This will be my fourth year in a row doing Hooptober, though I failed in 2016. This was my partner's and my list from 2017, our list from 2016, and our list from 2015. Violetbooth sadly can't do it with me this year, but he will join me for a few of the films.

Cinemonster's 2018 rules for Hoop-Tober:

10 'Anniversary Films': Kuroneko (1968); Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Martin (1978); Monkey Shines, Phantasm II, Sleepaway Camp II (1988); Baghead, Lake Mungo, Martyrs, The Strangers (2008)

6 countries: Germany (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari); Japan (Kuroneko); Italy (Island of the Fishmen); UK (The Mummy); Australia (Lake Mungo, The Babadook); France (Martyrs); Canada (Videodrome); USA (the rest of 'em)

6 decades: 20's, 30's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 2000's, 2010's

6 films from before 1970: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Most Dangerous Game, White Zombie, The Night of the Hunter, Psycho, Kuroneko

6 films from Romero/Cronenberg/Clive Barker/Terrence Fischer/Sergio Martino/Bill Lustig: Martin, Monkey Shines, The Dead Zone, Videodrome, The Fly, Island of the Fishmen

2 flying things that kill you films: Phantasm and Phantasm II

1 silent film: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1 aquatic menace film: Island of the Fishmen

2 films directed by women: The Babadook, XX

1 inanimate object comes alive film: Goosebumps, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

1 film with Barbara Crampton in it: Beyond the Gates

2 Tobe Hooper films: Salem's Lot, Lifeforce