It's that time of year again, pumpkins, ghosts, candy, and scary movies, lots and lots of scary movies. That's right it's time for the annual HoopTober challenge here on Letterboxd!!
wHAT is HoopTober? It's a movie watching challenge created by Letterboxd user Cinemonster, read his master post for this years event and get all the rules and details here: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-se7en-we-have-such-masked-socially/
This will be my sixth (!) HoopTober event here on the Letterboxd, this year was tough though, because I moved to a new place the first week of the month there were a few days there when I didn't watch a movie at all, but I came through in the end and somehow someway managed to watch 60 movies during…
It's that time of year again, pumpkins, ghosts, candy, and scary movies, lots and lots of scary movies. That's right it's time for the annual HoopTober challenge here on Letterboxd!!
wHAT is HoopTober? It's a movie watching challenge created by Letterboxd user Cinemonster, read his master post for this years event and get all the rules and details here: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-se7en-we-have-such-masked-socially/
This will be my sixth (!) HoopTober event here on the Letterboxd, this year was tough though, because I moved to a new place the first week of the month there were a few days there when I didn't watch a movie at all, but I came through in the end and somehow someway managed to watch 60 movies during my 31 Days of Horror this October. So yeah, of course I hit all the HooTober Challenges:
-6 countries: (7) US, UK, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Spain
-6 decades: (10) 1930s-2020s
-7 2nd films of franchises: Demons 2, Slumber Party Massacre II, Basket Case 2, Stepfather 2, Halloween II, Maniac Cop II, Amityville II
-4 body horror films: Incredible Shrinking Man, The Stuff, Horns, Body Melt
-2 films from this year: Vampires vs. the Bronx, Hubie Halloween
-3 disease based films: Eli, Dead Alive, Warning Sign
-The highest rated horror film from the 50s that you haven't seen and can access: Incredible Shrinking Man
-1 film that is set entirely inside one location: (2) Demons, 1408
-1 Invisible Person film: Hollow Man
-1 Non Dracula Hammer Film: Vampire Lovers
-2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead: (3) Night of the Living Dead, Vampire vs. the Bronx, Demon Knight
-1 film with a movie theater in it: Demons
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film: Poltergeist
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Half of the 60 movies I watched were first time viewings.
Of those 30, these were my Ten Favorites:
(non ordered)
The Night Stalker
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Slumber Party Massacre II
Orgasmo
The Entity
Basket Case 2
Maniac Cop 2
Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
Deadly Eyes
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Check out my HoopTober 2.0 list HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-20-october-2015/
HoopTober 3.0 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-30-october-2016/
HoopTober 4.0 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-40-october-2017/
HoopTober 5.0 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-50-october-2018/
HoopTober 666 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-666-october/
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
HAPPY HOOP-TOBER!
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