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Hooptober XII (2025)

People, from the birthplace of Tobe Hooper, this is Hooptober 12.

Michele and I are doing the Hooptober sprint again this year! We will see how it goes, but it's always been fun in the past. Our reviews will be tagged with hooptober12.

The rules each movie satisfies are in the notes. Obviously some films fill multiple rules and some categories have more films than are required.

Rules:

There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
9 decades

5 Zombie Films
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
1 Canadian film
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia,…

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  • The Addiction
  • All the Colours of the Dark
  • Alucarda
  • Apostle
  • Arachnophobia
  • Cemetery Man
  • City of the Living Dead
  • Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
  • The Devil's Backbone
  • Eraserhead
  • Exhuma
  • Eyes Without a Face
  • Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
  • Häxan
  • I Walked with a Zombie
  • Juan of the Dead
  • The Last Man on Earth
  • The Mangler
  • The Old Dark House
  • Phase IV
  • The Sacrament
  • Santo vs. the Zombies
  • The Shiver of the Vampires
  • Steppenwolf
  • The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
  • Suspiria
  • The Thing from Another World
  • Titane
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • The Wolf Man
  • Lake Mungo