The Twelfth of Hooptober - Diary of a Madman

I ironically stumbled upon the idea of Hooptober just a day before the criteria launched. I warranted this as a sign, I needed to take on the challenge for the first time for Hooptober 12, in 2025.

Challenge Time Frame: September 15th - October 31st 2025

Criteria for Movie Listing:
*There must be 31 horror films outside of the extra films listed below
*6 countries (other than Italy or US)

South Korea - Train to Busan (2016)
✔️Sweden - Let the Right One in (2008)
France - The Night Eats the World (2018)
✔️ U.K. - The Wicker Man (1973)
Germany - Nosferatu (1922)
✔️ Japan - Audition (1999)

*9 decades

1920’s: Nosferatu (1922)
✔️1930’s: Vampyr (1932)
✔️1940’s: Dead of Night (1945)
✔️1950’s: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
✔️1960’s: The Last Man on Earth (1964)
✔️ 1970’s: The Wicker Man (1973)
✔️1980’s: Creepshow (1982)
✔️1990’s: Lake Placid (1999)
✔️2000’s: House of Wax (2005)

*5 Zombie Films

✔️The Evil Dead (1981)
✔️Army of Darkness (1992)
Train to Busan (2016)
The Night Eats the World (2018)
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

*3 Cult or Conspiracy Horror Films

✔️ The Wicker Man (1973)
✔️Kill List (2011)
✔️ The Bay (2012)

*1 Film from a Black director with a Black Lead

Tales from the Hood (1995)

*1 film from a Mexican or Central American director

Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)

*1 Canadian Film

✔️ The Changeling (1980)

*1 Russian or former Russian state film

✔️Viy (1967)

*The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access

✔️Dead of Night (1945)

*2 Post Apocalyptic horror films

✔️Zombieland (2009)
✔️The Last Man on Earth (1964)

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

✔️The Night House (2020)

*1 The animals are pissed at us film

✔️Lake Placid (1999)

*1 Silent film

Nosferatu (1922)

*4 based on Novels

✔️The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
✔️Bird Box (2018)
✔️Creepshow (1982)
✔️The Dead Zone (1983)

*Any film from THIS list that you haven’t seen

✔️The Lost Boys (1987)

*1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film

✔️The Killer is Still Among Us (1986)

*1 film from 1932

✔️The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

*Specific film must be included:

✔️ Wizard of OZ (1939)

*1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

✔️ Body Bags (1993)

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH:

Burn Witch Burn (1962)
German Chainsaw Massacre  (1990)
Trick or Treat (1986)
**Removed for lack of availability on streaming networks**

One movie can satisfy multiple categories. For my own challenge, all movies (with the exception of the Wizard of Oz) need to be new watches as opposed to rewatches.

List is subject to change based on ability/inability to access. I am so excited for this journey!

11/1 Update - 

Sad to announce that I did not actually complete this challenge. Got a little too busy, and closed out Hooptober with 24 of the 31 movies completed. All this to say, I’m a horror movie watcher all year round. I’m extending my personal hooptober through the end of the year lol It’ll give me greater aspirations for next years event!

Thanks for everyone joining me on this journey, and I hope you all had successful Hooptobers!