Average rating: 64.2%

This was my first year participating in Hooptober. As it transpired, this was also my first year successfully completing Hooptober.

I finished the last movie at 9:48 pm on October 31st - not much time to spare, but that gives me room to improve. I managed to stick to my original list for the most part, with only two mid-term substitutions: The Strangers for The Eye (2008) and Bio Zombie for Horror of Dracula. The list is ordered according to my viewing schedule.

Anniversary Films:
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Giant From the Unknown (1958)
Witchfinder General (1968)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
Piranha (1978)
Maniac Cop (1988)
Monkey Shines (1988)
Whispering Corridors (1998)
Bio Zombie (1998)
The Strangers (2008)

6 countries:
Whispering Corridors (South Korea)
The Eye (China [Hong Kong])
The Strangers (USA)
The Hands of Orlac (Austria)
Onibaba (Japan)
Witchfinder General (UK)
Kill, Baby, Kill (Italy)
Videodrome (Canada)
Waxworks (Germany)
Shutter (Thailand)

6 decades:
1920s: The Hands of Orlac, Waxworks
1930s: Song at Midnight
1940s: The Flying Serpent, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1950s: Giant From the Unknown
1960s: Onibaba, Kill Baby Kill, Witchfinder General, The Last Man on Earth
1970s: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Piranha, The Great Alligator
1980s: Scanners, Maniac Cop, Videodrome, Poltergeist, Lifeforce, Re-Animator, Monkey Shines, Relentless
1990s: Whispering Corridors, Organ, Bio Zombie
2000s: The Eye, Kaw, The Strangers, Shutter
2010s: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Island Zero, Ice Sharks

6 films from before 1970:
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Waxworks (1924)
Song at Midnight (1937)
The Flying Serpent (1946)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Giant From the Unknown (1958)
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
Kill, Baby, Kill (1966)
Witchfinder General (1968)

6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fisher, Sergio Martino, and/or Bill Lustig:
Scanners (Cronenberg)
Videodrome (Cronenberg)
Maniac Cop (Lustig)
Monkey Shines (Romero)
The Great Alligator (Martino)
Relentless (Lustig)

2 flying things that kill you films:
The Flying Serpent
Kaw

1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place:
The Hands of Orlac
Waxworks

1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to The Meg:
Piranha
The Great Alligator
Island Zero
Ice Sharks

2 films directed by women:
Organ
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

1 inanimate object comes alive film:
Waxworks
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Re-Animator

1 film with Barbara Crampton in it:
Re-Animator

2 Tobe Hooper films:
Lifeforce
Poltergeist