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Another year, another Hoop-Tober Halloween, all again courtesy of the great Cinemonster. That of course means it's business as usual, watching another batch of horror (and semi-horror) films from all kinds of different decades, countries and sub-genres.

The genre variety is pretty much what I did last year, from old black-and-white monster movies to more modern slasher flicks and psychological thrillers. I'm including some rewatches of films that I did in my 2015 Hoop-Tober, notably a couple that I never got the chance to review. And as per usual, I'm doing the double-bill thing again, because watching two films together is just more satisfying, innit?

And unfortunately, I've had to heavily decrease the number of films from last year due to the rather big toll it put on me. I'll also have to break a few rules as I'm satisfied enough with my current lineup, and I really don't want to add some extra films just to meet every criteria. It's more down to the fact that I'm a heavily involved university student these days, and I simply just don't have the time (and patience) to watch and review so many films at once. 45 is my maximum limit (originally 40), and it's staying at that as far as I'm concerned.

I hope you understand CM, and thanks again for hosting this great event that brings all of Letterboxd's horror fans together.

Dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Demme, George A. Romero, and Tobe Hooper.

9 Decades:

1930s (Freaks, The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein)
1940s (The Phantom of the Opera)
1950s (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Them!)
1960s (Black Sunday, The Birds)
1970s (Don't Look Now, Carrie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers e.g)
1980s (The Evil Dead, The Fly, Re-Animator e.g)
1990s (Tremors, The Silence of the Lambs, In the Mouth of Madness e.g)
2000s (Blade II, Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead)

8 Films Pre-1970:

Freaks (1932)
The Mummy (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Them! (1954)
Black Sunday (1960)
The Birds (1963)

8 Sequels:

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Psycho II (1983)
Psycho III (1986)
Aliens (1986)
The Exorcist III (1990)
New Nightmare (1994)
Blade II (2002)
Land of the Dead (2004)

7 Films from Carpenter, Raimi, Whale, Browning, Craven, Holland e.g:

Freaks (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Fright Night (1985)
New Nightmare (1994)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Vampires (1998)

2 Tobe Hooper Films:

The Funhouse (1981)
Poltergeist (1982)

1 Romero Dead Film:

Land of the Dead (2005)

Rules Met: 6/10