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Taking part in my inaugural Hooptober and Letterboxd challenge this year! Super keen to finally tick off some long-standing watchlist entries, as well as some films that I probably wouldn't have otherwise checked out (for better or for worse...) My hometown is currently in Stage IV lockdown so hopefully this means that I'll have plenty of free time to work my way through this list, but I'm nevertheless going to give myself two months for this mammoth undertaking as I am no stranger to time-wasting. Shout-out to Marcus for getting me involved and keeping me accountable on my progress! 

I must write a review for every film, none of which I've seen before.

Below are the list of rules for Hooptober 7.0 as well as my choices for each category.

QUICK EASY RULES:

6 COUNTRIES

1. Czechoslovakia (The Cremator)
2. Japan (Onibaba)
3. United Kingdom (Repulsion, Don't Look Now, The Descent: Part 2, 28 Days Later, Taste of Fear)
4. Italy (Deep Red, Inferno, Demons)
5. South Korea (Train to Busan, The Host)
6. Germany (Nosferatu the Vampyre)

6 DECADES

1. 1960s (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Cremator, Onibaba, Repulsion, Taste of Fear)
2. 1970s (Don't Look Now, Deep Red, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Eraserhead, The Brood, Blacula, Ganja & Hess, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
3. 1980s (The Thing, Inferno, Psycho II, The Fly, Videodrome, Demons, The Evil Dead)
4. 1990s (Candyman, Predator 2)
5. 2000s (The Host, Hannibal, The Descent: Part 2, 28 Days Later, Pontypool, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead)
6. 2010s (The Witch, Train to Busan, Doctor Sleep, V/H/S/2)

7 2ND FILMS OF FRANCHISES

1. Doctor Sleep (2019)
2. Hannibal (2001)
3. Inferno (1980)
4. The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
5. V/H/S/2 (2013)
6. Psycho II (1983)
7. Predator 2 (1990)

4 BODY HORROR FILMS

1. Eraserhead (1977)
2. The Fly (1986)
3. Videodrome (1983)
4. The Brood (1979)

2 FILMS FROM THIS YEAR

1. Underwater (2020)
2. The Hunt (2020)

3 DISEASE-BASED FILMS

1. 28 Days Later (2002)
2. Pontypool (2008)
3. Demons (1985)

THE HIGHEST-RATED HORROR FILM FROM THE 50s THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN AND CAN ACCESS

1. Diabolique (1955)

1 FILM THAT IS SET ENTIRELY INSIDE ONE LOCATION

1. The Evil Dead (1981)

1 INVISIBLE PERSON FILM

1. The Invisible Man (1933)

1 NON-DRACULA HAMMER FILM

1. Taste of Fear (1961)

2 FILMS WITH A BLACK DIRECTOR OR PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CAST OR LEAD

1. Blacula (1972)
2. Ganja & Hess (1973)

1 FILM WITH A MOVIE THEATRE IN IT

1. Demons (1985)

1 TOBE HOOPER FILM

1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

1 TROMA FILM (*BONUS RULE*)

1. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)