My first Hooptober! I didn't know what this was until 10 minutes ago, and I'm now realizing I'm 15 days late but it is what it is. For those who might be looking at this and are confused, the Letterboxd user Cinemonster has been doing an annual challenge of watching 31 horror movies that meets specific criteria every year - with the criteria changing each year. Other people then make their own lists following the criteria. Mine is below!

HOOPTOBER XII RULES:

There must be 31 horror films:

6 countries (other than Italy or US)
- France: Possession (1981)
- Japan: One Cut of the Dead (2017)
- Canada: The Fly (1986)
- Germany: Nosferatu (1922)
- Russia: Sputnik (2020)
- United Kingdom: The Wicker Man (1973)

9 decades
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

5 Zombie Films
- 28 Days Later (2002) ✅
- 28 Weeks Later (2007) ✅
- 28 Years Later (2025)
- [REC] (2007) ✅
- One Cut of the Dead (2017) ✅

3 cult or conspiracy horror films
- The Wicker Man (1973)
- Mother! (2017)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
- Nope (2022)

1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
- Crimson Peak (2015)

1 Canadian film
- The Fly (1986) ✅

1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
- Sputnik (2020)

The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
- Cat People (1942) ✅

2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
- A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
- A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
- Eraserhead (1977)

1 The animals are pissed at us film
- The Birds (1963)

1 Silent film
- Nosferatu (1922) ✅

4 based on Novels
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- The Invisible Man (1933) ✅
- The Invisible Man (2020) ✅

Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
- Possession (1981)

1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
- All the Colors of the Dark (1972)

1 film from 1932
- Vampyr (1932) ✅

I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but The Wizard of Oz ('39)

1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
- Poltergeist (1982)

Final 4 to Round Out 31 Movies:
- The Lighthouse (2019)
- Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)
- Talk To Me (2022) ✅
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

Wish me luck!

Cinemonster's List

If I happen to watch any other horror movies during this challenge, I'll note them here and keep them as a bonus ⬇️
- Jennifer's Body (2009)