I'm back for my 5th edition of Hooptober like a horror franchise that just won't die.

If you have at all followed my previous lists, you may have noticed I usually name my list as a tribute to a horror franchise. This year I'm naming my list after a more general theme: cats. Feline horror seems a bit underrated in the horror community. It's also a tribute to a street cat I befriended over the pandemic. Sadly, he was taken away but that damn cat warmed my black heart.

Once again, thanks to melaniehanks for planning some of this years picks. Have a spooky Hooptober everyone.

6 countries
1. The Cat (1992) - Hong Kong
2. The Night of a Thousand Cats (1972) - Mexico
3. The Uncanny (1977) - Canada & UK
4. The Light on the Hill (2016) - Peru
5. November (2017) - Estonia
6. Noriko's Dinner Table (2005) - Japan

8 decades
1. Cat People (1942)
2. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)
3. Young Frankenstein (1974)
4. Cat's Eye (1985)
5. Strays (1991)
6. Midnight Meat Train (2008)
7. The Light on the Hill (2016)
8. V/H/S/ 99 (2022)

2 insect centered films
1. The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
2. Mimic (1997)

1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released)
Vampire Hunter D

2 animated films
1. Corpse Bride (2005)
2. Felidae (1994)

1 bloodthirsty old person/people film
Phantasm (1979)

2 1970s regional US films (Thanks Sean Young)
1. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
2. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work)
Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)

1 German Silent
Eerie Tales (1919)

5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.
1. The Dead Zone (1983) - David Cronenberg
2. Pearl (2022) - Ti West
3. The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) - Bill Rebane
4. Blood Harvest (1987) - Bill Rebane
5. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) - Charles B. Pierce

2 Christopher Lee films
1. Corpse Bride (2005)
2. Horror Express (1972)

1 film with a musician or band in it
Trick or Treat (1986)

1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.
The Shining (1997)

1 Lon Chaney film.
London After Midnight (2002)

Bonus Films
Cat People (1982)
The Cat With Hands (2001)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Films (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Body Bags (1993)