IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN — HOOPTOBER!
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US):
• Mexico → The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
• Canada → Ginger Snaps (2000)
• Slovakia → The Rat Saviour (1976)
• Japan → Onibaba (1964)
• South Korea → Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
• Hong Kong → The Boxer’s Omen (1983)
9 decades:
• 1920s → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
• 1930s → The Mummy (1932)
• 1940s → Cat People (1942)
• 1950s → The Ghost of Yotsuya (1956)
• 1960s → Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
• 1970s → Carrie (1976)
• 1980s → Gremlins (1984)
• 1990s → Gremlins 2…
IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN — HOOPTOBER!
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries (other than Italy or US):
• Mexico → The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
• Canada → Ginger Snaps (2000)
• Slovakia → The Rat Saviour (1976)
• Japan → Onibaba (1964)
• South Korea → Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
• Hong Kong → The Boxer’s Omen (1983)
9 decades:
• 1920s → The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
• 1930s → The Mummy (1932)
• 1940s → Cat People (1942)
• 1950s → The Ghost of Yotsuya (1956)
• 1960s → Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
• 1970s → Carrie (1976)
• 1980s → Gremlins (1984)
• 1990s → Gremlins 2 (1990)
• 2000s → Ginger Snaps (2000)
5 Zombie Films
• Zombieland (2009)
• Zombieland 2 (2019)
• Train to Busan (2016)
• Zombie 4 (1986)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
3 Cult or Conspiracy Horror Films
• The Invitation (2015)
• Videodrome (1983)
• Noroi (2005)
1 Film from a Black Director with a Black Lead
• Blacula (1972)
1 Film from a Mexican or Central American Director
• The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
1 Canadian Film
• Ginger Snaps (2000)
1 Former Soviet State Film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
• The Rat Saviour (1976)
The Most Popular Film from the 1940s That You Haven’t Seen and Can Access
• Cat People (1942)
2 Post-Apocalyptic Horror Films
• I Am Legend (2007)
• Night of the Comet (1984)
1 Film with Dreams or a Dream as Part of the Plot
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
1 “The Animals Are Pissed at Us” Film
• Razorback (1984)
1 Silent Film
• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
4 Based on Novels
• The Shining (1980)
• Carrie (1976)
• Cujo (1983)
• Salem’s Lot (1979)
Any Film from THIS List That You Haven’t Seen
• Peeping Tom (1960)
1 Ernesto Gastaldi Written Film
• Torso (1973)
1 Film from 1932
• The Mummy (1932)
I Have Never Made a Specific Film a Part of This Before, But WIZARD of OZ (’39)
• Wizard of Oz (1939)
1 Tobe Hooper Film (There Must ALWAYS Be a Hooper Film)
• Salem’s Lot (1979)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Burn Witch Burn, German Chainsaw Massacre & Trick or Treat (1986).
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.