I continue to be amazed by the power Hooptober holds over me, as well as a large part of this site. Like, it's literally just a list of prompts to get me to watch horror films—which I would do through all of October anyway—but there's something so fun in crafting a watchlist with these themes that my stomach burst with joy months ahead each year. Not to mention, the overall moody and sweet feeling seeping throughout the community here on the site during these times, enough to light up any dark october night.

So here we are, eighth year in the row. Thanks as always, Cinemonster.
Without further ado, here's the criterias and examples of films filling them:

6 countries [U.S., U.K., Japan, Spain, Iceland, Brazil]
8 decades [20s, 30s, 60, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 2010s, 2020s,
2 folk horror [In the Earth, The Wailing]
4 films from 1981 [An American Werewolf..., Just Before Dawn, Venom, The Hand]
2 films from your birth year [Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein]
2 haunted house films [The Innocents, Ju-On: The Grudge]
The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work) [The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death]
1 film set in the woods [In the Earth]
1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G) [The Return of Godzilla]
2 Hammer films [Brides of Dracula, Rasputin: The Mad Monk]
3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian) [Def By Temptation, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Good Manners]
3 Asian horror films [The Wailing, A Tale of Two Sisters, The Return of Godzilla]
And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) [Spontaneous Combustion]

Ranked:

1. The Innocents – 9/10
2. Angst – 8/10
3. Rift – 8/10
4. Take Shelter – 8/10
5. Dante's Inferno – 7/10
6. Ju-On: The Grudge – 7/10
7. An American Werewolf in London – 7/10
8. Maniac – 7/10
9. Scream 2 – 7/10
10. The Cat o' Nine Tails – 7/10
11. Brides of Dracula – 7/10
12. Re-Animator – 7/10
13. In the Earth – 7/10
14. The Wailing – 7/10
15. A Tale of Two Sisters – 7/10
16. Good Manner – 6/10
17. Ready or Not – 6/10
18. Bridgend – 6/10
19. The Mummy – 6/10
20. Arachnophobia – 6/10
21. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein – 6/10
22. Return of Godzilla – 6/10
23. Just Before Dawn – 6/10
24. J.D.'s Revenge – 6/10
25. The Rental – 6/10
26. It Comes at Night – 6/10
27. Salomé – 6/10
28. Def by Temptation – 5/10
29. Spontaneous Combustion – 5/10
30. The Poughkeepsie Tapes – 5/10
31. Muppets Haunted Mansion – 5/10
32. The Skull – 5/10
33. Warlock – 5/10
34. Rasputin: The Mad Monk – 5/10
35. Blood Red Sky – 5/10
36. The Dark Half – 5/10
37. The Scooby-Doo Project – 5/10
38. Spiral: From the Book of Saw – 5/10
39. Venom – 4/10
40. The Hand – 4/10
41. Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings – 4/10
42. From Hell – 4/10
43. [REC]² – 3/10
44. Mother of Tears – 3/10
45. The Addams Family – 3/10
46. The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre of Death – 1/10