October is upon us once again, and that means we finally have the return of HoopTober. As people will know, I look forward to this challenge each and every year. This time around, Cinemonster has crafted a uniquely challenging rulesheet, but I think I've narrowed it all down to a lineup which will scare my socks off, as well as a few from my personal watchlist to round the numbers up. 2025's rules are as follows:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries
9 decades
5 Zombie Films
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
1 Canadian film
1 former Soviet…
October is upon us once again, and that means we finally have the return of HoopTober. As people will know, I look forward to this challenge each and every year. This time around, Cinemonster has crafted a uniquely challenging rulesheet, but I think I've narrowed it all down to a lineup which will scare my socks off, as well as a few from my personal watchlist to round the numbers up. 2025's rules are as follows:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries
9 decades
5 Zombie Films
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
1 Canadian film
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
1 The animals are pissed at us film
1 Silent film
4 based on Novels
Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
1 film from 1932
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)
Let's do this!