Each October in the run-up to Halloween, I normally pick a long running horror franchise that I've not seen in it's entirety, to finally watch from start to finish (apart from 2019 when I had a remake-a-thon which as you might have guessed, wasn't a good idea).
This year I hadn't planned anything out, and there are so many short series or singular sequels that I've been meaning to get round to, not to mention the myriad of random films I want to watch. So being late to get started, on 4 October I decided to knock a "quick list" together of what I would aim to watch this month.
That list quickly exploded to 70+ films.
That's ok. It's…
Each October in the run-up to Halloween, I normally pick a long running horror franchise that I've not seen in it's entirety, to finally watch from start to finish (apart from 2019 when I had a remake-a-thon which as you might have guessed, wasn't a good idea).
This year I hadn't planned anything out, and there are so many short series or singular sequels that I've been meaning to get round to, not to mention the myriad of random films I want to watch. So being late to get started, on 4 October I decided to knock a "quick list" together of what I would aim to watch this month.
That list quickly exploded to 70+ films.
That's ok. It's still doable.
I've only been on Letterboxd for a couple of months and had no idea what Hooptober was until today 8 October. Hmm, I wonder if I can fulfil the rules of this game within my already established list (besides aiming to watch way more films)?
Turns out that I mostly could, but ended up adding a few more movies to my watch list for the month to meet all the criteria.
So this is my October 2020/Hooptober Se7en watch list of
8̶0̶.̶.̶.̶8̶4̶.̶.̶.̶87 movies, and this is how I've matched them against the Hooptober rules:
6 countries - USA, UK, Japan, Italy, Korea, France
6 decades - 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s.
7 2nd films of franchises - Peninsula, Tales From the Hood 2, The Descent: Part 2, Xtro 2: The Second Encounter, Scream 2, The Devil's Rejects, Night of the Demons 2, Trilogy of Terror 2, The Hills Have Eyes Part 2, Zombie Flesh Eaters 2, A Return to Salem's Lot, Fright Night Part 2,
4 body horror films - May, Tetsuo: The Bullet Man, Zombie Flesh Eaters 1 & 2, Peninsula, The Curse of the Werewolf
2 films from this year - The Reach, Hubie Halloween, Peninsula, Tales from the Hood 3
3 disease based films - Salem's Lot, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Peninsula
The highest rated horror film from the 50s that you haven't seen - Diabolique
1 film that is set entirely inside one location - Chopping Mall?
1 Invisible Person film - The Invisible Woman
1 Non Dracula Hammer Film - The Curse of the Werewolf
2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead - Tales from the Hood 2 & 3
1 film with a movie theater in it - Fade To Black
1 Tobe Hooper Film - Spontaneous Combustion
