My first Hooptober! I’ve been wanting a fun horror movie challenge because I always struggle to decide what to watch during spooky season. I usually just end up rewatching favorites, which doesn’t help my ever-growing watchlist. This challenge feels perfect - I picked only movies I haven’t seen before (plus a few from my list), and I’m so excited to dive in!!

Here is the original list and Challenge rules: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/the-twelfth-of-hooptober-diary-of-a-madman/

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There must be 31 horror films

6 countries (other than Italy or US):
*Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (South Korea), Eyes without a face (France), Ringu (Japan), The Eye (Hong Kong), Shutter (Thailand), The Platform (Spain)

9 decades
*30s White Zombie, 40s The Wolfman, 50s House on Haunted Hill, 60s The Birds, 70s Eaten Alive, 80s Reanimator, 90s Ringu, 00s Pontypool, 10s The Invitation

5 Zombie Films:
*Pontypool, Dawn of the Dead, MadS, 28 Years Later, White Zombie

3 cult or conspiracy horror films:
*Suspiria, The First Omen, The Stepford Wives

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead:
*Nanny

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director:
The Devil's Backbone

1 Canadian film:
Pontypool

1 Russian or former Russian state film:
Viy

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..:
*The Wolfman

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films:
*28 years Later, Legion

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot:
*Sleep

1 The animals are pissed at us film:
*The Birds

1 Silent film:
*Nosferatu

4 based on Novels:
*The Long Walk, The Omega Man, Ringu, Clowns in a Cornfield

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen:
*A Chinese Ghost Story

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film:
*Torso

1 film from 1932:
*Vampyr

WIZARD of OZ ('39):

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):
*Eaten Alive

Bonus:
Trick or Treat
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Burn Witch Burn