Oh, that Hallowed 'Ween is right of round the corner once of gain, and it is of course now time to do Hooptober, the annual thing where I watch a bunch of horror movies and review all of them and like midway through I can't remember why I ever liked movies in the first place but then by the next summer I can't wait to do it all over again. And here we are, here it is. Nobody said I had to write any of this here!
As ever, I have teamed up with Amanda because of how we live in the same apartment and watch all our movies together. This year we have done our best to ensure we…
Oh, that Hallowed 'Ween is right of round the corner once of gain, and it is of course now time to do Hooptober, the annual thing where I watch a bunch of horror movies and review all of them and like midway through I can't remember why I ever liked movies in the first place but then by the next summer I can't wait to do it all over again. And here we are, here it is. Nobody said I had to write any of this here!
As ever, I have teamed up with Amanda because of how we live in the same apartment and watch all our movies together. This year we have done our best to ensure we don't get burnt out watching awful shit by including some old favorites and longtime watchlist stuff, but the whole point of this thing is to watch movies you might never otherwise watch, and sometimes that means getting bored to tears and/or driven into a rage. Just the nature of the Hooptober beast!
A couple notes:
- SQUIRM is about earthworms, which are not technically "insects," but they are unquestionably Creepy Crawlies, and I feel strongly that this fulfills the "insect-centered film" requirement in spirit.
- In the event that WENDELL & WILD doesn't end up coming out in time (it still doesn't have a release date beyond "October"), THE HOUSE will serve as our second animated film and we'll find another UK horror film to take up that spot.
- Apologies to Bill Rebane, William Grefe, and Joy N. Houck, Jr., but my tolerance for low-budget regional US horror from the 1970s is extraordinarily low and, as I mentioned, I'm trying to avoid tearful boredom/blind rage this go-round.
- Having now made my way through the major Tobe Hooper films, I'm gonna go ahead and just watched POLTERGEIST every year from here on out. It's the, uh, least Tobe Hooper film he ever, uh, directed.
6 countries
FUNNY GAMES (Austria)
HATCHING (Finland)
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (Japan)
THE ORPHANAGE (Spain)
THE HOUSE (UK)
SMILE (USA)
8 decades
THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1940s)
REPULSION (1960s)
THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1970s)
THE SHINING (1980s)
HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH (1990s)
THE MIST (2000s)
I SAW THE DEVIL (2010s)
RESURRECTION (2020s)
2 insect-centered films
CANDYMAN 3
SQUIRM
1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released)
EVENT HORIZON
2 animated films
MAD GOD
WENDELL & WILD (if it comes out)
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film
THE VISIT
2 1970s regional US films
SQUIRM
THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access.
CANDYMAN 3: DAY OF THE DEAD
1 German Silent
DER GOLEM
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.
THE FLY (Cronenberg)
SPIDER (Cronenberg)
X (West)
PEARL (West)
THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (Pierce)
2 Christopher Lee films
FRIGHT NIGHT
THE CITY OF THE DEAD
1 film with a musician or band in it
HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER (LL Cool J)
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.
CARRIE (2013)
1 Lon Chaney film.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
POLTERGEIST
Extra Credit
THE LAST CIRCUS
SILENT MADNESS
