The twelfth iteration of Hooptober and my third go around. It's become something fun I look forward to taking part in every fall season. I reserve the right to swap any movie out at any time.

Original post by Cinemonster

-Posted 8/29/25

6 countries
-Bad Taste (1987) - New Zealand
-Reptilicus (1961) - Denmark
-Versus (2000) - Japan
-#Alive (2020) - South Korea
-Teddy (2020) - France
-Saloum (2021) - Senegal

9 decades
-The Invisible Man (1933)
-Black Friday (1940)
-The Thing from Another World (1951)
-Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
-Evilspeak (1981)
-Candyman (1992)
-Final Destination 2 (2003)
-Tragedy Girls (2017)
-Heart Eyes (2025)

5 zombie films
-ParaNorman (2012)
-Santo vs. the Zombies (1962)
-Night of the Creeps (1986)
-Braindead (1992)
-Night of the Living Dead (1968)

3 cult or conspiracy films
-Mandy (2018)
-Blood Diner (1987)
-The Babysitter (2017)

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
-Bad Hair (2020)

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
-The Devil's Backbone (2001)

1 Canadian film
-The Brood (1979)

1 former Soviet state film
-Sweetie, You Won't Belive It (2020) - Kazakhstan

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access
-Cat People (1942)

2 post-apocalyptic films
-Hardware (1990)
-Maximum Overdrive (1986)

1 film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
-The Cell (2000)

1 "the animals are pissed at us" film
-Rogue (2007)

1 Silent film
-The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

4 films based on novels
-The Keep (1983)
-Silver Bullet (1985)
-The Howling (1981)
-Phantoms (1998)

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen
-Fright Night (1985)

1 Ernesto Gastaldi film
-The Great Alligator (1979)

1 film from 1932
-The Mummy (1932)

Specifically watch:
-The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1 Tobe Hooper film
-Spontaneous Combustion (1989)