COMPLETED 02/27/23
I've yet to complete a Hooptober challenge on time. Maybe third time's the charm.
Based on Cinemonster's original list.
PROMPTS:
👻 There must be 31 films
🎃 6 countries (Seven (7); going off each film's top-listed country on Letterboxd only: Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, UK, USA)
💀 8 decades (1920s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
🪳 2 insect centered films (The Fly (1986), Mimic (1997))
👽 1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released) (Planet of the Vampire (1965), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996))
👻 2 animated films (Wicked City (1987), The House (2022))
👴🏻 1 bloodthirsty old person/people film (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), X…
COMPLETED 02/27/23
I've yet to complete a Hooptober challenge on time. Maybe third time's the charm.
Based on Cinemonster's original list.
PROMPTS:
👻 There must be 31 films
🎃 6 countries (Seven (7); going off each film's top-listed country on Letterboxd only: Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, UK, USA)
💀 8 decades (1920s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
🪳 2 insect centered films (The Fly (1986), Mimic (1997))
👽 1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released) (Planet of the Vampire (1965), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996))
👻 2 animated films (Wicked City (1987), The House (2022))
👴🏻 1 bloodthirsty old person/people film (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), X (2022))
🎃 2 1970s regional US films (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976))
💀 The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access (Howling: New Moon Rising (1995))
👻 1 German Silent (Faust (1926))
🎃 5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr. (Cronenberg: The Fly (1986), eXistenZ (1999); Pierce: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976); Rebane: Blood Harvest (1987); West: X (2022))
💀 2 Christopher Lee films (Horror Express (1972), The Wicker Man (1973))
🧑🎤 1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band) (Blood Harvest (1987) (Tiny Tim), X (2022) (Kid Cudi))
🤡 1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around (It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019))
👻 1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR) (The Phantom of the Opera (1925))
⛓🪚 And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), The Texas Chainsaw Masscare 2 (1986))
*****
EDIT 11/01/22: Third time is, apparently, not the charm. Currently at 26/31, tied with my first go-around with regards to closest to completion by the deadline. Hopefully I'll finish the last five within the next couple of months. At least I did complete my mini-challenge of watching all 11 Hellraisers within the month of October!
