30/34
Yay my fourth Hooptober!
I always try to watch movies I haven’t seen so all these are fresh to the eyes. Over 10 countries! 11 Decades! Unintentionally a huge amount based on novels/stories 😱
Tally of All Criteria
6 Countries (other than Italy or US)
🇬🇧 Apostle (2018): UK.
🇷🇺 Mister Designer (1987)
🇯🇵 Tokyo Gore Police (2008): Japan.
🇹🇭🇰🇷 The Medium (2021): Thailand and South Korea.
🇰🇷 The Host (2006): South Korea.
🇫🇷 The Horde (2009): France.
🇦🇺 Cargo (2017): Australia.
🇨🇦 Shivers (1975): Canada.
🇸🇪The Phantom Carriage (1921): Sweden
🇲🇽 The Bloody Vampire (1963)
9 Decades
1920s: The Phantom Carriage (1921)
1930s: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
1940s: Cat People (1942)
1950s/The Thing from Another World…
30/34
Yay my fourth Hooptober!
I always try to watch movies I haven’t seen so all these are fresh to the eyes. Over 10 countries! 11 Decades! Unintentionally a huge amount based on novels/stories 😱
Tally of All Criteria
6 Countries (other than Italy or US)
🇬🇧 Apostle (2018): UK.
🇷🇺 Mister Designer (1987)
🇯🇵 Tokyo Gore Police (2008): Japan.
🇹🇭🇰🇷 The Medium (2021): Thailand and South Korea.
🇰🇷 The Host (2006): South Korea.
🇫🇷 The Horde (2009): France.
🇦🇺 Cargo (2017): Australia.
🇨🇦 Shivers (1975): Canada.
🇸🇪The Phantom Carriage (1921): Sweden
🇲🇽 The Bloody Vampire (1963)
9 Decades
1920s: The Phantom Carriage (1921)
1930s: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
1940s: Cat People (1942)
1950s/The Thing from Another World (1951), The War of the Worlds (1953)
1960s: The Haunting (1963), The Bloody Vampire (1963)
1970s: Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976), Shivers (1975), The Stepford Wives (1975), The Food of the Gods (1976), The Dunwich Horror (1970), Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
1980s: City of the Living Dead (1980), Lifeforce (1985), Mister Designer (1987)
1990s: Night of the Living Dead (1990), Braindead/Dead Alive (1992), Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993), Jacob's Ladder (1990)
2000s: The Host (2006), Tokyo Gore Police (2008), The Horde (2009), Diary of the Dead (2007), War of the Worlds (2005)
2010s: The Sacrament (2013), The Other Lamb (2019), Stake Land (2010), Apostle (2018), Cargo (2017)
2020s: The Medium (2021)
5 Zombie Films
🧟♂️Night of the Living Dead (1990)
🧟♂️City of the Living Dead (1980)
🧟♂️Braindead/Dead Alive (1992)
🧟♂️Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
🧟♂️Diary of the Dead (2007)
🧟♂️The Horde (2009)
3 Cult or Conspiracy Horror Films
👁️The Sacrament (2013)
👁️The Other Lamb (2019)
👁️Apostle (2018)
👁️Jacob's Ladder (1990)
👁️The Stepford Wives (1975)
👁️The Dunwich Horror (1970)
👁️The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
👁️The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
👁️The Medium (2021)
👁️The Host (2006)
1 Film from a Black Director with a Black Lead
✍🏿 Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)
1 Film from a Mexican or Central American Director
🇲🇽The Bloody Vampire (1963)
1 Canadian Film
🇨🇦 Shivers (1975)
1 Former Soviet State Film
🇷🇺 Mister Designer (1987)
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access
🐱Cat People (1942)
2 Post Apocalyptic Horror Films
💥Stake Land (2010)
💥Cargo (2017)
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
💭City of the Living Dead (1980): Features a central, dream-like vision.
💭Jacob's Ladder (1990): The entire film is a dream-like state.
💭The Phantom Carriage (1921): The narrative is a long, dream-like journey.
💭The Dunwich Horror (1970): Features dreams and trances.
💭Your Vice Is a Locked Room... (1972): Contains surreal, dream-like sequences.
💭The Haunting (1963): Blurs the line between reality and hallucination/dream.
1 The animals are pissed at us film
😡The Food of the Gods (1976)
😡The Host (2006)
1 Silent film
👻The Phantom Carriage (1921)
4 based on Novels
📚Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976): Based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
📚The Vampire (1957): Based on the concepts of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
📚The Food of the Gods (1976): Based on the novel The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth.
📚The Phantom Carriage (1921): Based on the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!.
📚The Stepford Wives (1975): Based on the novel of the same name.
📚The Haunting (1963): Based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House.
📚The Dunwich Horror (1970): Based on the novella of the same name.
📚The Thing from Another World (1951): Based on the novella Who Goes There?.
📚The War of the Worlds (1953): based on the novel of the same name.
📚Your Vice Is a Locked Room... (1972): Based on the short story "The Black Cat."
📚The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932): Based on the novel of the same name.
📚Lifeforce (1985): Based on the novel The Space Vampires.
📚Mister Designer (1987): adaptation of the 1925 short story The Grey Automobile by the Russian author Alexander Grin.
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen
🐱The cat o’ nine tails
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
🇮🇹Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
1 film from 1932
🌏 The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
1 Tobe Hooper Film
🎞️ Lifeforce (1985)
Wizard of Oz ('39)
Note: sorry not sorry I’ve seen this movie a million times and can recite it forwards and backwards. I’ll just do the extra credit instead 👌🏻
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986).