It's that time of year again! I'm looking forward to getting on board with Hooptober for the second year. Here's this year's criteria and the films I'm planning to watch to fulfill them (almost all will be first time watches):

There must be 31 films
✅6 countries: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany), The Twins Effect (Hong Kong), Kwaidan (Japan), Seoul Station (South Korea), Shutter (Thailand), The Wicker Man (UK)
✅8 decades: The Phantom of the Opera (1920s), Taste of Fear (1960s), Alien (1970s), Aliens (1980s), Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1990s), Rise: Blood Hunter (2000s), Carrie (2010s), Smile (2020s)
✅2 insect centered films: The Fly, Mothra
✅1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released): Alien
✅2 animated films: Mad God, Seoul Station
✅1 bloodthirsty old person/people film: X
✅2 1970s regional US films: The Legend of Boggy Creek, The Town That Dreaded Sundown
✅The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access: Candyman: Day of the Dead
✅1 German Silent: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
✅5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.: The Fly, The Legend of Boggy Creek, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Videodrome, X
✅2 Christopher Lee films: The Wicker Man, Taste of Fear
✅1 film with a real life musician or band in it: Studio 666
✅1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around: Carrie (2013)
✅1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR): The Phantom of the Opera
✅1 Tobe Hooper Film: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
✅Other Movies to Fill Out 31: Alien³, Alien Resurrection, Possessor, Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies, The Sentinel, Slaughterhouse Rulez, They/Them, Vamps

Update: October is my busiest month at work, so it was close, but I got through all but one movie before the end of the month. Mothra had to wait until November. But otherwise, I'd consider this year's Hooptober to be a success!