Jumping in on the Hooptober challenge for the third time—will this be the year that I make it through a whole list??

Challenge runs September 15-October 31; I might make myself a secondary bonus challenge list for the season because I want to start NOW??

Sticking to movies that are currently available on my streaming services vs rentals AND films that are first time views (or at least that I have not reviewed on LB), but I reserve the right to switch things up if need be.

Criteria:

(4/6) **6 countries: Japan (Onibaba), Laos (Dearest Sister), India (Chandramukhi), Poland (Demon), Senegal (Atlantics), Taiwan (Secrets in the Hot Spring)

(4/8) **8 decades: 1950s (Dementia), 1960s (Onibaba), 1970s (Dark August), 1980s (Deadly Blessing), 1990s (Dark Waters), 2000s (Chandramukhi), 2010s (Atlantics), 2020s (Bad Hair)

✅ 2 folk horror: Dearest Sister, Onibaba

(1/4) **4 films from 1981: Deadly Blessing, Dead & Buried, Venom, Madhouse

✅ 2 films from your birth year (two for me, two for Josh): Watch Me When I Kill, Shock (1977); Death Smiles on a Murderer, House That Cried Murder (1973)

✅ 2 haunted house films: Shock, Crimson Peak

**The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access: Birdemic 2: The Resurrection

**1 film set in the woods: Dead End

**1 Kaiju or Kong film: Destroy All Monsters

**2 Hammer films: The Gorgon, The Lodge

**3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian): Bad Hair, Atlantics, Nneka: The Pretty Serpent

✅ 3 Asian horror films: Dearest Sister, Onibaba, Secrets in the Hot Spring

**And 1 Tobe Hooper Film: Body Bags

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH JD's Revenge, The Skull, and The Scooby Doo Project