Hooptober Ocho is complete!
My Hooptober Master List.
Final tally:
11/6 countries
11/8 decades
3/2 folk horror
4/4 films from 1981
2/2 films from my birth year (1996)
2/2 haunted house films
The worst Part 2 that I haven't seen and can access. (Birdemic 2)
4/1 film set in the woods
1/1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G)
2/2 Hammer films
4/3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian)
3/3 Asian horror films.
1/1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
3/3 Bonus films: JD's Revenge, The Skull and The Scooby Doo Project.
Time for some awards! Lots of tough decisions, and I only allowed 1 per film…
Hooptober Ocho is complete!
My Hooptober Master List.
Final tally:
11/6 countries
11/8 decades
3/2 folk horror
4/4 films from 1981
2/2 films from my birth year (1996)
2/2 haunted house films
The worst Part 2 that I haven't seen and can access. (Birdemic 2)
4/1 film set in the woods
1/1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G)
2/2 Hammer films
4/3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian)
3/3 Asian horror films.
1/1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
3/3 Bonus films: JD's Revenge, The Skull and The Scooby Doo Project.
Time for some awards! Lots of tough decisions, and I only allowed 1 per film with no ties. Here they are:
Golden Gator: Andrzej Zulawski - Szamanka
Silver Gator: Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz - Messiah of Evil
Best Director: David Prior - The Empty Man
Best Actor: Bela Lugosi - White Zombie
Best Actress: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz - Revenge
Best Screenplay: Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil - Thesis
Technical Grand Prize: Aleksandr Ptushko - Viy (Special effects and art direction)
Scariest Scene: The raft massacre - The Burning
Here is the master list by Cinemonster: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-ocho-the-only-way-to-stop-a-bad/
And here's my list from Hooptober 7 last year: letterboxd.com/drwade42/list/hooptober-70-my-first-hooptober/