It would be embarrassing to admit how excited I was to make this list, the only time I come into my own on Letterboxd. All first time watches. Will mark auxiliary adds as "bonus." Tried to keep a fairly balanced selection of deep cuts, missed classics, decades, franchise grinding, underrated gems, etc. Very '80s heavy, but hey, whaddya gonna do. Like focus on creature features this year, would think it's cool for further Hooptobers to make the challenges more based on finding non-male and non-Anglo directors! All I'm saying is that the vast majority of things appearing in search results is '80s and '90s output from white men, would be a legitimately fun challenge to exclude that demographic!
Original list:…
It would be embarrassing to admit how excited I was to make this list, the only time I come into my own on Letterboxd. All first time watches. Will mark auxiliary adds as "bonus." Tried to keep a fairly balanced selection of deep cuts, missed classics, decades, franchise grinding, underrated gems, etc. Very '80s heavy, but hey, whaddya gonna do. Like focus on creature features this year, would think it's cool for further Hooptobers to make the challenges more based on finding non-male and non-Anglo directors! All I'm saying is that the vast majority of things appearing in search results is '80s and '90s output from white men, would be a legitimately fun challenge to exclude that demographic!
Original list: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-cinco-your-terror-is-a-locked-room/
Rules:
10 "Anniversary Films" (release years end in an "8," excluding 2018):
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)
THE BLACK DOLL (1938)
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
DRACULA (1958)
KURONEKO (1968)
COMA (1978)
MANIAC COP (1988)
SCARECROWS (1988)
HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS (1988)
BIO ZOMBIE (1998)
Six countries:
France
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Italy
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Canada
Australia
Six decades:
'20s
'30s
'40s
'50s
'60s
'70s
'80s
'90s
'00s
'10s
Six films from before 1970:
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)
THE BLACK DOLL (1938)
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
DRACULA (1958)
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
THE BIRDS (1963)
KURONEKO (1968)
Six films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one):
Romero - CREEPSHOW
Cronenberg - THE FLY
Barker - LORD OF ILLUSIONS
Fischer - DRACULA
Martino - YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY
Lustig - MANIAC COP
Two flying things that kill you films:
THE BIRDS
THE SWARM
One silent film as a tribute to A QUIET PLACE:
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
One aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg:
PIRANHA PAR TWO: THE SPAWNING
Two women-directed films:
THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
JENNIFER'S BODY
One inanimate object comes alive film:
THE MANGLER
One film with Barbara Crampton in it:
CHOPPING MALL
And two Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):
EATEN ALIVE
THE MANGLER
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH TALES FROM THE HOOD AND TALES FROM THE HOOD 2, WHICH DROPS OCT 2***
