Hooptober virgin. Here we go. 

Criteria per Cinemonster:
There must be 31 horror films

6 countries (other than Italy or US)
Død Snø (2009) - Norway
Dawn of the Dead (1978) - Canada
Dark Waters (1993) - Ukraine
Pieces (1982) - Spain
Cronos (1993) - Mexico
The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990) - Germany 

9 decades
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
The Birds (1963)
The Crazies (1973)
Dead & Buried (1981)
Dark Waters (1993)
Død Snø (2009)
Bird Box (2018)
The Black Phone (2021) - oops that’s 10 decades 🤷🏼

5 Zombie Films
Død Snø (2009)
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)

3 cult or conspiracy horror films
Suspiria (1977)
The House of the Devil (2009)
The Wicker Man (1973)

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
Nope (2022)

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
Cronos (1992)

1 Canadian film
Rabid (1977)

1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
Dark Waters (1993)

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)
Bird Box (2018)

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

1 The animals are pissed at us film
The Birds (1963)

1 Silent film
The Man Who Laughs (1928)

4 based on Novels
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
It (2017)
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
The Black Phone (2021)

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
The Blackening (2022)

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
Torso (1973)

1 film from 1932
Murders at the Rue Morgue (1932)

I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Eaten Alive (1976)

***Extra Credit: 
Burn Witch Burn (1962)
German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)
Trick or Treat (1986)

Link to original challenge. 

I had too many I wanted to fit on here so I had to make a Hooptober Leftovers list. 😭

91% complete as of 11/8/25