HOOPTOBER 5.0: The Quest for Mangler.

Presenting the torture chamber I've constructed for myself this year. My personal rules (beyond the guidelines set up by Head Honcho CineMonster) are that all the films must be new to me. I will attempt a review of each as I go... and the majority were culled from YouTube... because I'm cheap.

My subtitle is due to the fact that I wanted to view The Mangler as it fulfilled two categories... Tobe Hooper film and Inanimate Object... but as of this writing I've been having a tough time securing a copy... so there might be some late in the game switcheroo-ing. Stay tuned.

10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)

<1>2008 Fear(s) of the Dark
<2>1978 Halloween
<3>1988 Brain Damage
<4>1978 Barracuda
<5>1968 The Cremator
<6>1968 Whistle and I’ll Come For You
<7>1958 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
<8>1948 Castle Sinister
<9>1998 The Quiet Family
<10>1918 The Eyes of the Mummy

6 Countries

<1>Fear(s) of the Dark // France
<2>The Quiet Family // Korea
<3> The Cremator // Czechoslovakia
<4> Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key // Italy
<5> Viy // Russia
<6> She Killed in Ecstasy // Germany

6 Decades

<1>2008 Fear(s) of the Dark 2008
<2>1998 The Quiet Family 1998
<3>1988 Brain Damage 1988
<4>1978 Barracuda
<5>1968 The Creamator
<6>1958 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

6 Films from before 1970

<1>1968 The Creamator
<2>1958 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
<3>1948 Castle Sinister
<4>1968 Whistle and I’ll Come For You
<5>1928 The Man Who Laughs
<6>1918 The Eyes of the Mummy

6 Films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fisher, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)

<1> Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key /// Sergio Martino
<2> Maniac Cop 2 /// William Lustig
<3> The Earth Dies Screaming /// Terence Fisher
<4> Maniac Cop 3 /// William Lustig
<5> The Scorpion with Two Tails /// Sergio Martino
<6> All the Colors of the Dark /// Sergio Martino

2 Flying Things that Kill You Films

<1> Q the Winged Serpent
<2> The Night Stalker

1 Silent Film as a Tribute to A Quiet Place

<1> The Eyes of the Mummy

1 Aquatic Menace Film as a Tribute to Meg

<1> Barracuda

2 Women Directed Films

<1> The Hitch-Hiker /// Ida Lupino
<2> Messiah of Evil /// Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz

1 Inanimate Object Comes Alive Film

<1> The Mangler

1 Film with Barbara Crampton in it

<1> Puppetmaster 1989

And Finally 2 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

<1> The Mangler
<2> Body Bags

Additional Films to Fulfill the 31 Film requirement...

Mandy
The First Purge
Halloween (2018)
Lace Crater
Summer 0f 84
Don't Leave Home