Hoop-Tober is now in its fifth year, the event was created by Letterboxd user Cinemonster, you can read his Hoop-Tober 5.0 master post and get filled in on the challenges entailed here: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-cinco-your-terror-is-a-locked-room/
This was my fourth year participating and I blew the doors off my 31 Days of Horror with 64 films in 31 days! Woo-hoo!! As you could imagine, this means I accomplished the Hoop-Tober Challenges in spades:
- 10 'Anniversary Films' - (10: Horror of Dracula, Maniac Cop, Zombi 3, Man Who Laughs, A Quiet Place in the Country, Halloween, Halloween 4, Piranha, Night of the Living Dead, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein)
- 6 countries - (6: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Spain)
- 6 decades…
Hoop-Tober is now in its fifth year, the event was created by Letterboxd user Cinemonster, you can read his Hoop-Tober 5.0 master post and get filled in on the challenges entailed here: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-cinco-your-terror-is-a-locked-room/
This was my fourth year participating and I blew the doors off my 31 Days of Horror with 64 films in 31 days! Woo-hoo!! As you could imagine, this means I accomplished the Hoop-Tober Challenges in spades:
- 10 'Anniversary Films' - (10: Horror of Dracula, Maniac Cop, Zombi 3, Man Who Laughs, A Quiet Place in the Country, Halloween, Halloween 4, Piranha, Night of the Living Dead, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein)
- 6 countries - (6: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Spain)
- 6 decades - (10: 1920-2010s)
- 6 films from before 1970 - (8: The Black Cat, Drácula, Horror of Dracula, The Man Who Laughs, A Quiet Place in the Country, Dungeon of Harrow, Night of the Living Dead, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein)
- 6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one) - (6: NOTLD, Day of the Dead, Videodrome, Nightbreed, Horror of Dracula, All the Colors of the Dark, Maniac Cop)
- 2 flying things that kill you films - (The Night Flier, Q The Winged Serpent)
- 1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place - (TheMan Who Laughs)
- 1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg - (Piranha)
- 2 women directed films - (3: Freddy's Dead, Spookies, The Babadook)
- 1 inanimate object comes alive film - (5: Tales from the Hood 1 & 2, Christine, The Mangler, Return to OZ)
- 1 film with Barbara Crampton in it - (Re-Animator)
-And 2 Tobe Hooper Films - (Salem's Lot, The Mangler)
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Of the 64 films 34 were first time viewings. Of those 34, these were my 10 favorites:
(non ordered)
The Black Cat
The Vault of Horror
Maniac Cop
Zombi 3
Mutant
Halloween 2018
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
All the Colors of the Dark
Spookies
Of Unknown Origin
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Check out my Hoop-tober 2.0 here: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-20-october-2015/
Hoop-tober 3.0 here: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-30-october-2016/
Hoot-Tober 4.0 here: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-40-october-2017/
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
HAPPY HOOP-TOBER!
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