Watched: 15/31

My second go at this having managed 24/31 last year! Done well to pick a lot of overlaps this year so ended up with a couple spare picks and the extra credit movies! Spooky season we are soooo back! 🎃👻

1 rewatch. A few re-chosen from last years challenge that I didn’t get around to watching!

Hooptober 12

6 Countries (excluding Italy & USA)
New Zealand: Braindead (1992)
South Korea: Train to Busan (2016)
Mexico: Cronos (1992)
Canada: Scanners (1981)
Germany: Nosferatu (1922)
Japan: Ring (1998)

9 Decades

2020’s: Opus (2025), Let It Snow (2020), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

2010’s: A Quiet Place (2018), Hereditary (2018), The Divide (2011)

2000’s: Elvira’s Haunted Hills (2001)

1990’s: Braindead (1992), Cronos (1992), Ring (1998), German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)

1980’s: Scanners (1981), Day of the Dead (1985), The Dead Zone (1983), Cujo (1983), Pet Sematary (1989), Poltergeist (1982), Trick or Treat (1986)

1970’s: Suspiria (1977), All the Colors of the Dark (1972), Dawn of the Dead (1979)

1960’s: Burn Witch Burn (1962), Night of the Living Dead (1968)

1940’s: Cat People (1942)

1930’s: The Mummy (1932), The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1920’s: Nosferatu (1922)

5 Zombie Films
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1979)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Braindead (1992)
Train to Busan (2016)

3 Cult or Conspiracy Horror Films
Hereditary (2018)
Opus (2025)
Suspiria (1977)

1 Film from a Black Director with a Black Lead
Opus (2025)

1 Film from a Mexican or Central American Director
Cronos (1992)

1 Canadian Film
Scanners (1981)

1 Former Soviet State Film
Let It Snow (2020, Ukraine)

The Most Popular 1940’s Film I Haven’t Seen and Can Access
Cat People (1942)

2 Post-Apocalyptic Horror Films
A Quiet Place (2018)
The Divide (2011)

1 Film with Dreams as Part of the Plot
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

1 “The Animals Are Pissed at Us” Film
The Birds (1963)

1 Silent Film
Nosferatu (1922)

4 Films Based on Novels
Cujo (1983)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Carrie (2013)
Pet Sematary (1989)

Any Film from the List I Haven’t Seen
Ring (1998)

1 Ernesto Gastaldi Written Film
All the Colors of the Dark (1972)

1 Film from 1932
The Mummy (1932)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There Must Always Be a Hooper)
Poltergeist (1982)

1 Free Pick
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

Extra Credit: For Those Who Like to Do Extra Work
Burn Witch Burn (1962)
German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)
Trick or Treat (1986)