This was my sixth time doing Cinemonster’s annual Hooptober challenge to watch 31 horror (or adjacent) films in the run up to Halloween.

Check out Cinemonster’s 12th annual Hooptober challenge list for more information.

🎃 Here are the rules 🎃
6 countries (other than Italy or U.S.): Canada (Terror Train), Germany (Nosferatu), Hong Kong (Evil Cat), Poland (I Like Bats), Soviet Union (Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel), United Kingdom (28 Years Later)
9 decades: 1920s (Nosferatu), 1930s (Island of Lost Souls), 1940s (I Walked with a Zombie), 1970s (Jaws 2), 1980s (Street Trash), 1990s (Slumber Party Massacre III), 2000s (Donnie Darko), 2010s (Get Out), 2020s (Clown in a Cornfield)
5 zombie films: I Walked with a Zombie, Pet Sematary, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Return of the Living Dead 3, The Serpent and the Rainbow
3 cult or conspiracy horror films: Clown in a Cornfield, Deadly Blessing, Get Out
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead: Get Out
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director: The Devil’s Backbone
1 Canadian film: Terror Train
1 Russian or former Russian state film: Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel
The most popular film from the 1940s that I haven’t seen and can access: I Walked with a Zombie
2 post-apocalyptic horror films: 28 Years Later, The Last Man on Earth
1 film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot: Pet Sematary
1 the-animals-are-pissed-at-us film: Pet Sematary
1 silent film: Nosferatu
4 films based on novels: Clown in a Cornfield, Deadly Friend, Island of Lost Souls, Pet Sematary
Any film from THIS list that I haven’t seen: The Prowler
1 Ernesto Gastaldi-written film: Torso
1 film from 1932: Island of Lost Souls
The Wizard of Oz (1939) [skipped]
1 Tobe Hooper film: Mortuary
Extra credit: Burn, Witch, Burn (aka Night of the Eagle); The German Chainsaw Massacre; Trick or Treat (1986)