Folks, it's that time! Hooptober is back around for its eighth run, and I'm in for my seventh go-around. I adore this film-watching challenge that is organized and founded by the one and only Cinemonster, and it is one of MANY reasons that October is my favorite time of the year.
As with every year, I've added an additional rule beyond the below listed ones, making sure to make my horror selections from films I've never seen or that it's been so long my memory of them is very hazy. The challenge begins on September 15th and runs through October 31st, with a goal of 31 horror films watched. This year's rules are reprinted below for simplicity (and also available…
Folks, it's that time! Hooptober is back around for its eighth run, and I'm in for my seventh go-around. I adore this film-watching challenge that is organized and founded by the one and only Cinemonster, and it is one of MANY reasons that October is my favorite time of the year.
As with every year, I've added an additional rule beyond the below listed ones, making sure to make my horror selections from films I've never seen or that it's been so long my memory of them is very hazy. The challenge begins on September 15th and runs through October 31st, with a goal of 31 horror films watched. This year's rules are reprinted below for simplicity (and also available here):
QUICK EASY RULES:
* 6 countries
* 8 decades
* 2 folk horror
* 4 films from 1981
* 2 films from your birth year
* 2 haunted house films
* The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen and can access.
* 1 film set in the woods
* 1 Kaiju or Kong film (not the new K v. G)
* 2 Hammer films
* 3 films with a person of color as director or lead. (excluding Asian)
* 3 Asian horror films.
* And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH JD'd Revenge, The Skull and The Scooby Doo Project
-review them all.
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
