As seen on Cinemonsters' Hooptober 12 challenge
Second time participating.
Previously: Hooptober XI 2024
31 horror films between September 15th and October 31st
Progress: 31/31 + 9 bonus
Completed 2025-10-31
This challenge is perfect to watch some movies in a genre I mostly shy away from.
Not sure if I’ll make it to 31 or not, but as long as it doesn't feel like a task, I’ll see how far I’ll get.
No overlapping themes this year beside countries/decades.
Rules:
31 movies including:
6 countries (excluding Italy and US):
USA; Italy; Japan; South Korea; UK; Canada; Russia; Hong Kong; Australia
9 decades
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s
5 zombie films
Versus [2000] ☑️; Burying the Ex [2014]…
As seen on Cinemonsters' Hooptober 12 challenge
Second time participating.
Previously: Hooptober XI 2024
31 horror films between September 15th and October 31st
Progress: 31/31 + 9 bonus
Completed 2025-10-31
This challenge is perfect to watch some movies in a genre I mostly shy away from.
Not sure if I’ll make it to 31 or not, but as long as it doesn't feel like a task, I’ll see how far I’ll get.
No overlapping themes this year beside countries/decades.
Rules:
31 movies including:
6 countries (excluding Italy and US):
USA; Italy; Japan; South Korea; UK; Canada; Russia; Hong Kong; Australia
9 decades
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s
5 zombie films
Versus [2000] ☑️; Burying the Ex [2014] ☑️; I Am a Hero [2015]; Train to Busan [2016]; Peninsula [2020]
3 cult or conspiracy horror films
The Endless [2017] ☑️; The Empty Man [2020] ☑️; Monsters of California [2023] ☑️
1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
Us [2019] ☑️
1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
Mimic [1997]
1 Canadian film
Come True [2020]
1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
Sputnik [2020] (Russia)
The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven’t seen and can access
Cat People [1942]
2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
Night of the Comet [1984] ☑️; Mad God [2021] ☑️
1 film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
Last Night in Soho [2021]
1 the-animals-are-pissed-at-us film
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey [2023]
1 silent film
The Lost World [1925]
4 films based on novels
Phantoms [1998] ☑️; The Mothman Prophecies [2002] ☑️; The Invisible Man [2020] ☑️; Bones and All [2022]
Any film from THIS list that you haven’t seen
They Live [1988] ☑️
1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
The Great Alligator [1979]
1 film from 1932
Freaks [1932]
The Wizard of Oz [1939]
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Lifeforce [1985] ☑️