I found out about Hooptober last year like 3/4 of the way through October when it was too late to join, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting the 2025 Halloween season since. I cannot express how excited I am to be a part of it this year. Thank you Cinemonster for making this happen year after year and forcing me to broaden my horizons when it comes to horror.
No films on this list are rewatches for me except for The Wizard of Oz.
Current progress: 31/36
Here are this years rules, as written on Cinemonster’s Hooptober 12 list:
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
9 decades
5 Zombie Films
3…
I found out about Hooptober last year like 3/4 of the way through October when it was too late to join, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting the 2025 Halloween season since. I cannot express how excited I am to be a part of it this year. Thank you Cinemonster for making this happen year after year and forcing me to broaden my horizons when it comes to horror.
No films on this list are rewatches for me except for The Wizard of Oz.
Current progress: 31/36
Here are this years rules, as written on Cinemonster’s Hooptober 12 list:
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
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
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).
Details on which criteria each film fulfills are in the notes. Unfortunately I had to remove Trick or Treat from the list because it was unavailable to watch anywhere.
