Welcome to HoopTober Eight.

A big thanks to our head honcho Cinemonster for this 8th edition of HoopTober, to which I look forward to every year since I started out for its 4th edition in 2017.

THE RULES:

- Watch and review 31 horror films, starting at 12:01 am CST on Sept 15th until Oct. 31st.

- Use the TAG HoopTober8.0 so we can read each others stuff.

YOUR FILM SELECTION MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(listing my personal selections underneath of each. [The first 28 films on the list are the ones meeting all the requirements and the rest are bonus watches that are either part of other challenges - like its spin-off CockTober 2021 and the Birth Year Challenge: Part 2 - or films I came across during the course of this challenge.]):

☑️ 6 countries (in my case foreign language countries that I need subtitles for):

- Netherlands (THE COLUMNIST)
- Hong Kong (THE IMP)
- Indonesia (THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC)
- Japan (COLD FISH)
- France (KANDISHA)
- Thailand (THE MEDIUM)

☑️ 8 decades:

- 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, 2010's, 2020's.

☑️ 2 folk horror films:

- IN THE EARTH
- A HOLY PLACE

☑️  4 films from 1981:

- THE IMP
- THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC
- ROADGAMES
- STRANGE BEHAVIOR

☑️  2 films from your birth year:

- WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
- ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS

☑️ 2 haunted house films:

- FULL CIRCLE
- NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE

☑️ The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access.:

- BIRDEMIC 2: THE RESURRECTION

☑️ 1 film set in the woods:

- THE POND

☑️ 1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G):

- KING KONG (original)

☑️ 2 Hammer films:

- THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH
- TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER

☑️ 3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian):

- ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
- NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE
- CANDYMAN

☑️ 3 Asian horror films:

- THE IMP
- THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC
- COLD FISH

☑️ And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):

- THE HEISTERS

☑️ ***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK:

- J.D.’S REVENGE
- THE SKULL
- THE SCOOBY-DOO PROJECT

Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria.

So if you'd like to join us for “HoopTober 8“, create your own list, following Cinemonster's rules, and post the link to YOUR list in the comments of HIS original posting " Hooptober Ocho: The Only Way to Stop a Bad Guy with a Chainsaw is a Good Guy with a Chainsaw ".
You can read all participating reviews here!

Now let's do that voodoo that we do so well.