Phew, finally ready! This year, our esteemed Cinemonster dropped the rules the night before I left for vacation, so you'd better believe I spent a good part of my week in the Pacific Northwest obsessing over killer insects and regional American horrors of the 1970s. I also thought a good deal about what to select for my Hoop-tober list.
I'm very pleased with the slate this year, which features only one compulsory title and many opportunities to slot in stuff I've wanted to watch or rewatch for years, in some cases for decades. Even the German oldie I had pre-planned as my October "unseen classic" fulfills one of the categories well enough. This all means I have relatively few contemporary…
Phew, finally ready! This year, our esteemed Cinemonster dropped the rules the night before I left for vacation, so you'd better believe I spent a good part of my week in the Pacific Northwest obsessing over killer insects and regional American horrors of the 1970s. I also thought a good deal about what to select for my Hoop-tober list.
I'm very pleased with the slate this year, which features only one compulsory title and many opportunities to slot in stuff I've wanted to watch or rewatch for years, in some cases for decades. Even the German oldie I had pre-planned as my October "unseen classic" fulfills one of the categories well enough. This all means I have relatively few contemporary titles, and I'm totally fine with that.
Please CLICK HERE for my traditional "trailer reel," a playlist of as many official/fan-made trailers as I could find on YouTube (granted, some are just clips). I hope everyone who's participating is as psyched as I am... and that our enthusiasm doesn't waver if life intrudes and the reviews fall further and further behind, as they inevitably do for me these days. Let's make this the best Hoop-tober ever, gang!
