It's that time of year again! Horroctober, Hooptober, Shocktober! 31 Days of Horror! Call it what you want, its all about the HORROR! I'll be incorporating Cinemonster's Hooptober again this year but I'll just be adding the films as I go because there will be plenty off-piste as well. Candyman, that's my starting point. Given the rumours about Jordan Peele potentially remaking it, it seemed like a great time to revisit it...I also plan to finally watch Candyman 3, which I am less enthusiastic about but us horror fans have to take the odd hit don't we? I'm finally going to subscribe to Shudder as well, which should help me to tick plenty of boxes.

Here are the Hooptober rules. The Horroctober rules are a bit more straightforward; if its horror, then watch it, log it and review it.

Oh I swapped out Cronenberg for Lucio Fulci because rules were made to be broken and I've seen all of Cronenberg's horror film yet Fulci still has plenty of gems to unearth for me.

See notes for the relevant box ticking exercises.

HOOPTOBER 'CINCO'

10 'Anniversary Films' (10/10)
6 countries (6/6)
6 decades (6/6)
6 films from before 1970 (5/6)
6 films from the following: Romero, Lucio Fulci, Clive Barker, Terence Fisher, Sergio Martino, Bill Lustig (6/6)
2 flying things that kill you films (2/2)
1 silent film as a tribute to A Quiet Place (1/1)
1 aquatic menace film as a tribute to Meg (1/1)
2 women directed films (2/2)
1 inanimate object comes alive film (1/1)
1 film with Barbara Crampton in it (1/1)
2 Tobe Hooper Films (2/2)

As usual I'll rate and (try to) review all films that I watch.

Previous Horroctobers - 2012 - 2013/2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017