After my failed attempt at Hoop-tober last year, due to my uncontrollable tendency towards variation when it comes to cinephiling, I told myself I wouldn't be participating this year...

But, as an obssessor of list-making and a lover of the genre, I couldn't help but join in the fun once again.

I have, for the most part, chosen films I have not yet seen. However, there are 3 rewatches on the list, which include: the overlooked and brilliant Romero 'vampire' film, Martin (1978); yet another Bergman masterpiece, Hour of the Wolf (1968); and David Cronenberg's sinister sexfest, Shivers (1975).

The films are pretty much ordered by the criteria below, but once I start watching them, a ranking will form at the top of the list.

CRITERIA:
- 10x 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018)
- 6x countries
- 6x decades
- 6x films from before 1970
- 6x films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one)
- 2x flying things that kill you films
- 1x silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place
- 1x aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg
- 2x women directed films
- 1x inanimate object comes alive film
- 1x film with Barbara Crampton in it.
- And 2x Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

The more of these lists out there the better, so make your own and include the tag 'hooptober5.0' when you do, and when you log and/or review the films.

PROGRESS: 17/31