Ghoulishly excited for my third HoopTober. I haven't succeeded in previous years, but that's not gonna discourage me from feasting on some sinister cinema and shooting for that completion this year.

All included films have not been part of a previous HoopTober list, whether or not I completed the viewing. Each film will receive its own write-up.

Let's get spooky, Letterboxd.

2 Tobe Hooper Films:
POLTERGEIST
LIFEFORCE

10 'Anniversary Films' (Release years end in an 8, excluding 2018):
DRACULA
HOUR OF THE WOLF
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
MAGIC
DEAD RINGERS
THEY LIVE
CHILD'S PLAY
PUMPKINHEAD
THE BLOB
MARTYRS

6 countries:
THE DESCENT II (USA)
HOUR OF THE WOLF (SWEDEN)
MARTYRS (FRANCE)
DEEP RED (ITALY)
ICHI THE KILLER (JAPAN)
AT MIDNIGHT I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL (PORTUGAL)

6 films from before 1970:

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
BLACK SUNDAY
AT MIDNIGHT I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE
HOUR OF THE WOLF

6 films from the following: Romero, Cronenberg, Clive Barker, Terence Fischer, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (mix-and-match, or all one):
CREEPSHOW (ROMERO)
DEAD RINGERS (CRONENBERG)
CANDYMAN (CLIVE BARKER)
DRACULA (TERENCE FISHER)
TORSO (SERGIO MARTINO)
MANIAC (BILL LUSTIG)

2 flying things that kill you films:
PHANTASM
Q

1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place:
GOLEM: HOW HE CAME INTO THE WORLD

1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg:
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

2 women directed films:
REVENGE
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

1 inanimate object comes alive film:
GOLEM: HOW HE CAME INTO THE WORLD

1 film with Barbara Crampton in it:
FROM BEYOND

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH TALES FROM THE HOOD AND TALES FROM THE HOOD 2, WHICH DROPS OCT 2. YOU WILL RECEIVE A SHOUT OUT IN NEXT YEARS HOOP-TOBER. JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOUVE FINISHED ALL 33***

If you'd like to join in, check out Cinemonster's list: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-cinco-your-terror-is-a-locked-room/