The Twelfth of Hooptober: Diary of a Madman by Cinemonster
“You could not write my story. They couldn't have invented me.” - Ozzy Osbourne
“Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper. Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They’re huge and abstract. And they’re very beautiful.” - David Lynch
🎃 🚨 REVIEWS 🚨 🧟♂️🧟🧟♀️ 🚨 LISTS 🚨 🎃
HOOPTOBER 12:
• Begins at 12:01am CST on September 15th.
• Review them all.(eek)
• Use the TAG “Hooptober12”
• Link to list in Cinemonster’s comments.
• Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria.
QUICK…
The Twelfth of Hooptober: Diary of a Madman by Cinemonster
“You could not write my story. They couldn't have invented me.” - Ozzy Osbourne
“Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper. Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They’re huge and abstract. And they’re very beautiful.” - David Lynch
🎃 🚨 REVIEWS 🚨 🧟♂️🧟🧟♀️ 🚨 LISTS 🚨 🎃
HOOPTOBER 12:
• Begins at 12:01am CST on September 15th.
• Review them all.(eek)
• Use the TAG “Hooptober12”
• Link to list in Cinemonster’s comments.
• Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria.
QUICK EASY RULES:
🎃 There must be 31 horror films
🎃 6 countries (other than Italy or US)
Argentina 🪦 Australia 🪦 Canada 🪦 France 🪦 Germany 🪦 Mexico 🪦 New Zealand 🪦 Spain 🪦 UK 🪦 USSR
🎃 9 decades
1920s 💀 1930s 💀 1940s 💀 1950s 💀 1960s 💀 1970s 💀 1980s 💀 1990s 💀 2000s 💀 2010s 💀 2020s
🎃 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 Russian or former Russian state film
🎃 The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
🎃 2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
🎃 1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
🎃 1 The animals are pissed at us film
🎃 1 Silent film
🎃 4 based on Novels
🎃 How I Stopped Fearing the Boogey Man & Embraced Him
🎃 1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
🎃 1 film from 1932
🎃 WIZARD of OZ ('39)
🎃 And 1 Tobe Hooper Film…There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film!
EXTRA CREDIT:
🎃 Burn Witch Burn (1962) (AKA Night of the Eagle)
🎃 German Chainsaw Massacre (1990) (AKA Blackest Heart)
🎃 Trick or Treat (1986)
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Films 1 - 31 are my original HOOPTOBER 12 picks to satisfy the challenge criteria set by Cinemonster. Subject to change.
Films 32 - 34 are the EXTRA WORK movies assigned by Cinemonster.
Films 35 on are bonus movies, meaning any other horror and/or Halloween movies I decide to watch during the HOOPTOBER 12 timeframe (September 15, 2025 - October 31, 2025)
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🎃 NASTY HOOPTOBER ARCHIVES:
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11.O // 1.O
Check out my other 2025 Spooky Season lists!:
Daily Horror Hunt #86 // August 2025 🌅
🍂 A Horrifying FALL into Madness 2025 🍂
PICK YOUR POISON CHALLENGE 2025 🧪
Shitember ‘25 🧻
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🧪 HELPUL LISTS FOR HOOPTOBER 12:
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Conspiracy Horror - An unacknowledge subgenre? by Patrick Taylor
best mysteries / thrillers / psych horror / neo-noir / conspiracy movies by Lucy
Explorations of Cults & Coercive Control by mosshat
folk/cult horror by Allie Bug
Hooptober 12: Additional INDEX by Cinemonster
Hooptober 12: Shorts for Busy People by MrDys
Literate Movies by Shawn Stubbs
Meta-mega Hooptober Twelve: The Analysis-ing by MrDys
Oneiric Cinema by kailasha
The Right Kind of Woman: Horror Edition by StarlaShreature
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🎧 HOOPTOBER JAMS:
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