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Hooptober 2022 – 🦟 Insects, Animation, and Pennywise - Oh My! (@JonPaula)

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!

Click "Read notes" to see which criteria each film satisfies.

• 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…

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  • The Penalty
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • The Old Dark House
  • The Walking Dead
  • The Wasp Woman
  • Monster a Go-Go!
  • Planet of the Vampires
  • Let's Scare Jessica to Death
  • Horror Express
  • Phase IV
  • Creature from Black Lake
  • Mako: The Jaws of Death
  • The Town That Dreaded Sundown
  • Eaten Alive
  • Silent Madness
  • Fright Night
  • Prince of Darkness
  • Braindead
  • Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
  • Mimic
  • Monster House
  • The Last Circus
  • ParaNorman
  • Frankenweenie
  • It Chapter Two
  • Studio 666
  • X
  • Crimes of the Future
  • Nope
  • The Invitation
  • Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’