Not setting out to complete Hooptober this year but wanted to make a list anyway. I've incorporated a few from last year's list, which I failed to finish. The rules this year stipulate watching Wizard of Oz (1939), but I've seen it too recently so I'm swapping it out for The Wiz (1978).
The rules are you have to watch 31 horror films by 31 October, including:
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
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
The most popular film from the 1940s that…
Not setting out to complete Hooptober this year but wanted to make a list anyway. I've incorporated a few from last year's list, which I failed to finish. The rules this year stipulate watching Wizard of Oz (1939), but I've seen it too recently so I'm swapping it out for The Wiz (1978).
The rules are you have to watch 31 horror films by 31 October, including:
6 countries (other than Italy or US)
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
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)
This is the 12th Hooptober. For full rules and background, see boxd.it/EsPD6
