With thanks, as always to Cinemonster, for bringing so many people together. I always appreciate the sense of community that comes from Hooptober, but it's especially valuable this year.

This is my 5th Hooptober. I usually don't watch AND review, so technically I don't think I've ever "finished." Last year I watched them all, but only reviewed half. This year's list started big & will probably shift around. But I didn't feel like cutting anything, and if I start early and end late I may just do the whole mess.

6 countries: Japan | Mexico | Brazil | Italy | France | Poland + US, UK, Canada, Australia

6 decades: 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s

7 2nd films of franchises: The Invisible Man Returns | This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 | Slumber Party Massacre 2 | Hellbound; Hellraiser II | Bride of Re-Animator | Cube 2: Hypercube | Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

4 body horror films: Rabid | Tetsuo: The Iron Man | Frontier(s) | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | Bride of Re-Animator

2 films from this year: Antebellum | Relic

3 disease-based films: Rabid | Pontypool | It Comes At Night

Highest rated from the 50s that you haven't seen: The Tell-Tale Heart (short) | In the Palm of Your Hand (feature)

1 set entirely inside one location: Pontypool | Relic

1 Invisible Person film: The Invisible Man Returns

1 Non Dracula Hammer Film: Taste of Fear

2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast: Bones | Antebellum

1 film with a movie theater in it: The Blob

1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film): Spontaneous Combustion

BONUS: The Witch Who Came From the Sea | Cube 2: Hypercube