I'm back for a second year to the most fun challenge on Letterboxd, the legendary Hooptober! I've been looking forward to it and now is the time to once again dive into a whole month of pure horror madness. Really excited to be a part of it again. My list from last year. I was able to pick 31 movies I haven't seen before for this year.
QUICK EASY RULES:
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
-Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
-Spirits of the Dead (1968)
-Piranha (1978)
-Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
-Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
-Maniac Cop (1988)
-Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
-They Live (1988)
-Troma’s War (1988)
-Let the Right One In (2008)
6 countries
-The Hound of the Baskervilles (UK)
-Torso (Italy)
-Day of the Dead (USA)
-Naked Lunch (Canada)
-Let the Right One In (Sweden)
-Spirits of the Dead (France)
6 decades
-The Man Who Laughs (20's)
-Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (40's)
-The Hound of the Baskervilles (50's)
-Torso (70's)
-Day of the Dead (80's)
-Naked Lunch (90's)
6 films from before 1970
-The Hound of the Baskervilles
-Spirits of the Dead
-Eggshells
-The Man Who Laughs
-The Birds
-Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
-Day of the Dead (Romero)
-The Fly (Cronenberg)
-Naked Lunch (Cronenberg)
-Torso (Martino)
-Maniac Cop (Lustig)
-The Hound of the Baskervilles (Fisher)
2 flying things that kill you films
-The Birds
-The Fly
1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
-The Man Who Laughs
1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
-Piranha
2 women directed films
-Jennifer's Body
-The Slumber Party Massacre
1 inanimate object comes alive film
-Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
1 film with Barbara Crampton in it.
-Body Double
And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
-Lifeforce
-Eggshells
Cinemonster's masterlist