The Twelfth of Hooptober: Diary of a Madman
It's time for @Cinemonster's Hooptober challenge (his 2025 list is HERE)! This is my second year participating, and I'm ready to go! Whenever possible, I plan to take advantage of SIFF/Scarecrow Video's Scarecrowber programming (🐦⬛) and The Beacon Seattle's fall horror lineup (🌘) to satisfy this year's requirements. 🎬 Lots of Czech horror as well, since I'm visiting Prague for the first time in November! 🇨🇿
There must be 31 horror films; I selected all new-to-me movies (except The Wizard of Oz, that is). 🎃
My previous Hooptober: 2024
Challenge Status: 8/31 watched
Bonus Status: 0 watched
2025 RULES
6 Countries (excluding U.S. and Italy)
CANADA: Ravenous, 2017
CZECHIA/CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Alice, 1988; The…
The Twelfth of Hooptober: Diary of a Madman
It's time for @Cinemonster's Hooptober challenge (his 2025 list is HERE)! This is my second year participating, and I'm ready to go! Whenever possible, I plan to take advantage of SIFF/Scarecrow Video's Scarecrowber programming (🐦⬛) and The Beacon Seattle's fall horror lineup (🌘) to satisfy this year's requirements. 🎬 Lots of Czech horror as well, since I'm visiting Prague for the first time in November! 🇨🇿
There must be 31 horror films; I selected all new-to-me movies (except The Wizard of Oz, that is). 🎃
My previous Hooptober: 2024
Challenge Status: 8/31 watched
Bonus Status: 0 watched
2025 RULES
6 Countries (excluding U.S. and Italy)
CANADA: Ravenous, 2017
CZECHIA/CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Alice, 1988; The Cremator, 1969; Morgiana, 1972; Prague Nights, 1969; Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, 1970 (🐦⬛); Witchhammer, 1970
ENGLAND: The Abominable Dr. Phibes, 1971 (🐦⬛)
ESTONIA: November, 2017
FRANCE: Titane, 2021 (🌘)
JAPAN: Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell, 1968 (🐦⬛); Ring, 1998
MEXICO: Alucarda, 1977 (🌘)
SPAIN: Tombs of the Blind Dead, 1972 (🐦⬛)
SWEDEN: The Phantom Carriage, 1921
9 Decades
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s
Zombie Films (5)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes, 1971 (🐦⬛)
The Girl with All the Gifts, 2016
Night of the Living Dead, 1990
Tombs of the Blind Dead, 1972 (🐦⬛)
Ravenous, 2017
Cult or Conspiracy Horror (3)
Body Snatchers, 1993
Lord of Illusions, 1995
Night Terrors, 1993
Black Director with a Black Lead
The Blackening, 2022
Film from a Mexican or Central American Director
Alucarda, 1977 (🌘)
Canadian Film
Ravenous, 2017
Russian or Former Soviet State Film
November, 2017
Popular Film from 1940s
Cat People, 1942
Post -Apocalyptic Horror (2)
The Girl with All the Gifts, 2016
10 Cloverfield Lane, 2016
Dream(s) in the Plot
Alice, 1988
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, 1970 (🐦⬛)
“Animals Are Pissed at Us" Film
Orca, 1977
Silent Film
The Phantom Carriage, 1921
Based on Novels (4)
The Girl with All the Gifts, 2016
The Long Walk, 2025
Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1932
Ring, 1998
Wildcard (i.e. film from THIS LIST)
The Blackening, 2022
Ernesto Gastaldi Script
The Whip and the Body, 1963
1932 Release
Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1932
Tobe Hooper Film
Night Terrors, 1993
Special Inclusion
The Wizard of Oz, 1939
Picks to Satisfy the 31 Film Minimum (3)
The Night Visitor, 1971
Toby Dammit, 1968 (🐦⬛)
The Ugly Stepsister, 2025
BONUS: Burn Witch Burn, 1978; German Chainsaw Massacre, 1986; Trick or Treat, 1986.