My first year participating in Hooptober! Thank you to Cinemonster for hosting this, I’m honoured to be a part of this. Here’s a link to their original post! 

For anybody who doesn’t already know, here are the rules:

6 countries
6 decades
7 2nd films of franchises
4 body horror films
2 films from this year
3 disease based films
The highest rated horror film from the 50s that you haven't seen and can access.
1 film that is set entirely inside one location
1 Invisible Person film
1 Non Dracula Hammer Film
2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead
1 film with a movie theater in it
1 Tobe Hooper film 

You’re allowed to mix and match (so some rules can fit into multiple films, although I’ve chosen to limit one rule per choice for my list) 

Here are the 36 films I’ve chosen and which category they fit into:

1) Poltergeist (A Tobe Hooper film)
2) Demons (Film with a movie theatre in) 
3) Antebellum (film with a predominantly Black cast/director/lead)
4) Ganja & Hess (film with a predominantly Black cast/director/lead)
5) The Curse of Frankenstein (Hammer horror) 
6) The Invisible Man (Invisible Person film) 
7) The Mist (One location film) 
8) Night of the Hunter (Highest rated horror film from the 1950s which I haven’t seen)
9) 28 Days Later (Disease based film)
10) Daybreakers (Disease based film)
11) The Cured (Disease based film)
12) #Alive (Film from this year) 
13) Body Cam (Film from this year) 
14) Martyrs (Body horror)
15) Spring (Body horror)
16) Society (Body horror)
17) Re-Animator (Body horror)
18) High Tension (Six countries: France)
19) A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (Six countries: Iran)
20) Let the Right One In (Six countries: Sweden)
21) [REC] (Six countries: Spain) 
22) One Missed Call (Six countries: Japan)
23) The New York Ripper (Six countries: Italy)
24) Raw (Six decades: 2010s)
25) Paranormal Activity (Six decades: 2000s)
26) Jacob’s Ladder (Six decades: 1990s)
27) Night of the Demons (Six decades: 1980s)
28) Grizzly (Six decades: 1970s)
29) Rosemary’s Baby (Six decades: 1960s)
30) [•REC]² (Seven 2nd films in a franchise)
31) Ouija: Origin of Evil (Seven 2nd films in a franchise)
32) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (Seven 2nd films in a franchise)
33) House II: The Second Story (Seven 2nd films in a franchise)
34) The Conjuring 2 (Seven 2nd films in a franchise)
35) Phantasm 2 (Seven 2nd films in a franchise)
36) 28 Weeks Later (Seven 2nd films in a franchise)

You might be wondering “If you’ve chosen 36 films, why are there more in the list?” and it’s simple; bonus films! Any horror/Halloween themed film I watch this month will be tagged as a bonus film, giving me an easy way to keep track of all the horror goodness I watch this October!

Check the notes for every film for a link to the relevant diary entry as I’m giving small reviews for every film, including the bonus ones! Have a fantastic spooky month and if you’re taking part, comment your list below, I’d love to check them out!