List of the Rules
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7/33 Watched as of 9-6-23

Top 5
5. Tales from the Hood
4. They Live
3. Re-Animator
2.Silence of the Lambs
1. Halloween

10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
1. Let the Right one in
2. Jaws 2
3. The Man Who Laughs
4. Maniac Cop
5. Waxwork
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7. They Live
8. The Eye
9. Dead Ringers

6 countries
1. Let the Right One in
2. Jaws 2
3. Island of the Fishmen
4. Audition
5. Train to Busan
6. Dead Ringers

decades
1. The Man who Laughs
2. The Omen
3. The Ring

6 films from before 1970
1. The Man who Laughs
2. Rosemary's Baby
3. The Fly
4. The Blob
5. Psycho
6. Peeping Tom

6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
1. Maniac Cop
2. Night of the Living Dead
3. Nightbreed
4.Island of the Fishmen
5. Dead Ringers
6. Dracula

flying things that kill you films
1. The Birds

1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
1. The Man who Laughs

1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
1. Jaws 2

women directed films
1. Near Dark

and 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
1. Poltergeist
2. Eaten Alive

***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 YOUVE FINISHED ALL 33***