My Hooptober 8 viewings are officially complete! I rated 17 out of the 34 films three and a half stars or greater, so I consider this Hooptober a great success!
Top Five New Discoveries:
1. Possessor
2. Kisapmata
3. Tigers Are Not Afraid
4. Spring
5. Burning
List Statistics:
Films from 12 countries: the USA, Mexico, Canada, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, the UK, Italy, South Korea, Japan, China, and the Philippines
Films from 9 decades: The 1920s through the 2020s, not including the 40s or 50s. The 80s are the most represented decade with 8 films. The 2010s are right behind with 7 films.
At least 11 vampires: From The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Vampire Lovers, Lifeforce, and Alucarda…
My Hooptober 8 viewings are officially complete! I rated 17 out of the 34 films three and a half stars or greater, so I consider this Hooptober a great success!
Top Five New Discoveries:
1. Possessor
2. Kisapmata
3. Tigers Are Not Afraid
4. Spring
5. Burning
List Statistics:
Films from 12 countries: the USA, Mexico, Canada, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, the UK, Italy, South Korea, Japan, China, and the Philippines
Films from 9 decades: The 1920s through the 2020s, not including the 40s or 50s. The 80s are the most represented decade with 8 films. The 2010s are right behind with 7 films.
At least 11 vampires: From The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Vampire Lovers, Lifeforce, and Alucarda
Updates:
Added Bad Candy and removed The Lamb (No time to physically go to the movies this week)
Added Dog Soldiers and removed Dogville (I don’t have the stamina for a three hour movie right now)
Added The Exorcist II: The Heretic and removed The Birds II: Land’s End (not available)
Added Prisoners of the Ghostland and removed The Medium (not available)
Added Dead & Buried and removed Don’t Go Near the Park (wrong year)
Categories:
6 Countries
Alucarda - Mexico
November - Estonia
Häxan - Sweden
Malevolent - England
A Chinese Ghost Story - China
Kisapmata - Philippines
8 Decades
Häxan - 20s
The Old Dark House - 30s
Alucarda - 70s
Ghost Story - 80s
The Scooby-Doo Project - 90s
Sauna - 2000s
The Neon Demon - 2010s
Possessor - 2020s
2 Folk Horror - Haxan, November
4 Films from 1981 - Ms .45, Ghost Story, Kisapmata, Wolfen
2 Films from your birth year - The Pit, Dead & Buried
2 Haunted House films - The Old Dark House, Ghost Story
The lowest rated Part 2 you can find - The Exorcist II: The Heretic
1 Film set in the woods - Sauna
1 Kaiju/Kong film (not the new one) - Shin Godzilla
2 Hammer Films - Vampire Lovers, Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
3 Films with a non-Asian person of color as director or lead - Tigers Are Not Afraid, Alucarda, Petey Wheatstraw
3 Asian horror films - A Chinese Ghost Story, Prisoners of the Ghostland, Tokyo Gore Police
1 Tobe Hooper film - Lifeforce
Extra Credit: J.D.’s Revenge, The Skull (1965), The Scooby-Doo Project
