Another year, another Hooptober challenge! Absolutely fucking pumped for this years horror fest. Check out the original list by Cinemonster here.

QUICK EASY RULES:

Films will be watched starting September 15th thru October 31st. There will be at least 31 films, but I’m shooting for 46 — which is a film a day. Each film will be reviewed. I always like to select films I’ve never seen before, so that’s what I’ve done here. The films are in no particular order.

Note: A single film can satisfy multiple criteria below.

FILM CRITERIA:

6 countries

1. The Orphanage (2007) - Spain
2. You Won’t Be Alone (2022) - Australia / Serbia / UK
3. The Forest of Love (2019) - Japan
4. The Innocents (2021) - Norway
5. Martyrs (2008) - France / Canada
6. I Saw The Devil (2010) - South Korea

8 decades (+1 more for me)

1. 2020s (11) - You Won’t Be Alone, The Innocents, Orphan: First Kill, Mad God, Wendell & Wild, Pearl, Studio 666, Barbarian, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Pennywise: The Story of It, The Dark and the Wicked

2. 2010s (6) - The Forest of Love, I Saw The Devil, Mercy, The Last Circus, Creep 2, Possum

3. 2000s (6) - The Orphanage, Martyrs, Pandorum, Orphan, The House of the Devil, May

4. 1990s (4) - The Birds II: Land’s End, The Frighteners, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Hellraiser: Bloodline

5. 1980s (10) - The Fly, Phenomena, American Gothic, Blood Harvest, Lifeforce, Hellraiser, Silent Madness, Near Dark, Videodrome, Hellbound: Hellraiser II

6. 1970s (5) - Ganja & Hess, Scalpel, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Creature from Black Lake, The Wicker Man

7. 1960s (1) - Sting of Death

8. 1950s (1) - Dracula

9. 1920s (2) - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Penalty

2 insect centered films

1. The Fly (1986)
2. Phenomena (1985) 

1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released)

1. Pandorum (2009)

2 animated films

1. Mad God (2021)
2. Wendell & Wild (2022)

1 bloodthirsty old person/people film

1. American Gothic (1987)

2 1970s regional US films (Thanks Sean Young)

1. Ganja & Hess (1973)
2. Scalpel (1977)

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. The Birds II: Land’s End (1994)

1 German Silent

1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.

1. Pearl (2022) - Dir. Ti West
2. Blood Harvest (1987) - Dir. Bill Rebane
3. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) - Dir. Charles B. Pierce
4. Sting of Death (1966) - Dir. William Grefe
5. Creature from Black Lake (1976) - Dir. Joy N. Houck Jr.

2 Christopher Lee films

1. The Wicker Man (1973)
2. Dracula (1958)

1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band)

1. Studio 666 (2022)

1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.

1. Mercy (2014)

1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR)

1. The Penalty (1920)

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

1. Lifeforce (1985)

EXTRA CREDIT:

1. The Last Circus (2010)
2. Silent Madness (1984)
3. Pennywise: The Story of It (2022)
4. Near Dark (1987)
5. May (2002)
6. The Frighteners (1996)
7. Videodrome (1983)
8. Creep 2 (2017)
9. Possum (2018)
10. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
11. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
12. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)