My first ever Hooptober to, like many, give structure to what I kind of do every year: watch a bunch of horror films.

On with the rules!

Link to the original list: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-ocho-the-only-way-to-stop-a-bad/

Rules:

Watch 31 horror movies between Sept 15 and October 31, reviewing each as watched.
I've added the extra rule to my own list: must be a first viewing.
The full list must meet the following criteria:

+ 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)

+ 10 Countries: Australia (Road Games), China (Seventh Curse), Germany (Possession), Iran (The Night), Japan (Cure, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Kuroneko), Mexico (Santa Sangre), Spain (The House that Screamed), Sweden (Hour of the Wolf, Phantom Carriage), UK (A Field in England, Dead of Night, Dracula (1958), Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, Last Night in Soho, Peeping Tom, Repulsion, The Innocents), US (Carnival of Souls, Blackula, Frailty, Freaks, Funhouse, Halloween Kills, Ms. 45, People Under the Stairs, A Return to Salem’s Lot, The Old Dark House)
+ 8 decades: 1920s (Phantom Carriage), 1930s (Freaks, The Old Dark House, Island of Lost Souls), 1940s (Dead of Night), 1950s (Dracula (1958)), 1960s (Carnival of Souls, Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, Hour of the Wolf, Kuroneko, Peeping Tom, The Innocents), 1970s (Blackula, Sentinel), 1980s (Funhouse, Ms. 45, A Return to Salem’s Lot, Possession, Road Games, Santa Sangre, Seventh Curse), 1990s (Cure, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, People Under the Stairs), 2000s (Frailty), 2010s (A Field in England), 2020s (Halloween Kills, Last Night in Soho, The Night)
+ 2 folk horror: A Field in England, Kuroneko
+ 4 films from 1981: Funhouse, Ms. 45, Possession, Road Games
+ 3 films from your birth year (1968): Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, Hour of the Wolf, Kuroneko
+ 3 haunted house films: The Sentinel, The Innocents, The Old Dark House
+ The worst Part 2 that you haven't seen & can access: A Return to Salem’s Lot
+ 1 film set in the woods: Kuroneko
+ 1 Kaiju or Kong film: Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
+ 2 Hammer films: Dracula (1958), Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
+ 3 films with a person of color as director or lead (excluding Asian): Blackula, People Under the Stairs, The Night
+ 5 Asian horror films: Cure, Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Kuroneko, Seventh Curse
+ 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) The Fun House