My First Hooptober!!!

The rules for 2025’s Hooptober (Hooptober 12):

There must be 31 horror films.

6 countries (other than Italy or the U.S.):
Argentina, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico

9 decades:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

5 zombie films:
- Evil Dead II (1987)
- Braindead (1992)
- Evil Dead (2013)
- Zombies (2014)
- The Elixir (2025)

3 cult or conspiracy horror films:
- Videodrome (1983)
- The Dead Zone (1983)
- Apostle (2018 )

1 horror film from a Black director with a Black lead: Nanny (2022)

1 horror film from a Mexican or Central American director: Cronos (1992)

1 Canadian horror film: Antiviral (2012)

1 former Soviet state horror film: November (2017, Estonia)

1 the most popular horror film from the 1940s you haven’t seen and can access: King of the Zombies (1941)

2 post-apocalyptic horror films:
- It Comes at Night (2017)
- Azrael (2024)

1 horror film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

1 “the animals are pissed at us” horror film: The Shallows (2016)

1 silent horror film: Nosferatu (1922)

4 horror films based on novels:
- Carrie (1976)
- Christine (1983)
- Misery (1990)
- The Long Walk (2025)

1 horror film from Cinemonster list you haven’t seen: Jaws (1975)

1 horror film written by Ernesto Gastaldi: Torso (1973)

1 horror film from 1932: Freaks

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

1 Tobe Hooper film: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)