Year #3 of HoopTober for me
Previous lists:
HoopTober Se7en
HoopTober H2O(cho)

Just like previous years, this will be an evolving, work-in-progress on my part (with additions and subtractions as the mood hits me and/or film access/availability changes). Admittedly this year’s list may be pretty heavily influenced by the Criterion Channel and their 80’s playlist. 

Cinemonster (thanks as always for spearheading the effort) with original thoughts and list requirements  here. 

QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 films
6 countries (Spain, USA, Italy, Denmark, Canada, Germany, France, Senegal, UK, Ireland) ✅ 
8 decades (1920’s, 1930’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2010’s, 2000’s, 2020’s) ✅ 
2 insect centered film (Arachnophobia, Bug) ✅ 
1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released) (Split Second) ✅ 
2 animated films (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline) ✅ 
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film (Count Dracula, Dracula: Dead and Loving It) ✅ 
2 1970s regional US films (The Crazies Romero ‘73, The Town That Dreaded Sundown Pierce '76) ✅
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access (Candyman: Day of the Dead 1999; 1.7) ✅ 
1 German Silent (The Hands of Orlac 1924) ✅ 
5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr. (eXistenZ, Cronenberg; The Town That Feared Sundown, Pierce; Creature From Black Lake, Houck; Mako: The Jaws of Death, Grefen; The Game, Rebane) ✅ 
2 Christopher Lee films (Count Dracula, The Hands of Orlac 1964) ✅ 
1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band) (Bug, Harry Connick Jr.) ✅ 
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around (Pet Sematary) ✅ 
1 Lon Chaney film. (The Phantom of the Opera, 1925) ✅ 
And 1 Tobe Hooper (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) ✅ 

***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.