Welcome, scarehounds! The eldritch beasts of Hoop-tober once again demand tribute, and Cinemonster has shown us how to pay up. I'm feeling their baleful gaze a little more piercingly than usual this time, given that I whiffed it last year due to trivial distractions like work, school, stomach flu, and audiobooks. Still, I know I have what it takes because of the fearsome romps I had in 2019 and 2020. So here goes.

Six countries:
The Lure (Poland)
Audition (Japan)
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (Italy)
Amer (France)
Let It Snow (Georgia/Ukraine)
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (Norway)

Eight decades:
1920s: Faust
1930s: The Black Cat
1940s: House of Frankenstein
1950s: Them!
1960s: City of the Dead
1980s: Just Before Dawn
1990s: Def by Temptation
2000s: House of the Devil

Insects on board:
The Swarm
Them!

Outer space/futuristic setting:
Forbidden World

Animated:
Monster House
Wendell & Wild

Blood-thirsty older humans:
Ghost Story

1970s regional:
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Alice, Sweet Alice

Lowest-rated unseen '90s sequel I can get to:
Howling: New Moon Rising

German silent:
Faust

From some combo of David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe, and Joy N. Houck Jr.:
The Dead Zone
The House of the Devil
X
Pearl
Monster a Go-Go

Christopher Lee:
The City of the Dead
Horror Express

Musician present:
The Hunger

A Stephen King work that has been adapted before:
Pet Sematary

Mr. Leonidas Frank Chaney:
The Unknown

And, of course, the all-important Tobe Hooper pick:
Eaten Alive

Plus some extra credit:
The Last Circus
Silent Madness
Pennywise: The Story of IT (Woohoo! Thanks for getting us access there, Cine!)

Happy Hooping, y'all! I will do my best this year to help satisfy the demons of the season.