. But when shit hit the fan this year and my mental illnesses started feeding from that and got especially bad I lost interest in anything I used to care about. Anhedonia is a hell of a thing. I'm still trying to find that joy again and get back what I used to feel when it comes to movies.
I participated in Halloween themed challenges on Letterboxd for several years now and I know I have to continue doing that because I need to keep in touch with the things I used to love. I need to do this if I ever wanna get out of the depression hole.

So that's why I'm calling my list this year Spooks Against Sadness.

It's gonna be especially hard for me to finish the challenge this year but it's important for my health.
Even when I don't feel like doing anything right now -- or maybe because of that -- I need to do this because it's what the me that used to feel better wanted and future me would be upset with me if I wouldn't have at least tried.

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Here are the rules and how I fulfill them:
// 10 'Anniversary Films'
     Long Weekend, Legend of a Ghost, The Green Inferno, The Devil Rides Out,
     Fall of the House of Usher, The Green Slime, Tokyo Gore Police, The Nest,
      Lair of the White Worm, Dead Man’s Curve

// 6 countries
     USA, Russia, Japan, UK, Italy, France, Canada, New Zealand

// 6 decades
     1900s, 1920s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

// 6 films from before 1970
     Legend of a Ghost, Viy, The Devil Rides Out, Not Of This Earth, Fall of the House of Usher,
     The Green Slime

// 6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fisher,
     Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
     Scanners, The Devil Rides Out, Island of the Fishmen, Maniac, Creepshow, Shivers

// 2 flying things that kill you films
     The Savage Bees, The Nest

// 1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
     Legend of a Ghost

// 1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
     Octaman, Island of the Fishmen

// 2 women directed films
     Hood of Horror, #Horror

// 1 inanimate object comes alive film
     Monsturd

// 1 film with Barbara Crampton in it
     We Are Still Here

// 2 Tobe Hooper Films
     Body Bags, Invaders from Mars