Would you believe it's spooker season once again?!? Making this list and doing this challenge is always immensely fun for me. It exposes me to horror movies I might otherwise have missed and encourages me to go back and fill in some gaps of ones that are blind spots or ones I haven't seen in many years. Come play along, it's fun!
This year, I didn't do any double dipping among the categories and tried to pick stuff I haven't seen before. I didn't always succeed in the later, but at the least picked movies I have never logged on Letterboxd. For the four "wildcard" movies I had left over after doing the 27 films laid out in the categories,…
Would you believe it's spooker season once again?!? Making this list and doing this challenge is always immensely fun for me. It exposes me to horror movies I might otherwise have missed and encourages me to go back and fill in some gaps of ones that are blind spots or ones I haven't seen in many years. Come play along, it's fun!
This year, I didn't do any double dipping among the categories and tried to pick stuff I haven't seen before. I didn't always succeed in the later, but at the least picked movies I have never logged on Letterboxd. For the four "wildcard" movies I had left over after doing the 27 films laid out in the categories, I just picked new movies that I missed or that look good to me. Cinemonster's list and rules with all the categories can be found here: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/the-twelfth-of-hooptober-diary-of-a-madman/
1. 5 zombie films - the Dead Don't Die (2019), One Cut of the Dead (2017), Diary of the Dead (2007), REC (2007), The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
2. 3 Cult or conspiracy movies - Children of the Corn II: the Final Sacrifice (1992), Get Out (2017), The First Omen (2024)
3. Black director with a black lead - Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
4. Mexican or Central American Director - La Llorona (2019)
5. Canadian Film - The House by the Lake (1976)
6. Post Soviet film - Suptnik (2020)
7. Most popular film from the 1940s - The Adventure of Ichabod and Mister Toad (1949)
8. 2 Post Apocalyptic movies - Cargo (2017), Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)
9. Film based on dreams - Carnival of Souls (1962)
10. The animals are pissed - Piranha (1978)
11. 1 Silent Film - The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
12. 4 movies based on novels - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956),The Ritual (2017), Ghost Story (1981), The Mist (2007)
13. Movie From Cinemonster's favorite horror movies I haven't seen - Martin (1977)
14. Ernesto Gastaldi written film - The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
15. Film from 1932 - Freaks (1932)
16. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
17. Tobe Hooper Film - Invaders From Mars (1986)
18. Wildcards - Smile 2 (2024), Bring Her Back (2025), Monster Island (2025), Companion (2025)
Extra Credit: Burn Witch Burn (Night of the Eagle) (1962), The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990), Trick or Treat (1986)
Countries (not US or Italy): Japan (One Cut of the DEAD), Spain (REC), The Plague of Zombies (UK), Guatemala (La Llorona), Canada (Death Weekend), Russia (Sputnik), The Golem: How He Came Into the World (Germany), The Ritual (UK), Bring Her Back (Australia)
Decades - 2010s, 2000s, 1960s, 1990s, 2020s, 1970s, 1940s, 1920s, 1980s, 1950s, 1930s
Viewing begins September 15th. I never watch the list in order, I usually just pick what I feel like, but I may use a random number generator or something this year to determine watch order. We'll See.
Happy Hooptober!
