Ahoy! This is (very excitingly) my first Hooptober!!

Despite calling myself a fan of the genre, I have not seen a lot of horror films 😓 so I thought that this would be a fun way to challenge myself to watch some classics and others that have been rotting on my watchlist for too long!

I kinda filled this out after planning out my own Halloween watchlist, and realized that I could possibly do both at the same time because I am both sad and severely unemployed, and I'm so excited to finally be participating in Hooptober! Happy watching everyone!

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~~~QUICK EASY RULES~~~

There must be 31 horror films:

6 countries (other than Italy or US):
 - Japan - Ring (1998)
 - UK - Hellraiser (1987)
 - Canada - Skinamarink (2022)
 - Australia - The Babadook (2014)
 - South Korea - Sleep (2023)
 - Russia - Visions of Suffering (2006)

9 decades:
 - 2020s - Frankenstein (2025)
 - 2010s - The Babadook (2014)
 - 2000s - Signs (2002)
 - 1990s - Scream (1996)
 - 1980s - The Thing (1982)
 - 1970s - The Exorcist (1973)
 - 1960s - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
 - 1930s - Frankenstein (1931)
 - 1910s - Frankenstein (1910)

5 Zombie Films
 - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
 - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
 - Day of the Dead (1985)
 - Land of the Dead (2005)
 - The Evil Dead (1981)

3 cult or conspiracy horror films
 - Signs (2002)
 - The Omen (1976)
 - The Void (2016)

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
 - Candyman (2021)

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
 - Frankenstein (2025)

1 Canadian film
 - Skinamarink (2022)

1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
 - Visions of Suffering (2006)

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
 - Cat People (1942)

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
 - Day of the Dead (1985)
 - Land of the Dead (2005)

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

1 The animals are pissed at us film
 - Frankenweenie (2012)

1 Silent film
 - Frankenstein (1910)

4 based on Novels
 - Ring (1998)
 - The Exorcist (1973)
 - Frankenstein (1931)
 - The Witches (1990)

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen
 - Army of Darkness (1992)

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
 - Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)

1 film from 1932
 - Freaks

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)
 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)