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My seventh participation in Hooptober, and the twelfth edition overall!
Previous lists: 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Original List & Rules
It's that time of the year again! Bittersweet indication that summer is coming to a close, but also the time I'm looking forward to all year long in terms of movie-watching.
As always, I will come up with my final selections along the way rather than pre-planning everything, because I want to have the freedom to watch what I'm in the mood for rather than having to stick to an established watch-list. So, everything that's currently on this list is still subject to change, and I might end up not watching…
🌟🌟🌟 COMPLETED 🌟🌟🌟
My seventh participation in Hooptober, and the twelfth edition overall!
Previous lists: 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Original List & Rules
It's that time of the year again! Bittersweet indication that summer is coming to a close, but also the time I'm looking forward to all year long in terms of movie-watching.
As always, I will come up with my final selections along the way rather than pre-planning everything, because I want to have the freedom to watch what I'm in the mood for rather than having to stick to an established watch-list. So, everything that's currently on this list is still subject to change, and I might end up not watching a few of these after all, especially if it turns out availability is an issue.
Starting on September 15th (there's just no way I'll finish this project if I only do it in October). I probably won't make it to 31 films at the end of this run, but I'll give it a try. I managed to do it last year!
Films are ranked first by rating once I've seen and reviewed them, then by release year if I haven't logged them yet.
QUICK EASY RULES:
11 Decades
(Original prompt only asks for nine decades, but I kind of want to make it eleven this time.)
1920s — Häxan
1930s — White Zombie
1940s — The Wolf Man
1950s — The Blob
1960s — Night of the Eagle
1970s — Let's Scare Jessica to Death
1980s — Roadgames
1990s — Hardware
2000s — tbd
2010s — A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2020s — Longlegs
6 Countries (other than Italy or US)
🇦🇷 Argentina — When Evil Lurks
🇦🇺 Australia — Roadgames
🇨🇦 Canada — The Changeling
🇮🇷 Iran — A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
🇲🇽 Mexico — Alucarda
🇷🇺 Soviet Union — Viy
🇸🇪 Sweden — Häxan
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Night of the Eagle
5 Zombie Films
White Zombie (1932)
Viy (1967)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Re-Animator (1985)
When Evil Lurks (2023)
alt.: The Girl with all the Gifts (2016), Braindead (1992, rewatch)
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)
Longlegs (2024)
Heretic (2024)
alt.: The Believers (1987), Midsommar (2019, rewatch)
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
Ganja & Hess (1973)
alt.: Def by Temptation (1990), Get Out (2017, rewatch), Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
Alucarda (1977)
alt.: Poison for the Fairies (1986)
1 Canadian film
The Changeling (1980)
alt.: Videodrome (1983, rewatch)
1 Russian or former Russian state film
Viy (1967)
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
The Wolf Man (1941)
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
Night of the Comet (1984)
The Girl with all the Gifts (2016)
alt.: The Day After (1983)
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) [apparently there's dreams as part of the plot, from what I could tell?]
alt.: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, rewatch)
1 The animals are pissed at us film
Alligator (1980)
alt.: Dangerous Animals (2025)
1 Silent film
Häxan (1922)
alt.: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
4 films based on novels
Viy (1967) [based on the Nikolaj Gogol novel]
Gretel & Hansel (2020) [based on the fairy-tale by Grimm]
The Watchers (2024) [based on an A.M. Shine novel]
The Monkey (2025) [based on a Stephen King short story]
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
Candidates: Smile 2, Heretic, Re-Animator, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, The Blob (1988), From Beyond, The Changeling, The Wolf Man (1941)
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
alt.: Torso (1973), All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
1 film from 1932
White Zombie (1932)
I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Invaders from Mars (1986) [running out of new Hooper films to watch at this point]
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat.
Additional Candidates: (personal wishlist)
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016), Wolf Man (2025), Bring Her Back (2025), Final Destination Bloodlines (2025), The Blob (1958), The Blob (1988), The Shrouds (2024)
PROGRESS SHEET
✔️ = category finished
❌ = category not yet finished
• 31 films (33/31) ✔️
• 11 decades (10/9) ✔️ [1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s]
• 6 countries (8/6) [Netherlands; Canada; Soviet Union; Mexico; Italy; Japan; New Zealand; Sweden] ✔️
• 5 zombie films (6/5) ✔️
• 3 cult or conspiracy films (3/3) ✔️
• 1 film from a Black director with a Black lead (1/1) ✔️
• 1 film from a Mexican/CA director (1/1) ✔️
• 1 Canadian film (2/1) ✔️
• 1 Russian film (1/1) ✔️
• The most popular film from the 1940s (1/1) ✔️
• 2 post-apocalyptic horror films (2/2) ✔️
• 1 film with dreams (3/1) ✔️
• 1 animals are pissed at us film (1/1) ✔️
• 1 silent film (1/1) ✔️
• 4 films based on novels (8/4) ✔️
• 1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film (1/1) ✔️
• any film from Cinemonster's list (3/1) ✔️
• 1 1932 film (1/1) ✔️
• Wizard of Oz (1/1) ✔️
• Tobe Hooper film (1/1) ✔️
Originally scheduled films I did not manage to watch:
Night of the Eagle, The Blob (1958), The Blob (1988), Re-Animator, Roadgames, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Smile 2, Weapons, When Evil Lurks