My favorite time of year is back! Hoop-Tober is here again, and I can't wait to jump in. Thanks again to the wonderful Cinemonster for curating. This year's list was a lot tougher to throw together, but still looks to be a ton of fun. As per my own addition to the rules, I've yet to see any of the movies on this list (except for Tales from the Hood, which I've already seen), so every watch will be a first time watch. I also hope to add a bunch more extras to the list (I hit 49 total movies last year- I hope to beat that this year).
QUICK EASY RULES:
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an…
My favorite time of year is back! Hoop-Tober is here again, and I can't wait to jump in. Thanks again to the wonderful Cinemonster for curating. This year's list was a lot tougher to throw together, but still looks to be a ton of fun. As per my own addition to the rules, I've yet to see any of the movies on this list (except for Tales from the Hood, which I've already seen), so every watch will be a first time watch. I also hope to add a bunch more extras to the list (I hit 49 total movies last year- I hope to beat that this year).
QUICK EASY RULES:
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
-Putting (almost) all of my eggs in the 1988 basket, so to speak (in honor of the Class of '88 articles on DailyDead.com)
6 countries
-USA, Germany, Finland, Italy, France and Spain (and hopefully more)
6 decades
-1920's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's & 2010's
6 films from before 1970
-The Penalty
-Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
-Horror of Dracula
-Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
-The City of the Dead
-The Gorgon
6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
-Horror of Dracula (Fisher)
-The Gorgon (Fisher)
-Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Martino)
-Torso (Martino)
-Shivers (Cronenberg)
-Monkey Shines (Romero)
2 flying things that kill you films
-Piranha II: The Spawning
-The Bees
1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
-The Penalty
1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
-Crocodile
2 women directed films
-Surveillance
-Raw
1 inanimate object comes alive film
-Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
1 film with Barbara Crampton in it.
- We Are Still Here
And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
-Spontaneous Combustion
-Crocodile
***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 YOU'VE FINISHED ALL 33***
-review them all.(eek)
-Will do!