see u next year.
previous years:
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
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2025 has been a bit shit, you know what that means. another early (though not as bad as i have in some years) start to spooky season festivities. let's get going.
hooptober and PYP2025 rules will be worked into my general watches as they come/won't be pre-planned.
non-cinema (games, books, tv, music, etc.) stuff i do for spooky season can be found here.
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hooptober rules:
6 countries (other than Italy or US) - 6/6 - ✔ (UK, Australia, Mexico, France, Germany, Japan, Canada)
9 decades - 9/9 - ✔ (1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s,…
see u next year.
previous years:
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
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2025 has been a bit shit, you know what that means. another early (though not as bad as i have in some years) start to spooky season festivities. let's get going.
hooptober and PYP2025 rules will be worked into my general watches as they come/won't be pre-planned.
non-cinema (games, books, tv, music, etc.) stuff i do for spooky season can be found here.
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hooptober rules:
6 countries (other than Italy or US) - 6/6 - ✔ (UK, Australia, Mexico, France, Germany, Japan, Canada)
9 decades - 9/9 - ✔ (1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
5 Zombie Films - 5/5 - ✔ (The Dead Next Door, There's a Zombie Outside, Dead Heat, Nightmare City, Bloodeaters)
3 cult or conspiracy horror films - 3/3 - ✔ (Clown in a Cornfield, Body Melt, Ring of Darkness)
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead - 1/1 - ✔ (Sweetheart)
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director - 1/1 - ✔ (Even the Wind is Afraid)
1 Canadian film - 1/1 - ✔ (Come True)
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) - 1/1 - ✔ (Superdeep)
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access. - 1/1 - ✔ (The Queen of Spades)
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films - 2/2 - ✔ (Stake Land, The Survivalist)
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot - 1/1 - ✔ (29 Needles)
1 The animals are pissed at us film - 1/1 - ✔ (The Great Alligator)
1 Silent film - 1/1 - ✔ (Frankenstein)
4 based on Novels - 4/4 - ✔ (Clown in a Cornfield, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Alice, The Most Dangerous Game)
Any film from Cinemonster's faves list that you haven't seen - 1/1 - ✔ (The Substance)
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film - 1/1 - ✔ (The Great Alligator)
1 film from 1932 - 1/1 - ✔ (The Most Dangerous Game)
I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but Wizard of Oz ('39) - 1/1 - ✔
bonus films: Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986) - 3/3 - ✔
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Pick Your Poison 2025 requirements
