Started by Letterboxd user Cinemonster's in 2014, "Hooptober" (named for renowned horror director Tobe Hooper) is an annual viewing-challenge that encourages people to watch 31 horror movies from September 15th through Halloween that fit certain criteria... and here's the movies I picked out for 2022, my 6th time participating!

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• Official Rules / (How Many I'm Doing) •

There must be 31 films
6 countries (8)
8 decades (8 x 2 + two bonus decades)
2 insect centered films (3)
1 horror film set in space or the future (2)
2 animated films (3)
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film (1)
2 1970s regional US films (3)
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen (1)
1 German Silent (1)
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr. (6)
2 Christopher Lee films (2)
1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band) (1)
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around. (1)
1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT Jr.) (1)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (1)

Extra Credit:
The Last Circus (1)
Silent Madness (1)
Pennywise: The Story of It (1)

My added rules:

All 31 are unseen.
1 Extra film from each included decade.

Films arranged in order of release date.

My #Hooptober Lists:
• 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 •