HoopTober 9.0 video list
Welcome library horror hounds!! Library staff are back for the annual HoopTober Challenge here on Letterboxd, hoping to help fuel your nightmares with a wide variety of horror movies. From September 15--October 31st, library staff will watch and review 31 horror movies. All of these movies are available to watch for free through your library, and we stand at the ready to offer additional suggestions (and help you find them) as desired.
Follow us here on Letterboxd to keep up with our reviews, and cast an eye on our Facebook and Instagram pages for other fun stuff.
And if you choose to take the HoopTober Challenge yourself, make sure to link to your list in the…
HoopTober 9.0 video list
Welcome library horror hounds!! Library staff are back for the annual HoopTober Challenge here on Letterboxd, hoping to help fuel your nightmares with a wide variety of horror movies. From September 15--October 31st, library staff will watch and review 31 horror movies. All of these movies are available to watch for free through your library, and we stand at the ready to offer additional suggestions (and help you find them) as desired.
Follow us here on Letterboxd to keep up with our reviews, and cast an eye on our Facebook and Instagram pages for other fun stuff.
And if you choose to take the HoopTober Challenge yourself, make sure to link to your list in the comments and TAG your reviews with HoopTober9.0 so we can keep track of what we're watching. Be sure to link to your list over on Cinemonster's page as well, as they are the Frankenstein cursed with creating this particular monster every year.
Click "read notes" or the glasses icon if using the Letterboxd app to read our reviews and place holds or stream on Kanopy.
Our past HoopTobers:
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
Below are the criteria that must be filled. Let's have some fun...
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)
Now let's do that voodoo that we do so well.