Once more celebrating the coming dark of autumn in the Midwest with Cinemonster's 6th Annual Hooptober Challenge.
I add to the list as I watch movies. I've been keeping a list of maybes for a couple years, and may watch some from there.
QUICK EASY RULES:
8/6 countries - Canada, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, UK, US
9/6 decades - 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
6/6 films from before 1966 - Phantom of the Opera (1925), Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Curse of the Cat People (1944), Godzilla (1954), Day of the Triffids (1962), Onibaba (1964)
6/6 films whose year ends in '6' - Dr Black Mr Hyde (1976), Squirm (1976), Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976), From…
Once more celebrating the coming dark of autumn in the Midwest with Cinemonster's 6th Annual Hooptober Challenge.
I add to the list as I watch movies. I've been keeping a list of maybes for a couple years, and may watch some from there.
QUICK EASY RULES:
8/6 countries - Canada, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, UK, US
9/6 decades - 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
6/6 films from before 1966 - Phantom of the Opera (1925), Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Curse of the Cat People (1944), Godzilla (1954), Day of the Triffids (1962), Onibaba (1964)
6/6 films whose year ends in '6' - Dr Black Mr Hyde (1976), Squirm (1976), Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976), From Beyond (1986), Hatchet (2006), Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom (2016)
6/6 films featuring work from the following: John Carl Buechler,
Jack Pierce, Rob Bottin, Screaming Mad George, Lon Chaney
and Carlo Rambaldi - From Beyond (Buechler), Ghost of Frankenstein (Pierce), Hatchet (Buechler), The Howling (Bottin), Phantom of the Opera (Chaney), Silver Bullet (Rimbaldi)
1/1 6th film of a franchise - Howling VI
2/1 Reptile Rampage film as tribute to Crawl - Godzilla, Lair of the White Worm
2/2 women directed films - Blood Diner, Howling VI
1/1 lowest rated film from the 80s that you can access - Hobgoblins
4/1 film where the men and women of the church are having a bad day - Lair of the White Worm, Silver Bullet, Tombs of the Blind Dead (if Templars count as 'of the church'), The Unholy
2/1 Larry Cohen or Dick Miller film - The Howling (Miller), The Stuff (Cohen)
2/1 Classic Universal - Ghost of Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera
1/1 film with Dee Wallace in it - The Howling
1/1 film with a black director or predominantly black cast. (NO JORDAN PEELE) - Dr Black, Mr Hyde
1/1 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) -Isle of the Snake People
And 1/1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) - Body Bags
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Horror Noire and Innocent Blood***
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
