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My second Hooptober let's goooooooo!

Lowkey still yet to complete last year's challenge as I write this list, but I'll hopefully have smashed out the remaining films before October's underway this year. My hometown's in lockdown again (bit of 2020 déjà vu) so I'm going to have plenty of time to work through these selections, but I've learned from last year's effort and so I'm going to give myself until the start of 2022 to complete this challenge. I'm pretty happy with the choices I've made in each category and I can't wait to sink my teeth (or vampire fangs) into them!

House/old mate Marcus will be taking part alongside me as well, suss his list here for deeper cuts than my entry-level picks 😏

My Hooptober 7.0 (2020) List

I must write a review for every film, none of which I've seen before.

Below are the list of rules for Hooptober 8.0 as well as my choices for each category.

QUICK EASY RULES:

6 COUNTRIES

1. Belgium (Climax)
2. France (Eyes Without a Face)
3. Germany (Nosferatu)
4. Spain ([REC])
5. Austria (Goodnight Mommy)
6. Italy (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage)

8 DECADES

1. 1920s (Häxan, Nosferatu)
2. 1940s (Dead of Night)
3. 1960s (The Birds, Eyes Without a Face, The Innocents)
4. 1970s (Halloween, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Twins of Evil)
5. 1980s (Dead Ringers, Possession, Scanners, Ms .45, An American Werewolf in London, Poltergeist, Class of Nuke ‘Em High)
6. 1990s (In the Mouth of Madness, Cure, Cube, Blade, Tales from the Hood, Ringu)
7. 2000s (Saw, [REC])
8. 2010s (Stoker, Climax, Goodnight Mommy, Kill List, It Comes at Night, Shin Godzilla, Let Me In, Under the Shadow, The Wailing)

2 FOLK HORROR FILMS

1. Häxan (1922)
2. Kill List (2011)

4 FILMS FROM 1981

1. Possession (1981)
2. Scanners (1981)
3. Ms .45 (1981)
4. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

2 FILMS FROM MY BIRTH YEAR (1997)

1. Cure (1997)
2. Cube (1997)

2 HAUNTED HOUSE FILMS

1. Poltergeist (1982)
2. The Innocents (1961)

THE WORST PART 2 THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN AND CAN ACCESS

1. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

1 FILM SET IN THE WOODS

1. It Comes at Night (2017)

1 KAIJU OR KONG FILM (EXCLUDING GODZILLA VS. KONG (2021))

1. Shin Godzilla (2016)

2 HAMMER FILMS

1. Twins of Evil (1971)
2. Let Me In (2010)

3 FILMS WITH A PERSON OF COLOUR AS DIRECTOR OR LEAD

1. Blade (1998)
2. Under the Shadow (2016)
3. Tales from the Hood (1995)

3 ASIAN HORROR FILMS

1. Cure (1997)
2. Ringu (1998)
3. The Wailing (2016)

1 TOBE HOOPER FILM

1. Poltergeist (1982)

1 TROMA FILM (*BONUS RULE*)

1. Class of Nuke ‘Em High (1986)