Happy Hooptober! I’m back for another year of horror movie fun! I was successful last year, so hopefully I can repeat that success again. I’m excited to jump in and both explore some new watches and revisit some favorites. It’s the best movie watching time of the year! Thanks again to Cinemonster for setting THIS up again! This is a tentative list as I’ve already got a mystery horror marathon scheduled at a theater in October so I’ll have to be a little flexible. But for now here’s my list!
Here’s the rules and my movies for the specific categories:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US) (Canada, Ukraine, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany, United…
Happy Hooptober! I’m back for another year of horror movie fun! I was successful last year, so hopefully I can repeat that success again. I’m excited to jump in and both explore some new watches and revisit some favorites. It’s the best movie watching time of the year! Thanks again to Cinemonster for setting THIS up again! This is a tentative list as I’ve already got a mystery horror marathon scheduled at a theater in October so I’ll have to be a little flexible. But for now here’s my list!
Here’s the rules and my movies for the specific categories:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US) (Canada, Ukraine, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany, United Kingdom)
9 decades (1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
5 Zombie Films - (Day of the Dead, Evil Dead 2, Prince of Darkness, Blood Quantum, Return of the Living Dead)
3 cult or conspiracy horror films - (Rosemary’s Baby, Suspiria, Society)
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead - (Def by Temptation)
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director - (Alucarda)
1 Canadian film - (Blood Quantum)
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) - (Dark Waters)
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access. - (Cat People)
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films - (Blood Quantum, Day of the Dead)
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot - (Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors)
1 The animals are pissed at us film - (Eaten Alive)
1 Silent film - (Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde)
4 based on Novels - (The Wizard of Oz, Dr Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Rosemary’s Baby, The Amityville Horror)
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen. - (Cat People)
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film - (Crypt of the Vampire)
1 film from 1932 - (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) - (Eaten Alive)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986).
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
Happy watching and a Happy Hooptober to all! 🎃👻💀🎃🍁🍂🎃
