HOOPTOBER 5 RULES
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1928)
Dracula (1958)
Kuroneko (1968)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Child’s Play (1988)
Death Spa (1988)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Let the Right One In (2008)
6 countries
Sweden - Let The Right One In (2008)
France - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
UK - Dracula (1958) / The Mummy (1959) / Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Japan - Kuroneko (1968)
Italy - Blood and Black Lace (1964) / Phenomena (1985)
Canada - Shivers (1975) / Rabid (1977) / Scanners (1981) / Videodrome (1983)…
HOOPTOBER 5 RULES
10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1928)
Dracula (1958)
Kuroneko (1968)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Child’s Play (1988)
Death Spa (1988)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Let the Right One In (2008)
6 countries
Sweden - Let The Right One In (2008)
France - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
UK - Dracula (1958) / The Mummy (1959) / Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Japan - Kuroneko (1968)
Italy - Blood and Black Lace (1964) / Phenomena (1985)
Canada - Shivers (1975) / Rabid (1977) / Scanners (1981) / Videodrome (1983)
6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terrence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
Fischer - Dracula (1958) / The Mummy (1959)
Cronenberg - Shivers (1975) / Rabid (1977) / Scanners (1981) / Videodrome (1983)
2 flying things that kill you films
Kuroneko (1968)
Q (1982)
1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1928)
1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
The Fog (1980)
2 women directed films
Messiah of Evil (1973)
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
1 inanimate object comes alive film
Child's Play (1988)
1 film with Barbara Crampton in it
Castle Freak (1995)
2 Tobe Hooper movies
The Funhouse (1981)
Lifeforce (1985)
Bonus
Tales From the Hood (1995) - Saw it last year, so skipping it
Tales From the Hood 2 (2018)
PERSONAL RULES
Every Film From One Franchise
Child's Play (1998)
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Child's Play 3 (1991)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Seed of Chucky (2004)
Curse of Chucky (2013)
Cult of Chucky (2017)
A Film From Every Decade (Hooptober: 6 decades/6 films from before 1970)
20's - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
30's - Dracula (1931)
40's - Spiral Staircase (1946)
50's - Dracula (1958), The Mummy (1959)
60's - Kuroneko (1968), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), Blood and Black Lace (1964)
70's - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977), Messiah of Evil (1973)
80's - Child’s Play (1988), Videodrome (1983), Death Spa (1988), Scanners (1981), Phenomena (1985), Q (1982), The Fog (1980), The Funhouse (1981), Lifeforce (1985)
90's - Bride of Chucky (1998), Child's Play 2 (1990), Child's Play 3 (1991), Castle Freak (1995)
00's - Let the Right One In (2008), Seed of Chucky (2004)
10's - A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014), Curse of Chucky (2013), Cult of Chucky (2017)
SHORT FILMS TO ACCOMPANY MOVIES
The Cavalier's Dream (1898)
Legend of a Ghost (1908)
Ko-Ko's Haunted House (1928)
There It Is (1928)
The Telltale Heart (1928)
Swing You Sinners! (1930)
The Alphabet (1968)
Great Choice (2017)
TBD