4th straight year participating in Hooptober, 6th straight year doing at least 31 horror movies in October. This year I decided all of them will be first time watches. Excited to knock out a bunch of more fringe 70s-80s movies and some classics.

THE RULES:

1) 6 COUNTRIES:
United States (multiple)
England (Curse of the Demon, Slaughter High)
China (Human Lanterns)
Mexico (Don't Panic)
Italy (Blood and Black Lace, A Bay of Blood, and The Church)
Spain (Most Beautiful Island)
France (Revenge)
Canada (April Fool's Day)

2) 6 DECADES:
1930s (1)
1940s (1)
1950s (3)
1960s (2)
1970s (5)
1980s (15)
1990s (4)
2000s (2)
2010s (15)

3) 6 FILMS FROM BEFORE 1966:
The Old Dark House (1932) (dir. James Whale)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) (dir. Jack Arnold)
Night of the Demon (1957) (dir. Jacques Tournier)
The Tingler (1959) (dir William Castle)
Blood Feast (1963) (dir, Herschel Gordon Lewis)
Blood and Black Lace (1964) (dir. Mario Bava)
Cat People (1942) (dir. Jacques Tournier)

4) 6 FILMS WHOSE YEAR ENDS IN "6":
Eaten Alive (1976) (dir. Larry Cohen)
J.D.'s Revenge (1976) (dir. Arthur Marks)
April Fool's Day (1986) (dir. Fred Walton)
House (1986) (dir. Steve Miner)
Slaughter High (1986) (dir. George Dugdale & Mark Ezra)
Troll (1986) (dir. John Carl Buechler)
Witchboard (1986) (dir, Kevin Tenney)
Head of the Family (1996) (dir. Charles Band as Robert Talbot)

5) 6 FILMS FEATURING WORK FROM:
John Carl Buechler (director):
Hard Rock Zombies (1985) (dir. Krishna Sha) (second unit director)
Troll (1986) (director)

Jack Pierce (make-up artist):
The Old Dark House (1932) (dir. James Whale)

Rob Bottin (creature designer/make-up artist):
Humanoids from the Deep (1980) (dir. Barbara Peeters and Jimmy T. Murakami) (also actor as "Humanoid")

Screaming Mad George (special effects artist):
Don't Panic (1988) (dir. Rubén Galindo Jr.)

Lon Chaney:(none)

Carlo Rambaldi (special effects artist):
A Bay of Blood (1971) (dir. Mario Bava)

6) THE 6TH FILM OF A FRANCHISE:
Curse of Chucky (2013) (dir. Don Mancini)

7) A REPTILE RAMPAGE FILM AS TRIBUTE TO CRAWL:
Eaten Alive (1976) (dir. Tobe Hooper)

8) 2 WOMEN DIRECTED FILMS:
Humanoids from the Deep (1980) (dir. Barbara Peeters and Jimmy T. Murakami)
Most Beautiful Island (2017) (dir. Ana Asensio)
Revenge (2017) (dir. Coralie Fargeat)

9) THE LOWEST RATED FILM FROM THE 80s YOU CAN ACCESS:
Hobgoblins (1988) (dir. Rick Sloane)

10) A FILM WHERE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CHURCH ARE HAVING A BAD DAY:
The Church (1989) (dir. Michele Soavi)

11) A LARRY COHEN AND/OR DICK MILLER FILM:
It's Alive (1974) (dir. Larry Cohen)

12) A CLASSIC UNIVERSAL:
The Old Dark House (1932) (dir. James Whale)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) (dir. Jack Arnold)

13) A FILM WITH DEE WALLACE IN IT:
3 From Hell (2019) (dir. Rob Zombie)

14) A FILM FROM A BLACK DIRECTOR AND/OR PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CAST (NO JORDAN PEELE):
Candyman (1992) (dir. Bernard Rose)
J.D.'s Revenge (1976) (dir. Arthur Marks)

15) A FILM FROM A MEXICAN DIRECTOR (NO GUILLERMO DEL TORO):
Don't Panic (1988) (dir. Rubén Galindo Jr.)

16) A TOBE HOOPER FILM (THERE MUST ALWAYS BE A TOBE HOOPER FILM):
Eaten Alive (1976) (dir. Tobe Hooper)