This is my second year participating in Hooptober, and I'd be lying if I said I hadn't been looking forward to it all year! My watchlist grew immensely over the past year, and now I'll be tackling a fair amount of my Horror backlog. Last year, I ended up making a lot of revisions, so I made sure this time around I crafted a list I know for a fact I'll be able to complete in its original form. Below are this year's Hooptober criteria along with the corresponding films.
- 10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018): Dawn of the Dead, Dead Ringers, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Fly, The Forbidden, Monkey Shines, Ringu, Slave of the Cannibal God, The Strangers, Witchfinder General.
- (At Least) 6 countries: U.S., Spain, Hong Kong, Mexico, Canada, UK, France, Japan, Sweden, Italy.
- (At Least) 6 decades: 20's, 50's 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's
- (At Least) 6 films from before 1970: The Birds (1963), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), The Fall of the House of Usher (1928), The Fly (1958), The Haunting (1963), House of Wax (1953), The Phantom Carriage (1921), Psycho (1960), Witchfinder General (1968).
- (At Least) 6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one): Monkey Shines (Romero), Slave of the Cannibal God (Sergio Martino), Maniac (Bill Lustig), Dawn of the Dead (Romero), Dead Ringers (Cronenberg), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (Terence Fisher), The Forbidden (Clive Barker).
- 2 flying things that kill you films: The Birds, The Fly.
- 1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place: The Phantom Carriage.
- 1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg: Dagon
- 2 women directed films: Blood Diner (Jackie Kong), Honeymoon (Leigh Janiak).
- 1 inanimate object comes alive film: Puppetmaster
- 1 film with Barbara Crampton in it: Puppetmaster
- 2 Tobe Hooper Films: Lifeforce, Salem's Lot