Back again for my second Hooptober, hosted by Cinemonster. It's the eighth year of the
challenge and I'm hoping to get much further than last year. All of my selections will be first-time watches and reviews will be written for each one. Just like last year, I'm pulling quite a few of these from my watchlist and of course, I'm excited to prioritize my favorite genre for the fall season!
The rules for crafting a list are as follows (with my selections listed as well). Happy Hooptober, fellow horror fans!
6 countries (All selections are cataloged here with their origin country for reference, with the unique-to-this-prompt films italicized)
-Austria: Goodnight Mommy
-Canada: Scanners, Videodrome
-Canada/UK: The Ritual
-Canada/UK: Candyman
-France/Italy: Eyes Without a Face
-Germany/France: Possession
-Italy: Cannibal Holocaust
-Japan: House, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
-Mexico: Tigers Are Not Afraid
-South Korea: A Tale of Two Sisters, Train to Busan, Thirst, The Host
-UK: The Wicker Man, The Mummy, The Skull, The Descent
-UK/US: An American Werewolf in London, Let Me In
-US: Ms .45, Scream, From Dusk Till Dawn, Beetlejuice, Jaws 2, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, The People Under the Stairs, Poltergeist, J.D.’s Revenge, The Scooby-Doo Project, Psycho, You're Next, Eraserhead
8 decades (All selections are cataloged here with their origin decade for reference, with the unique-to-this-prompt films italicized)
-50s: The Mummy, The Skull
-60s: Psycho, Eyes Without a Face
-70s: The Wicker Man, House, Jaws 2, J.D.’s Revenge, Eraserhead
-80s: Scanners, Possession, Ms .45, An American Werewolf in London, Beetlejuice, Poltergeist, Videodrome, Cannibal Holocaust
-90s: Scream, From Dusk Till Dawn, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, The People Under the Stairs, The Scooby-Doo Project
-2000s: A Tale of Two Sisters, Thirst, The Descent, The Host
-2010s: The Ritual, Let Me In, Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, Train to Busan, Tigers Are Not Afraid, You're Next, Goodnight Mommy
-2020s: Candyman
2 folk horror
-The Ritual
-The Wicker Man
4 films from 1981
-Scanners
-Possession
-Ms .45
-An American Werewolf in London
2 films from your birth year
-Scream
-From Dusk Till Dawn
2 haunted house films (Poltergeist)
-Beetlejuice
-House
The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access
-Jaws 2
1 film set in the woods
-The Ritual
1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G)
-Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
2 Hammer films
-The Mummy
-Let Me In
3 films with a person of color as director or lead (excluding Asian)
-Candyman
-Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
-The People Under the Stairs
3 Asian horror films
-Thirst
-A Tale of Two Sisters
-Train to Busan
1 Tobe Hooper Film
-Poltergeist
BONUS for if I have time!
-J.D.'s Revenge
-The Skull
-The Scooby Doo Project

During the month of this challenge, I completed 3/34 films.