Goblins, ghosts, ghouls, and ghasts, join me for this year's particularly bone-chilling Hooptober experience. Following a tumultuous year and an absolute failure to finish the previous challenge, I return with renewed energy to complete this year's ritual.

My eyes are focused on the avant-garde, disturbing, and unconventional this time around. If I make it through this macabre marathon mentally intact, I'll consider it a Herculean accomplishment.

QUICK EASY RULES:

6 countries
NOROI: THE CURSE (JAPAN)
POISON FOR THE FAIRIES (MEXICO)
THE DEVILS (UK)
ROGUE (AUSTRALIA)
THE STRANGE COLOUR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS (BELGIUM)
VIY (RUSSIA)

6 decades
THE UNKNOWN (1920s)
THE MUMMY (1930s)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1950s)
EGGSHELLS (1960s)
THE DEVILS (1970s)
PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1980s)

6 films from before 1966
THE MUMMY (1933)
THE BLACK CAT (1934)
THE UNKNOWN (1927)
FREAKS (1932)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)

6 films whose year ends in '6'
CHOPPING MALL (1986)
THE LOVE WITCH (2016)
HATCHET (2006)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (2016)
MANHUNTER (1986)

6 films featuring work from the following: John Carl Buechler,
Jack Pierce, Rob Bottin, Screaming Mad George, Lon Chaney
and Carlo Rambaldi
HATCHET (2006)
THE BLACK CAT (1934)
DEEP RISING (1998)
BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (1989)
THE UNKNOWN (1927)
PRIMAL RAGE (1988)

The 6th film of a franchise
HELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER (2002)

1 Reptile Rampage film as tribute to Crawl
ROGUE (2007)

2 women directed films
TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (2017)
THE LOVE WITCH (2016)

The lowest rated film from the 80s that you can access.
HOBGOBLINS (1988)

1 film where the men and women of the church are having a bad day.
THE DEVILS (1971)

1 Larry Cohen or Dick Miller film
CHOPPING MALL (1986)

1 Classic Universal
THE MUMMY (1933)

1 film with Dee Wallace in it.
THE STEPFORD WIVES (1975)

1 film with a black director or predominantly black cast. (NO JORDAN PEELE)
GANJA & HESS (1973)

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)
POISON FOR THE FAIRIES (1984)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
EGGSHELLS (1969)

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Horror Noire and Innocent Blood***

Forever thanks to our devilish puppetmaster Cinemaster for another year of fright. Check out his list