Alright so here we are again, my fourth go-round of Cinemonster’s popular HoopTober challenge (his 7th overall).
Basically: it’s 31 horror films (plus 2 bonus if you’re itching for more), watch and review them all before November 1st, and follow the categories!
This year I had a bit of extra fun and decided not to use the same movie twice for any category (though it’s allowed, I have a bit more time on my hands this year and I was itching for a bigger challenge!). So I’ll be tackling 38 instead of 31, including the 2 bonus films.
As an even tougher challenge, I tried to pick only films that I think I can convince either my partner or my best…
Alright so here we are again, my fourth go-round of Cinemonster’s popular HoopTober challenge (his 7th overall).
Basically: it’s 31 horror films (plus 2 bonus if you’re itching for more), watch and review them all before November 1st, and follow the categories!
This year I had a bit of extra fun and decided not to use the same movie twice for any category (though it’s allowed, I have a bit more time on my hands this year and I was itching for a bigger challenge!). So I’ll be tackling 38 instead of 31, including the 2 bonus films.
As an even tougher challenge, I tried to pick only films that I think I can convince either my partner or my best friend into watching with me, in the spirit of togetherness during one of the loneliest years on record.
QUICK EASY RULES:
6 countries
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)- CHINA☑️
Cube (1997)- CANADA☑️
Let The Right One In (2008)- SWEDEN☑️
Audition (1999)- JAPAN☑️
Monstrum (2018)- SOUTH KOREA☑️
The Platform (2020)- SPAIN☑️
6 decades
The Witchmaker (1969)☑️
Jaws (1975) ☑️
Sleepaway Camp (1983)☑️
Tammy & The T-Rex (1994)☑️
Gerald’s Game (2017)☑️
We Summon The Darkness (2020)☑️
7 2nd films of franchises
Aliens☑️
Blade II☑️
Creepshow 2☑️
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2☑️
Jaws 2☑️
Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge☑️
Sleepaway Camp 2☑️
4 body horror films
Eraserhead (1977)- David Lynch☑️
Scanners (1981)- David Cronenberg☑️
Rabid (1977)- David Cronenberg☑️
Body Melt (1993)- Brophy☑️
2 films from this year
The Invisible Man☑️
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street☑️
3 disease based films
Outbreak (1995)☑️
Mayhem (2017)☑️
Contagion (2011)- Stephen Soderbergh☑️
The highest rated horror film from the 50s that you haven't seen and can access
Les Diaboliques (1955)☑️
1 film that is set entirely inside one location
Climax (2019)- Gaspar Nóe☑️
1 Invisible Person film
Hollow Man (2000) ☑️
1 Non Dracula Hammer Film
Never Take Sweets From A Stranger (1960) ☑️
2 films with a black director or predominantly black cast or lead
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)- Spike Lee☑️
Horror Noire (2019)☑️
1 film with a movie theater in it
Scream 2 (bonus: 2nd film in a franchise) ☑️
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Salem’s Lot (1979) ☑️
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK:
The Witch Who Came From the Sea☑️
Cube 2: Hypercube☑️