Doing things a little differently and ambitiously this year. Films 1-25 (currently) are my "official" movies to satisfy the Hooptober criteria. I will start watching movies from that batch on September 15th through Halloween. The rest are either movies I plan on watching in the lead up to Hooptober's official kickoff (I haven't had much time to watch horror the past couple months and Halloween season starts September 1st as far as I'm concerned), or as bonus movies. More will probably be added.

**All are first time watches except The Others and Halloween 2**

6 countries: japan (evil dead trap, marebito), germany (vampyr), italy (city of the walking dead), sweden (hour of the wolf), england (hammer), mexico (cronos)
8 decades: 30s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s,
2 folk horror: blood on satans claw, witchfinder general
4 films from 1981: ghost story, madhouse, halloween 2, dead and buried
2 films from your birth year: cronos, body snatchers, halloween tree
2 haunted house films: cthulu mansion, the others
The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work): not sure on this yet
1 film set in the woods: in the earth
1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G): king kong
2 Hammer films: dracula prince of darkness, captain clegg (have 2 hammer boxsets to work through so there will be more!)
3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian): blade, blade 2, eve's bayou

3 Asian horror films: evil dead trap, marebito, encounter of the spooky kind

tober hooper film: toolbox murders