failed 31/10/2025

couldn't find the time this year to do them all, but i had a lovely time! only keeping the ones i managed to see, now ranked from best to worst.

(watched 18/31)

i've been to hell and back in the last few hooptobers, so i decided i would keep things nice and easy this time around. this is:

hooptober 12 but i only pick films that have a lady on the poster

There must be 31 horror films

6 countries (other than Italy or US)
france, japan, uk, mexico, canada, latvia

9 decades
30s, 40s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s

5 Zombie Films
the living dead girl, nudist colony of the dead, female mercenaries on zombie island, beneath still waters, rape zombie: lust of the dead

3 cult or conspiracy horror films
deadly blessing, the blood on satan's claw, all the colors of the dark

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
fangirl

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
satanic pandemonium

1 Canadian film
shivers

1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
spider

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
cat people ('42)

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
maximum shame, resident evil: apocalypse

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
erotic nightmare

1 The animals are pissed at us film
humanoids from the deep

1 Silent film
mesmeralda

4 based on Novels
queen of the damned, beneath still waters, helter skelter (on this occasion graphic novel = novel), castle freak

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
cat people ('82)

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
all the colors of the dark

1 film from 1932
island of lost souls

I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39) (with apologies to cinemonster, i'm replacing this with WIZARD of OZ (2023))

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
i'm dangerous tonight