The Twelfth of Hooptober¹² Diary of a Madman
‣ Original post with rules by Cinemonster
Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there’s humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd. But I don’t just find humor in unhappiness – I find it extremely heroic the way people forge on despite the despair they often feel. —David Lynch, L.A. Times, 1989
✅ QUICK EASY RULES:
‣ Viewing begins at 12:01 AM CST on Sept 15th, 2025
‣ There must be 31 horror films
‣ 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚃𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕: [52]
🎃 SIX countries (other than Italy…
The Twelfth of Hooptober¹² Diary of a Madman
‣ Original post with rules by Cinemonster
Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there’s humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd. But I don’t just find humor in unhappiness – I find it extremely heroic the way people forge on despite the despair they often feel. —David Lynch, L.A. Times, 1989
✅ QUICK EASY RULES:
‣ Viewing begins at 12:01 AM CST on Sept 15th, 2025
‣ There must be 31 horror films
‣ 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚃𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚕: [52]
🎃 SIX countries (other than Italy or US)
01) Netherlands > Pentimento (1979) [26] ✅ 10/08/2025
02) Russia > Fright-Muzzles (1991) > [16] ✅ 09/30/2025
03) Poland > Bewitching Eyes (1977) > [12] ✅ 09/26/2025
04) Sweden > Hour of the Wolf (1968) > [17] ✅ 10/01/2025
05) Germany > German Angst (2015) > [39] ✅ 10/20/2025
06) Spain > La comtesse perverse (1975) > [04] ✅ 09/18/2025
🎃 NINE decades
07) 1920 > A Page of Madness (1926) > [38] ✅ 10/19/2025
08) 1930 > The Black Cat (1934) > [36] ✅ 10/18/2025
09) 1940 > The Devil Commands (1941) > [32] ✅ 10/15/2025
10) 1950 > The Brain Eaters (1958) > [31] ✅ 10/14/2025
11) 1960 > Venus in Furs (1969) > [47] ✅ 10/26/2025
12) 1970 > The Devil Inside Her (1977) > [09] ✅ 09/23/2025
13) 1980 > Cannibal Orgy (1985) > [14] ✅ 09/29/2025
14) 1990 > The Nocturnal Demon (1990)
15) 2000 > Vacation Massacre (2001) > [10] ✅ 09/24/2025
🎃 FIVE Zombie Films
16) Zombio (1999) > [03] ✅ 09/17/2025
17) Zombie Ritual (2020) > [11] ✅ 09/25/2025 [multiple criteria - 01]
18) Revenge of the Zombies (1943) > [14] ✅ 09/28/2025
19) Gore Whore (1994) > [34] ✅ 10/17/2025
20) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) [42] ✅ 10/21/2025
🎃 THREE cult or conspiracy horror films
21) Blood Massacre (1987) > [05] ✅ 09/19/2025
22) The Thrill Killers (1964) > [06] ✅ 09/20/2025
23) Cannibal Mercenary (1983) > [07] ✅ 09/21/2025
🎃 1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
24) Blacula (1972) > [01] ✅ 09/15/2025
🎃 1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
25) Zombio (1999) > [03] ✅ 09/17/2025 [multiple criteria - 01]
🎃 1 Canadian film
26)
🎃 1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
27) Visions of Suffering (2006) > [43] ✅ 10/22/2025
🎃 The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access
28) Dr. Cyclops (1940) > [46] ✅ 10/25/2026
🎃 2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
29) Dead End Drive-In (1986) > [20] ✅ 10/04/2025
30) The Beyond (1981) > [49] ✅ 10/28/2025 [rewatch]
🎃 1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
31) Nightdreams (1981) > [08] ✅ 09/22/2025
🎃 1 The animals are pissed at us film
32) The Revenge of Dr. X (1967) > [24] ✅ 10/06/2025
🎃 1 Silent film
33) Faust (1926) > [45] ✅ 10/24/2025
🎃 4 based on Novels
34) The Day of the Triffids (1963) > [25] ✅ 10/09/2025
35) Dark Age (1987) > [27] ✅ 10/10/2025
36) Eyes Without a Face (1960) [28] ✅ 10/11/2025 [rewatch]
37) Malpertuis (1971) ✅ [50] 10/29/2025
🎃 Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
38) All the Colours of the Dark (1972) > [44] ✅ 10/23/2025 [multiple criteria - 02]
🎃 1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
39) All the Colours of the Dark (1972) > [44] ✅ 10/23/2025 [multiple criteria - 02]
🎃 1 film from 1932
40) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) > [02] ✅ 09/16/2025
🎃 I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but
41) WIZARD of OZ (1939) ✅ [rewatch]
🎃 And 1 Tobe Hooper Film
42)
🎃 ***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK, WATCH:
43) Burn Witch Burn aka Night of the Eagle (1962)
44) German Chainsaw Massacre (1990) ✅ [rewatch]
45) Trick or Treat (1986) ✅ [rewatch]
46) The Real Cannibal Holocaust > [13] ✅ 09/28/2025
47) Cannibal Orgy (1985) > [15] ✅ 09/29/2025
48) Rot (1999) > [18] ✅ 10/02/2025
49) Arbor Day (1990) > [19] ✅ 10/03/2025
50) The Craft (1996) > [21] ✅ 10/05/2025 [rewatch]
51) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) [22] ✅ 10/05/2025 [rewatch]
52) A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) [23] ✅ 10/05/2025 [rewatch]
53) Valley of Carnage (2020) [29] ✅ 10/12/2025
54) Trilogy of Trash (2021) [30] ✅ 10/13/2025
55) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) [33] ✅ 10/16/2025 [rewatch]
56) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) [35] ✅ 10/17/2025 [rewatch]
57) A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989) [36] ✅ 10/18/2025 [rewatch]
58) Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991 [40] ✅ 10/20/2025 [rewatch]
59) New Nightmare (1994) [41] ✅ 10/21/2025 [rewatch]
60) Come With Me My Love (1976) > [48] ✅ 10/27/2025
61) The White Reindeer (1952) > [51] ✅ 10/30/2025
62) Halloween (1978) > [52] ✅ 10/31/2025
💀 -review them all. (eek)
Now let's do that voodoo that we do so well.
