7 years!! Yet again, I’m excited to be part of the most monster-ful time of year, Hooptober!! In no year before has it felt quite so absolutely necessary! Here’s to a month (and half) of letting the horrors play out entirely on the safety of our TV screens, with a remote that can stop it whenever we want.
Link to all of this year's reviews.
I want to thank Cinemonster once again for putting on this fantastic (and ever growing!) yearly challenge! There is no Hooptober without him!
As in previous years, every film will be a first time watch. However, instead of combining multiple criteria into a single film, I’m doing a one-to-one list this year. I have also…
7 years!! Yet again, I’m excited to be part of the most monster-ful time of year, Hooptober!! In no year before has it felt quite so absolutely necessary! Here’s to a month (and half) of letting the horrors play out entirely on the safety of our TV screens, with a remote that can stop it whenever we want.
Link to all of this year's reviews.
I want to thank Cinemonster once again for putting on this fantastic (and ever growing!) yearly challenge! There is no Hooptober without him!
As in previous years, every film will be a first time watch. However, instead of combining multiple criteria into a single film, I’m doing a one-to-one list this year. I have also wedged my current obsession of watching as many horror films from 1988-1995 as possible into this challenge, so the timeline is less diverse than usual. Lineup subject to change throughout.
Links to previous years:
I - II - III - IV - V - VI
QUICK EASY RULES:
6 countries
Amsterdamned (Netherlands), Touch of Death (Italy), The Day of the Beast (Spain), Unmasked 25 (UK), The Burning Moon (Germany), One Missed Call (Japan)
6 decades
50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s
7 2nd films of franchises
Scanners II, Witchboard 2, Gate II, Mirror Mirror 2, Xtro 2, Carnosaur 2, Ringu 2
4 body horror films
Scanners III, Inseminoid, The Sect, Project: Metalbeast
2 films from this year
Spree, Deep Blue Sea 3
3 disease based films
Rabid, Dead Space, The Carrier
The highest rated horror film from the 50s that you haven't seen and can access.
Night of the Demon
1 film that is set entirely inside one location
Open 24 Hours
1 Invisible Person film
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1 Non Dracula Hammer Film
Die! Die! My Darling
2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead.
The Vault, The Hearse
1 film with a movie theater in it.
Blood Theater
And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Night Terrors
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Witch Who Came From the Sea and Cube 2: Hypercube (Gonna pass on Cube 2, since I’ve already seen it, but I'll try to watch TWWCFTS, time allowing)
Happy Hoopin'!!
