This is my 8th year doing Cinemonster's challenge. I can't believe it has been this long. But tbh I was randomly doing reviews (and not very often) until last year. This will be my second time reviewing the movies.

The underlying theme this time is movies from around the world. This year at least 25 countries will be represented, including my first movies ever (of any genre) from Panama, Kazakhstan and Congo.

As I have been doing for the last few years, I'm adding a couple of prompts on my own: Mexican films, horror comedies (my favorite genre), short films, anthology films, films directed by women and LGBTQ related (that means the film includes a queer character, director, plot or theme).

RULES:
letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/the-twelfth-of-hooptober-diary-of-a-madman/

9 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 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 Cinemonster's list that you haven't seen *
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film *
1 film from 1932 *
WIZARD of OZ ('39)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986)

As usual I'm adding some special interests categories:
7 Mexican films ******
7 films directed by women ******
5 Horror comedies *****
3 LGBTQ related films ***
3 short films ***
3 animated films ***
3 anthology films **

This year I'm capping at 50 movies :S