Started by Letterboxd user Cinemonster's in 2014, "Hooptober" (named for renowned horror director Tobe Hooper) is an annual viewing-challenge that encourages people to watch 31 horror movies from September 15th through Halloween that fit certain criteria (see below)... and here's the movies I picked out for 2025, my 9th time participating!
Click "Read notes" to see which criteria each film satisfies. A special shout-out to ChatGPT which really helped me cross-check my work this year!
• Official Rules •
🎬 31 horror films total
🌎 6 countries (excluding Italy & US)
⏱ 9 different decades (I'm doing 10)
🧟 5 Zombie films (I'm doing 7)
🕵️ 3 Cult or conspiracy horror films (I'm doing 5)
👩🏿 1 Film from a Black…
Started by Letterboxd user Cinemonster's in 2014, "Hooptober" (named for renowned horror director Tobe Hooper) is an annual viewing-challenge that encourages people to watch 31 horror movies from September 15th through Halloween that fit certain criteria (see below)... and here's the movies I picked out for 2025, my 9th time participating!
Click "Read notes" to see which criteria each film satisfies. A special shout-out to ChatGPT which really helped me cross-check my work this year!
• Official Rules •
🎬 31 horror films total
🌎 6 countries (excluding Italy & US)
⏱ 9 different decades (I'm doing 10)
🧟 5 Zombie films (I'm doing 7)
🕵️ 3 Cult or conspiracy horror films (I'm doing 5)
👩🏿 1 Film from a Black director with a Black lead
🇲🇽 1 Film from a Mexican or Central American director
🇨🇦 1 Canadian film
🇷🇺 1 Russian or former Soviet state film
📽️ The most popular film from the 1940s
☢️ 2 Post-apocalyptic horror films (I'm doing 3)
💤 1 Film with dreams as part of the plot (I'm doing 3)
🐍 1 "The animals are pissed at us" film (I'm doing 2)
🤫 1 Silent film
📚 4 Based on novels (I'm doing 6+)
📜 Any film from Cinemonster's 'Favorite Horror Movies' list (I'm doing 8)
✍️ 1 Ernesto Gastaldi–written film
📅 1 Film from 1932
🌪 “The Wizard of Oz” (1939)*
📺 And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
⭐ Extra Credit: Night of the Eagle, German Chainsaw Massacre, Trick or Treat
✚ My added difficulty: All are first-time watches.
*As my custom "first time" requirement conflicts with "The Wizard of Oz," I've swapped out the technicolor classic for "The Wiz."
Films arranged in order of release date.
My #Hooptober Lists:
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