HOOPTOBER XII COUNT: 24/36

I’m all in on Hooptober. Completed my first one last year. Can’t wait for this one!

Made this year’s list an even 36 because there were just too many must watches for me. Might shift things around by September 15th, but I like where I’m at right now.

Along with watching the below films I will read:
- The Doom that Came to Gotham
- Hellboy the Crooked Man
- Cuckoo
- Dracula 
- Pet Cemetery
- Legion (Exorcist III)

Three rewatches for me:
- The Mummy
- God Told me to
- Candyman (RIP The GOAT)

QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
- Rumours 🇨🇦 
- Godzilla vs Biollante 🇯🇵 
- Dracula 1974 🇬🇧 
- Saloum 🇸🇳 
- The Others 🇪🇸 
- Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel 🇪🇪 
- German Chainsaw Massacre 🇩🇪 
9 decades
- 1920s (The Unknown)
- 1930s (Freaks, The Mummy, Wizard of Oz)
- 1940s (The Ghost Breakers, The 7th Victim, Dead of Night)
- 1960s (Burn Witch Burn, Crypt of the Vampire)
- 1970s (Dracula, God Told Me To, Dawn of the Dead, Dead Mountaineers Hotel)
- 1980s (The Fog, Invaders From Mars, Trick or Treat, Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Godzilla vs Biollante, Pet Sematary)
- 1990s (German Chainsaw Massacre, Exorcist III, Night of the Living Dead, Candyman, Fire Walk With Me, Blade)
- 2000s (The Others, Blade II)
- 2010s (Sun Don’t Shine)
- 2020s ( Doom that Came to Gotham, Cuckoo, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, Rumours, Opus, Sinners, Strangers Chapter 2)
5 Zombie Films
- The Ghost Breakers
- Dawn of the Dead
- The Fog
- Pet Sematary
- Night of the Living Dead
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
- The 7th Victim
- God Told Me Too
- Opus
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
- Sinners (Ryan Coogler & Michael B Jordan)
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
- Blade II dir. by Guillermo Del Toro
1 Canadian film
- Rumours
1 Russian or former Russian state film
- Dead Mountaineers Hotel
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
- Dead of Night
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
- Dawn of the Dead
- Night of the Living Dead
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
- Nightmare on Elm Street 3
1 The animals are pissed at us film
- Pet Sematary 
1 Silent film
- The Unknown
4 based on (Graphic?) Novels (I’m gonna try and read the books too!)
- The Doom That Came to Gotham
- Hellboy: The Crooked Man
- Dracula
- Pet Sematary
- Exorcist III
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
- Nightmare on Elm Street 3
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
- Crypt of the Vampire
1 film from 1932
- Freaks
- The Mummy
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
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat.
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.