Okay, here goes: 

My first Hooptober and I'm super excited to watch some new and old films this e-spooky season.

Rules are listed below per Cinemonster HERE

I'll be putting a 👹 emoji next to the films I've watched as the days pass.
The ✨ emoji signifies everything that I have not seen previously.
The asterik (*) next to the movie means it counts for more than one rule (i.e. decades and country or decades and category, etc.)
Massive W to Tubi for having a lot of these films for freeee 🤑

QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films

6 countries (other than Italy or US)
-One Cut of the Dead (2017) dir. Shinichiro Ueda [JAPAN]*👹
-The Sadness (2021) dir. Rob Jabbaz [TAIWAN]👹
-The Queen of Black Magic (2020) [INDONESIA]👹
-Climax (2018) dir. Gaspar Noé [FRANCE]*👹
-Under the Shadow (2016) dir. Babak Anvari [UK/JORDAN/QATAR]✨👹
-Thirst (2009) dir. Park Chan Wook [SOUTH KOREA]*👹

9 decades
-the various decades are in the other categories above/below

5 Zombie Films
-Rabid (1977) dir. David Cronenberg*👹
-Blood Quantum (2019) dir. Jeff Barnaby✨👹
-Overlord (2018) dir. Julius Avery 👹
-other zombie films can be found in the categories above/below 

3 cult or conspiracy horror films
-Impetigore (2019) dir. Joko Anwar👹
-Kill List (2010) dir. Ben Wheatley👹
-Apostle (2018) dir. Gareth Evans✨👹

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
-His House (2020) dir. Remi Weekes ✨👹

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
-Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) dir. Michelle Garza Cervera*👹

1 Canadian film
-Ginger Snaps (2000) dir. John Fawcett 👹

1 Russian or former Russian state film
-Viy (1967) dir. Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov✨*👹

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access.
-Gaslight (1944) dir. George Cukor✨*👹

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
-Outside (2024) dir. Carlo Ledesma✨*👹
-Night of the Comet (1984) dir. Thom Eberhardt*👹

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
-The Harbinger (2022) dir. Andy Mitton✨👹

1 The animals are pissed at us film
-Black Sheep (2006) dir. Jonathan King 👹

1 Silent film
-The Man Who Laughs (1928) dir. Paul Leni✨*👹


4 based on Novels
-The Phantom of the Opera (1924) dir. Rupert Julian✨👹
-Pet Sematary (1989) dir. Pet Sematary 👹
-Carmilla (2019) dir. Emily Harris✨👹
-Battle Royale (2000) dir. Kinji Fukasaku👹

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
-Blacula (1972) dir. William Crain ✨👹

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
-Torso (1973) dir. Sergio Martino👹

1 film from 1932
-White Zombie (1932) dir. Victor Halperin✨*👹

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)
-Toolbox Murders (2004) ✨👹

Extras:
Trick or Treat (1986)👹
Burn Witch Burn (1962)👹