First of all a big thanks to Cinemonster for the 6th HoopTober (his Shocktober-challenge), which I look forward to every year, since I started it two years ago with HoopTober 4. It's just such a blast.

If you'd like to join us for “HoopTober 6“, create your own list, following Cinemonster's rules, and post the link to YOUR list in the comments of his original posting "Hooptober 6/6/6: A Number and Ms. Dee".
You can read all participating reviews here! Viewing and reviewing will begin on Sept 15th, but if you do have the time, you can start on Oct 1st and make it a pure Shocktober-challenge.

AND NOW TO THE RULES (and my personal selections, which might change during HoopTober):

✅ 6 countries (in my case foreign language countries, SUBTITLED):

1. Viy (Russia)
2. The Booth (Japan)
3. The Enchanting Ghost (Hong Kong)
4. Tigers are not Afraid (Mexico)
5. Thirst (South Korea)
6. Marianne (France)

✅ 6 decades:

There are definitely more than 6 decades represented on my list.

✅ 6 films from before 1966:

1. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
2. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
3. The Old Dark House (1932)
4. Dracula's Daughter (1936)
5. Ugetsu (1953)
6. A Bucket of Blood (1959)

✅ 6 films whose year ends in '6':

1. Dracula's Daughter (1936)
2. Blood Bath (1966)
3. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
4. Thesis (1996)
5. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
6. The Neon Demon (2016)

✅ 6 films featuring work from the following (for me it's one of each):

1. John Carl Buechler (Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood)
2. Jack Pierce (Dracula's Daughter)
3. Rob Bottin (Maniac)
4. Screaming Mad George (This is the End)
5. Lon Chaney (The Phantom of the Opera)
6. Carlo Rambaldi (Possession)

✅ The 6th film of a franchise:

- Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

✅ 1 Reptile Rampage film as tribute to Crawl:

- Alligator

✅ 2 women directed films:

1. Pure (Hannah Macpherson)

2. Tigers Are Not Afraid (Issa Lopez)

✅ The lowest rated film from the 80s that you can access:

- Jaws 3-D

✅ 1 film where the men and women of the church are having a bad day:

- Viy

✅ 1 Larry Cohen or Dick Miller film:

- A Bucket of Blood (Dick Miller)

✅ 1 Classic Universal:

- Dracula's Daughter

✅ 1 film with Dee Wallace in it:

- Cujo

✅. 1 film with a black director or predominantly black cast (NO JORDAN PEELE):

- Ganja & Hess

✅ 1 film from a Mexican director to honor 2 great films from Gigi Saul Guerrero & Issa López (NO GDT, but it can be GSG or Issa):

- Tigers Are Not Afraid (Issa Lopez)

✅ And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):

- Spontaneous Combustion

✅ ***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Horror Noire (or if you don't have access to it: The American Scream) and Innocent Blood***

REVIEW THEM ALL (eek)

Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria.

Most importantly though, have fun!