It begins again! Though I am notoriously BAD at completing my lists, Hooptober has become a tradition near and dear to my heart. It just doesn't feel like fall if I'm not overwhelmed by the prospect of watching 31 horror films in 31 days ;)

New rule for myself this year: all films must be available on Kanopy, Shudder, or Netflix, or in my personal library.

(you can check out Hoop-lists 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and marvel at how many films I've never watched)

------ [From Cinemonster below] ------

I will begin as I did the last four years: I would like to do 31 horror films in October, but that doesn't seem possible at the moment so I will start my 31 on September 15th.

I WILL ACTUALLY REVIEW THEM ALL (I really mean that). Those of you not new to the LB block know that horror is near and dear to my heart.

-I challenge anyone to do the same and use the TAG HoopTober5.0 so we can read each others stuff.

QUICK EASY RULES:

10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
Night of the Living Dead (1968), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Kuroneko (1968), The Bees (1978), Halloween (1978), Grapes of Death (1978), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988), The Lair of the White Worm (1988), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

6 countries
Diabeł (1972, Poland), Mushrooms (1995, Australia), Kuroneko (1968, Japan), The Vengeance Trilogy (2002, 2003, 2005, Korea), The Shiver Of The Vampire (1971, France), House of 1000 Corpses (2003, USA)

6 decades
Nosferatu (1922), The Devil Bat (1940), Diabeł (1972), Children of The Corn (1984), Cube (1997), The Lords of Salem (2012)

6 films from before 1970
Nosferatu (1922), The Devil Bat (1940), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Kuroneko (1968)

6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
Rabid (1977, David Cronenberg), Nightbreed (1990, Clive Barker), Night of the Living Dead (1968, George Romero), Hellraiser (1987, Clive Barker), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988, Clive Barker *technically*), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959, Terence Fisher)

2 flying things that kill you films
The Devil Bat (1940), Kuroneko (1968, ghosts count as flying things right?)

1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
Nosferatu (1922)

1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
The Bay (2013)

2 women directed films
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay), The Babadook (Jennifer Kent)

1 inanimate object comes alive film
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

1 film with Barbara Crampton in it.
Beyond The Gates (2016)

And 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Salem's Lot (1979), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)