It’s another beautiful August afternoon as I write this. Not a cloud in the sky, not a pumpkin beer to be found. It’s a quiet day, free of the sounds of screaming, chainsaws, and throbbing synths.
Basically, fuck this shit. I’m ready for Spooky Season 2025. Let’s go already.
Case in point, I’ve already got my 2025 Hooptober list ready to go. For the sixth year in a row, I’ll be watching and reviewing 31 horror movies between September 15th and October 31st, using Cinemonster's Hooptober List as a guide.* Does your movie have ghosts? Murders? Murderous ghosts? If not, put it in the trash.
Note: List subject to constant revision. All movies watched while drinking a pumpkin beer or…
It’s another beautiful August afternoon as I write this. Not a cloud in the sky, not a pumpkin beer to be found. It’s a quiet day, free of the sounds of screaming, chainsaws, and throbbing synths.
Basically, fuck this shit. I’m ready for Spooky Season 2025. Let’s go already.
Case in point, I’ve already got my 2025 Hooptober list ready to go. For the sixth year in a row, I’ll be watching and reviewing 31 horror movies between September 15th and October 31st, using Cinemonster's Hooptober List as a guide.* Does your movie have ghosts? Murders? Murderous ghosts? If not, put it in the trash.
Note: List subject to constant revision. All movies watched while drinking a pumpkin beer or a seasonal cocktail. Snack size candies with glow-in-the-dark wrappers or Pumpkin Cheerios optional.
* - Assuming, as always, I am not possessed by a cursed object, vaporized by a comet, lasered by rogue mall security robots, stabbed by a killer doll, or straight up Dream Murdered.
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
9 decades
5 Zombie Films
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
1 Canadian film
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
1 The animals are pissed at us film
1 Silent film
4 based on Novels
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
1 film from 1932
I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39) [NOTE: I AM NOT DOING THIS!]
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
