I'm back, boys!
Hooptober is starting to become a habit, but one of the good ones, like eating less sugar and going outside. Once again, I've focused on eccentricity and unusual cuts. All but one of the films (The Beyond) I've never seen before, which makes the possibilities of discovering new favourites extremely exciting. I managed to pack the list with some films outside the requirements that I've been wanting to see for a while but haven't had the chance to yet.
I'll probably be watching some films for my thesis over the next few weeks too, so keep your eyes peeled for some extremely old horror films and some extremely nerdy analysis. Oh, and you'll get that for The…
I'm back, boys!
Hooptober is starting to become a habit, but one of the good ones, like eating less sugar and going outside. Once again, I've focused on eccentricity and unusual cuts. All but one of the films (The Beyond) I've never seen before, which makes the possibilities of discovering new favourites extremely exciting. I managed to pack the list with some films outside the requirements that I've been wanting to see for a while but haven't had the chance to yet.
I'll probably be watching some films for my thesis over the next few weeks too, so keep your eyes peeled for some extremely old horror films and some extremely nerdy analysis. Oh, and you'll get that for The Beyond, too...
Looking forward to seeing what people have come up with this year!
Guidelines are, as follows!
18/6 countries (Australia, Finland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, USA, Iceland, UK, Belgium, Hong Kong, UAE, France, Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Austria, South Africa)
11/8 decades (1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s)
2 folk horror (Alison’s Birthday, The White Reindeer) (COMPLETE)
4 films from 1981 (Alison’s Birthday, The Survivor, Mystics in Bali, The Beyond)
2 films from your birth year (Don’t Look Up, Sometimes They Come Back…Again)
2 haunted house films (I Remember You, The Beyond) (COMPLETE)
The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work) (Sometimes They Come Back…Again)
1 film set in the woods (Friday the 13th Part 3) (COMPLETE)
1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G) (Space Amoeba) (COMPLETE)
2 Hammer films (Kiss of the Vampire, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell) (COMPLETE)
3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian) (The People Under the Stairs, The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, A Girl Walks Home At Night)
3 Asian horror films (Don’t Look Up, Mystics in Bali, Missing) (COMPLETE)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (Dijin) (COMPLETE)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH JD's Revenge, The Skull and The Scooby Doo Project (Swapping out Thingu for The Skull because I've seen that and have no real desire to see it again)
You can find the original list here!
