Diary Entries: HoopTober 12 (2025)

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This is the third year I will be participating in Cinemonster's annual Hooptober challenge.

Check out the original list here for all of the rules.

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6 countries (other than Italy or US):

1 of 6: Canada

[Land of the Dead (2005), Candyman (2021), Pontypool (2008), Sinister (2012)]

2 of 6: South Korea

[Train to Busan (2016), Peninsula (2020)]

3 of 6: Germany

[Nosferatu (1922), The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)]

4 of 6: UK

[World War Z (2013), Night of the Eagle (1962)]

5 of 6: Spain

[All the Colors of the Dark 1972, The Skin I Live In (2011)]

6 of 6: Iceland / Poland / Sweden

[Lamb (2021)]

Bonus:

Mexico [Cronos (1992)]

USSR [Viy (1967)]

8 decades:

1 of 8: 1920s

[Nosferatu (1922)]

2 of 8: 1930s

[Freaks (1932), The Wizard of Oz (1939]

3 of 8: 1940s

[Cat People (1942)]

4 of 8: 1960s

[Night of the Eagle (1962), The Birds (1963), Viy (1967), Night of the Living Dead (1968)]

5 of 8: 1970s

[All the Colors of the Dark (1972), The Exorcist (1973), Dawn of the Dead (1978)]

6 of 8: 1980s

[Poltergeist (1982), Day of the Dead (1985), Trick or Treat (1986)]

7 of 8: 1990s

[Jacob's Ladder (1990), The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990), Cronos (1992)]

8 of 8: 2000s

[Land of the Dead (2005), Pontypool (2008)]

Bonus:

2010s [The Skin I Live In (2011), Sinister (2012), World War Z (2013), Train to Busan (2016), mother! (2017)]

2020s [Peninsula (2020), Lamb (2021), Candyman (2021), Heretic (2024), Nosferatu (2024), Sinners (2025), Weapons (2025)]

5 Zombie Films:

1 of 5: [World War Z (2013)]
2 of 5: [Night of the Living Dead (1968)]
3 of 5: [Dawn of the Dead (1978)]
4 of 5: [Day of the Dead (1985)]
5 of 5: [Land of the Dead (2005)]
Bonus Films: [Train to Busan (2016), Peninsula (2020)]

3 cult or conspiracy horror films:

1 of 3: [mother! (2017)]
2 of 3: [Heretic (2024)]
3 of 3: [Weapons (2025)]

Film from a Black director with a Black lead:

1 of 1: [Candyman (2021)]

Mexican or Central American director:

1 of 1: [Cronos (1992)]

Canadian film:

1 of 1: [Pontypool (2008)]
Bonus Film: [Sinister (2012)]

Former Soviet state film:

1 of 1: [Viy (1967)]

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..:

1 of 1: [Cat People (1942)]

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films:

1 of 2: [Train to Busan (2016)]
2 of 2: [Peninsula (2020)]

Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot:

1 of 1: [Jacob's Ladder (1990)]
Bonus Film: [Nosferatu (2024)]

The animals are pissed at us film:

1 of 1: [The Birds (1963)]

Silent Film:

1 of 1: [Nosferatu (1922)]

4 based on Novels:

1 of 4: [World War Z (2013)]
2 of 4: [The Birds (1963)]
3 of 4: [Nosferatu (1922), Nosferatu (2024)]
4 of 4: [The Exorcist (1973)]
Bonus Film: [The Skin I Live In (2011)

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen:

1 of 1: [Sinners (2025)]
Bonus Films: [Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), mother! (2017), Heretic (2024), Cronos (1992), Cat People (1942), Train to Busan (2016), Nosferatu (1922), The Exorcist (1973), Freaks (1932), Poltergeist (1982), Night of the Eagle (1962), The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)]

Ernesto Gastaldi written film:

1 of 1: [All the Colors of the Dark (1972)]

Film from 1932:

1 of 1: [Freaks (1932)]

WIZARD of OZ ('39):

1 of 1: [The Wizard of Oz (1939)]

Tobe Hooper Film:

1 of 1: [Poltergeist (1982)]

Bonus Films:

1 of 3: [Night of the Eagle (1962)]
2 of 3: [The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)]
3 of 3: [Trick or Treat (1986)]