Hello boils and ghouls!
Welcome to this already 9th edition of HoopTober and again a big thanks to our head honcho Cinemonster for setting it up every year.
So if you'd like to join us, create your own list, following Cinemonster's rules, and post the link to YOUR list in the comments of HIS original posting "Hooptober Neun! From Outer Space".
THE RULES:
- Watch and review 31 horror films, starting at 12:01 am CST on Sept 15th until Oct. 31st.
- Use the TAG HoopTober9 so we can read each others stuff.
YOUR FILM SELECTION MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(listing my personal selections underneath each):
☑️ 6 countries (to add some difficulty, for this, I only count foreign language…
Hello boils and ghouls!
Welcome to this already 9th edition of HoopTober and again a big thanks to our head honcho Cinemonster for setting it up every year.
So if you'd like to join us, create your own list, following Cinemonster's rules, and post the link to YOUR list in the comments of HIS original posting "Hooptober Neun! From Outer Space".
THE RULES:
- Watch and review 31 horror films, starting at 12:01 am CST on Sept 15th until Oct. 31st.
- Use the TAG HoopTober9 so we can read each others stuff.
YOUR FILM SELECTION MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(listing my personal selections underneath each):
☑️ 6 countries (to add some difficulty, for this, I only count foreign language countries that I require subtitles for):
- Italy (THE DEMON)
- Czechoslovakia (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST)
- Poland (SHE-WOLF)
- Thailand (COMING SOON)
- Japan (BELLADONNA OF SADNESS & ANGEL'S EGG)
- Hong Kong (THE SLEEP CURSE)
☑️ 8 decades:
- 1920's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, 2010's & 2020's.
☑️ 2 insect-centered films:
- THE WASP WOMAN
- SQUIRM
☑️ 1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released):
- DEMON SEED
☑️ 2 animated films:
- BELLADONNA OF SADNESS
- ANGEL'S EGG
☑️ 1 bloodthirsty old person/people film:
- THE HUNGER
☑️ 2 1970s regional US films:
- THE WIZARD OF GORE
- DEATHDREAM
☑️ The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access:
- CANDYMAN: DAY OF THE DEAD
☑️ 1 German Silent:
- THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
☑️ 5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.:
- CRIMES OF THE FUTURE '70 (David Cronenberg)
- CRIMES OF THE FUTURE '22 (David Cronenberg)
- X (Ty West)
- STING OF DEATH (William Grefe)
- NIGHT OF THE STRANGLER (Joy N. Houck Jr.)
☑️ 2 Christopher Lee films:
- RASPUTIN: THE MAD MONK
- SCARS OF DRACULA
☑️ 1 film with a musician or band in it (A real-life musician or band):
- KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM IN THE PARK
☑️ 1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around:
- FIRESTARTER '22
☑️ 1 Lon Chaney film:
- THE UNKNOWN
☑️ And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):
- MORTUARY
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria.
FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK:
- THE LAST CIRCUS
- SILENT MADNESS
- PENNYWISE: THE STORY OF IT
I divided my list into three segments:
- #01-#34 are my official HT selections
- #35-#36 are the films of interest that will be released to streaming during HT
- #37 and onwards are films that I've been wanting to see for ages, that I might pop in if I have time in between.
I wish everyone an amazingly frightful HoopTober and a happy scary Halloween!!!