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HoopTober 12.0: "Reality is not what it used to be!"

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…

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  • I Walked with a Zombie

    1

  • Night of the Living Dead

    2

  • Dawn of the Dead

    3

  • Shock Waves

    4

  • The Plague of the Zombies

    5

  • Possum

    6

  • The Sacrament

    7

  • The Bay

    8

  • Operation Avalanche

    9

  • The Curse of the Werewolf

    10

  • Tales from the Hood

    11

  • The Fog

    12

  • The Devil's Backbone

    13

  • The Gate

    14

  • November

    15

  • Cat People

    16

  • Near Dark

    17

  • Hardware

    18

  • Threads

    19

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

    20

  • Alligator

    21

  • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    22

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    23

  • Interview with the Vampire

    24

  • Magic

    25

  • The Haunting

    26

  • The Ambulance

    27

  • So Sweet... So Perverse

    28

  • The Mummy

    29

  • The Wizard of Oz

    30

  • The Funhouse

    31