Cinemonster’s QUICK EASY RULES:

-There must be 31 horror films
-6 countries (other than Italy or US)
-9 decades
-5 Zombie Films
-3 cult or conspiracy horror films
-1 film from a Black director with a Black lead
-1 film from a Mexican or Central American director
-1 Canadian film
-1 former Soviet state film (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
-The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access..
-2 Post Apocalyptic horror films
-1 Film with dreams or a dream as part of the plot
-1 The animals are pissed at us film
-1 Silent film
-4 based on Novels
-Any film from THIS list that you haven't seen.
-1 Ernesto Gastaldi written film
-1 film from 1932
-I have never made a specific film a part of this before, but WIZARD of OZ ('39)

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

***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.

HoopTober became something I’ve come to treasure each year. The last couple years work has taken away the time I needed to successfully complete it, but making the list and seeing what everyone gets excited about is what matters most.