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Hooptober XII: Hex Marks the Spot

Still here, still chasing scares after a dozen Hooptobers. Call it horror homework if you like, but it’s the kind I’ll never stop doing. My stack this year blends classics, first watches, and some weird little gems into one cauldron of October chills.

Following the rules here: boxd.it/EsPD6
Here's my list:

6 countries
✔️ Viy (Russia, 1967)
✔️ Alucarda (Mexico, 1977)
✔️ The Vanishing (Netherlands, 1988)
✔️ Pontypool (Canada, 2008)
✔️ Kill List (UK, 2011)
✔️ One Cut of the Dead (Japan, 2017)

9 decades
✔️ The Mercy Frolics of Satan (1906)
✔️ Dante's Inferno (1911)
✔️ Island of Lost Souls (1932)
✔️ I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
✔️ Viy (1967)
✔️ The Crazies (1973)
✔️ Lake Placid (1999)…

Read notes
  • Sinners
  • The Mist
  • Interview with the Vampire
  • One Cut of the Dead
  • Race with the Devil
  • 28 Weeks Later
  • Scanners
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • Viy
  • Zombie Flesh Eaters
  • The Beyond
  • Häxan
  • The Vanishing
  • A Quiet Place Part II
  • Pet Sematary
  • Society
  • Dead Set
  • Alucarda
  • The Amityville Horror
  • Salem's Lot
  • Trick or Treat
  • Tales from the Hood
  • Pontypool
  • I Walked with a Zombie
  • Night of the Eagle
  • Before I Wake
  • Dante's Inferno
  • Island of Lost Souls
  • The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
  • The Crazies
  • Lake Placid
  • Kill List
  • The German Chainsaw Massacre
  • The Merry Frolics of Satan