My first time participating in the annual Hooptober challenge, hosted by Cinemonster. This is the seventh year of Hooptober and an opportunity for me for dive into 31 fright-filled films I've never seen before. The goal is to review them all and I'm excited to knock out quite a few selections from my watchlist.
The rules for crafting a list are as follows (with my selections listed as well). Happy Hooptober, fellow horror fans!
6 countries (All selections are cataloged here with their origin country for reference, with the unique-to-this-prompt films italicized)
-Australia/US: The Invisible Man
-Australia/UK: Triangle
-Canada: Cube, Cube 2: Hypercube, Antiviral
-France: Diabolique, Eyes Without a Face
-Italy: Demons, Cannibal Holocaust
-Japan: Audition
-South Korea: Train to…
My first time participating in the annual Hooptober challenge, hosted by Cinemonster. This is the seventh year of Hooptober and an opportunity for me for dive into 31 fright-filled films I've never seen before. The goal is to review them all and I'm excited to knock out quite a few selections from my watchlist.
The rules for crafting a list are as follows (with my selections listed as well). Happy Hooptober, fellow horror fans!
6 countries (All selections are cataloged here with their origin country for reference, with the unique-to-this-prompt films italicized)
-Australia/US: The Invisible Man
-Australia/UK: Triangle
-Canada: Cube, Cube 2: Hypercube, Antiviral
-France: Diabolique, Eyes Without a Face
-Italy: Demons, Cannibal Holocaust
-Japan: Audition
-South Korea: Train to Busan, I Saw the Devil
-Spain: [REC]
-UK/US: The Lodge, 28 Weeks Later
-UK: The Host, 28 Days Later
-US: Candyman, Night of the Living Dead, Poltergeist, The Witch Who Came From the Sea, A Quiet Place Part II, Doctor Sleep, Evil Dead, She Dies Tomorrow, The Thing, Eraserhead, Trick 'r' Treat, Scream, The Eyes of My Mother, The Hills Have Eyes, The Fly, The Evil Dead
6 decades (All selections are cataloged here with their origin decade for reference, with the unique-to-this-prompt films italicized)
-50s: Diabolique
-60s: Night of the Living Dead, Eyes Without a Face
-70s: The Witch Who Came From the Sea, Eraserhead
-80s: Demons, Poltergeist, The Fly, Cannibal Holocaust, The Thing, The Evil Dead
-90s: Cube, Candyman, Audition, Scream
-2000s: Cube 2: Hypercube, 28 Days Later, The Hills Have Eyes, Trick r Treat, Triangle, [REC], 28 Weeks Later
-2010s: The Lodge, Train to Busan, Antiviral, Doctor Sleep, Evil Dead, The Eyes of My Mother, I Saw The Devil
-2020s: The Invisible Man, The Host, A Quiet Place Part II, She Dies Tomorrow
7 2nd films of franchises
-Doctor Sleep
-A Quiet Place Part II
-Cube 2: Hypercube
-28 Weeks Later
-Evil Dead
-The Fly
-The Hills Have Eyes
4 body horror films
-Cannibal Holocaust
-Eyes Without A Face
-Audition
-The Thing
2 films from this year (2020)
-Host
-She Dies Tomorrow (this is more thriller than horror, my only potential "cheat" on the list, but I really want to see it)
3 disease based films
-Antiviral
-Train to Busan
-28 Days Later
The highest rated horror film from the 50s that you haven't seen and can access
-Diabolique
1 film that is set entirely inside one location
-Cube
1 Invisible Person film
-The Invisible Man
1 Non-Dracula Hammer Film
-The Lodge
2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead
-Candyman
-Night of the Living Dead
1 film with a movie theater in it
-Demons
1 Tobe Hooper Films
-Poltergeist
BONUS for if I have time!
-The Witch Who Came From the Sea
-Cube 2: Hypercube
During the month of this challenge, I completed 6/33 films.