Cinemonster's 5th Annual Hooptober Challenge
letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-cinco-your-terror-is-a-locked-room/
I just can't make the watchlist ahead of time, and so I'll be adding as I go. This is the list of maybes from which I may draw.
QUICK EASY RULES:
10/10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018) The Cavalier's Dream (1898), Eyes of the Mummy (1918), The Man Who Laughs (1928), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Raisins de la Mort (1978), Death Spa (1988), Maniac Cop (1988), Phantasm 2 (1988), Scarecrows (1988), Deep Rising (1998)
7/6 countries - Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden, USA
12/6 decades - 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
8/6 films from before 1970 - The Cavalier's Dream…
Cinemonster's 5th Annual Hooptober Challenge
letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-cinco-your-terror-is-a-locked-room/
I just can't make the watchlist ahead of time, and so I'll be adding as I go. This is the list of maybes from which I may draw.
QUICK EASY RULES:
10/10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018) The Cavalier's Dream (1898), Eyes of the Mummy (1918), The Man Who Laughs (1928), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Raisins de la Mort (1978), Death Spa (1988), Maniac Cop (1988), Phantasm 2 (1988), Scarecrows (1988), Deep Rising (1998)
7/6 countries - Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden, USA
12/6 decades - 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
8/6 films from before 1970 - The Cavalier's Dream (1898), Turn of the Century Surgery (1900), The Eyes of the Mummy (1918), The Man Who Laughs (1928), Isle of the Dead (1945), The Mummy (1959), Viy (1967), Hour of the Wolf (1968)
6/6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg - The Brood, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer - The Mummy, Sergio Martino - Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, Bill Lustig - Maniac Cop, Maniac Cop 2, Uncle Sam (mix-and-match, or all one)
2/2 flying things that kill you films - Phantasm, Phantasm 2
4/1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place - The Cavalier's Dream, The Eyes of the Mummy, The Man Who Laughs, Turn of the Century Surgery
1/1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg: Deep Rising
3/2 women directed films - The Being (Jackie Kong), The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino), Turn of the Century Surgery (Alice Guy)
3/1 inanimate object comes alive film - Death Spa, The Fog (kinda), Scarecrows
1/1 film with Barbara Crampton in it - Castle Freak
2/2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film): Eaten Alive, 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*** Done and done.
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
