Original List by Cinemonster

Hello again Hooptober friends! In honor of this year’s mandatory viewing (The Wizard of Oz, which coincidentally terrified me as a child) my theme this year is “there’s no place like home.” Along with meeting the main criteria, each film ties back to my home state of Michigan in some way.

Connections can be found in notes and reviews will be linked below.

Progress: 31/31

6 Countries (Excluding Italy or US)
-(Japan) House
-(Sweden) The Phantom Carriage
-(Canada) Videodrome
-(France) Possession
-(UK) Village of the Damned
-(Australia) Late Night With the Devil

9 Decades
-(1920s) The Phantom Carriage
-(1930s) Frankenstein
-(1950s) Invasion of the Body Snatchers
-(1960s) Rosemary’s Baby
-(1970s) Dawn of the Dead
-(1980s) Evil Dead II
-(1990s) The Crow
-(2010s) The Evil Dead
-(2020s) Barbarian

Zombies (5)
-Sugar Hill
-Dawn of the Dead
-Day of the Dead
-Zombies of Mora Tau
-Cemetery Man

Cult or Conspiracy (3)
-Rosemary’s Baby
-Ready or Not
-Get Out

Black Director with Black Lead
-Get Out

Mexican or Central American Director
-Frankenstein (2025)

Canadian
-Videodrome

Russian or Former Russian State
-Viy

Popular Film From the 1940s
-Cat People

Post-Apocalyptic (2)
-Day of the Dead
-Knock at the Cabin

Dream(s) as Part of the Plot
-All the Colors of the Dark

The Animals are Pissed at Us...
-The Birds

Silent
-The Phantom Carriage

Based on a Novel (4)
-Rosemary’s Baby
-The Monkey
-Coraline
-Frankenstein

Something New from This List
-All the Colors of the Dark

Written by Ernesto Gastaldi
-All the Colors of the Dark

1932
-The Mummy

Mandatory Viewing
-The Wizard of Oz

Tobe Hooper
-Poltergeist

Rewatches: The Wizard of Oz, Evil Dead II, Evil Dead, Barbarian, Get Out

Favorite First Watches: TBD