Let's get spooky!

This is will be my first time participating in Hooptober. I've always had my eye on Hooptober in years past, but was still trying to find my cinema sea legs...

Original kickoff post

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QUICK EASY RULES:

There must be 31 films
6 countries
8 decades
2 insect centered films
1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released)
2 animated films
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film
2 1970s regional US films (Thanks Sean Young)
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work)
1 German Silent
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.
2 Christopher Lee films
1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band)
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.
1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Last Circus and Silent Madness. Like last year, there is a third film: Pennywise: The Story of It.

****This years surprise: The IT doc is on Screambox. Screambox peeps gave us Hooptober folks a code for a free trial. Everyone can watch the doc, if they want to.
The code is HOOPTOBER and you can sign up HERE
There is a lot of cool stuff on Screambox (including Terrifier 2), so enjoy. 🤡

-review them all.(eek)
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My run-down:
(No re-watches)

[SIX COUNTRIES]
- Human Lanterns 1982 (HK)
- Planet of the Vampires 1965 (Italy)
- Horror Express 1972 (Spain)
- Kwaidan 1964 (Japan)
- Viy 1967 (USSR)
- The Medium 2021 (South Korea)

[EIGHT DECADES]
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923
- Vampyr 1932
- The Red House 1947
- The Fly 1958
- The City of the Dead 1960
- Horror Express 1972
- Howling: New Moon Rising 1995
- X 2022

[TWO INSECT CENTERED FILMS]
- The Fly 1958
- Mimic 1997

[ONE FILM SET IN SPACE OR THE FUTURE]
- Planet of the Vampires 1965

[TWO ANIMATED FILMS]
- Extraordinary Tales 2013
- The Spine Of Night 2021

[ONE BLOODTHIRSTY OLD PERSON FILM]
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962

[TWO US REGIONAL HORROR FILMS FROM THE 1970s]
- The Brides Wore Blood 1972
- Encounter with the Unknown 1972

[WORST UNSEEN PART TWO FROM THE 1990s]
- Howling: New Moon Rising 1995

[ONE GERMAN SILENT HORROR FILM]
- Nosferatu 1922

[ONE FILM BY DAVID CRONENBERG]
- Dead Ringers 1988

[ONE FILM BY TI WEST]
- X (2022)

[ONE FILM BY BILL REBANE]
- Blood Harvest 1987

[ONE FILM BY CHARLES B. PIERCE]
- The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

[ONE FILM BY JOY N HOUCK JR]
- Creature from Black Lake 1976

[TWO CHRISTOPHER LEE FILMS]
- Horror Express (1972)
- The City Of The Dead (1960)

[ONE FILM FEATURING A MUSICIAN OR BAND]
- Phantom of the Paradise 1974

[ONE STEPHEN KING FILM THAT ISN'T THE FIRST ADAPTATION]
- Carrie 2013

[ONE LON CHANEY FILM]
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923

[ONE TOBE HOOPER FILM]
- Lifeforce 1985

[EXTRA CREDIT FOR MANIACS]
- The Last Circus 2010
- Silent Madness 1984
- Pennywise: The Story of It