Like a glutton for punishment, I'm back for my fourth Hooptober. I've been looking forward to this all year. Something about the camaraderie of hundreds of fellow horror fans making their way through their lists and the pleasure of seeing where our lists overlap, or maybe it's just the simple pleasure of trying to find films to fit the appropriate criteria. And this year has some fabulous criteria; great to see Regional Cinema getting some love, as well as old people (nothing wrong with giving old people some love, it's just not my tastes) as well as the maestro Christopher Lee.
With me neatly sidestepping GILFdom, let us turn to this years criteria...
There must be 31 films
10/6 countries…
Like a glutton for punishment, I'm back for my fourth Hooptober. I've been looking forward to this all year. Something about the camaraderie of hundreds of fellow horror fans making their way through their lists and the pleasure of seeing where our lists overlap, or maybe it's just the simple pleasure of trying to find films to fit the appropriate criteria. And this year has some fabulous criteria; great to see Regional Cinema getting some love, as well as old people (nothing wrong with giving old people some love, it's just not my tastes) as well as the maestro Christopher Lee.
With me neatly sidestepping GILFdom, let us turn to this years criteria...
There must be 31 films
10/6 countries (UK, USA, Poland, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Canada, Spain, Mexico, Italy)
12/8 decades (1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
2 insect centered films (The Deadly Bees, The Giant Spider Invasion) (COMPLETE)
1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released) (eXistenZ) (COMPLETE)
2 animated films (Laughing Target, Kill It And Leave This Town) (COMPLETE)
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film (Dumplings) (COMPLETE)
2 1970s regional US films (Thanks Sean Young) (The Giant Spider Invasion, Driller Killer) (COMPLETE)
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 3- Day of the Dead) (COMPLETE)
1 German Silent (Uncanny Tales) (COMPLETE)
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr. (The Giant Spider Invasion, Rabid, eXistenZ, The Sacrament, The Roost)
2 Christopher Lee films (Horror Express, Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors) (COMPLETE)
1 film with a musician or band in it (Dr Terror’s House of Horrors) (COMPLETE)
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around. (The Shining) (COMPLETE)
1 Lon Chaney film (The Monster) (COMPLETE)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (The Toolbox Murders) (COMPLETE)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Last Circus and Silent Madness
Looking forward to everyone's choices! Be Excellent to One-Another
