**Best of Hooptober 9**
- Favorites: Shock, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Let the Right One In
- Biggest Disappointment: Sinister
- Biggest Crush: Stephen Dorff (Blade), Michael Ironside (Scanners), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Yann Gael (Saloum), Winona Ryder (Alien Resurrection)
- Biggest Gross-Out: Feeding time (Audition), Masking up (Texas Chainsaw 2)
- Scariest Moments: Into the basement (The Innkeepers), Séance (Dark August), pretty much the entire 2nd half of Goodnight Mommy
- Almost didn’t watch: The Premonition (5 attempts made before finally watching all the way through)
- Favorite Monster: Horror Express
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I am here to make my first attempt at HoopTober! I’m excited about my lineup, as it contains many films that have been sitting ignored in…
**Best of Hooptober 9**
- Favorites: Shock, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Let the Right One In
- Biggest Disappointment: Sinister
- Biggest Crush: Stephen Dorff (Blade), Michael Ironside (Scanners), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Yann Gael (Saloum), Winona Ryder (Alien Resurrection)
- Biggest Gross-Out: Feeding time (Audition), Masking up (Texas Chainsaw 2)
- Scariest Moments: Into the basement (The Innkeepers), Séance (Dark August), pretty much the entire 2nd half of Goodnight Mommy
- Almost didn’t watch: The Premonition (5 attempts made before finally watching all the way through)
- Favorite Monster: Horror Express
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I am here to make my first attempt at HoopTober! I’m excited about my lineup, as it contains many films that have been sitting ignored in my watchlist for YEARS, as well as titles unknown to me until I was forced to do some research to fill up those categories. Thanks to Cinemonster and everyone involved for creating a fun seasonal viewing experience for the community :) I can’t wait to get started!
Here is my list:
6 countries
1. Audition (1999) - Japan ✅
2. Let the Right One In (2008) - Sweden ✅
3. Hellraiser (1987) - United Kingdom ✅
4. Goodnight Mommy (2014) - Austria ✅
5. Phenomena (1985) - Italy ✅
6. Saloum (2021) - Senegal ✅
8 decades
7. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) ✅
8. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) ✅
9. Eyes Without a Face (1960) ✅
10. Shock (1977) ✅
11. The Fog (1980) ✅
12. Blade (1998) ✅
13. Sinister (2012) ✅
14. Werewolves Within (2021) ✅
2 insect centered films
15. The Black Scorpion (1957) ✅
16. The Fly (1958) ✅
1 horror film set in space or the future (relative to when it was released)
17. Alien Resurrection (1997) ✅
2 animated films
18. Wendell & Wild (2022) ✅
19. Perfect Blue (1997) ✅
1 bloodthirsty old person/people film
20. The Good Neighbor (2016) ✅
2 1970s regional US films (Thanks Sean Young)
21. The Premonition (1976) ✅
22. Dark August (1976) ✅
The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen and can access. (I realize that this will take a little work)
23. Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996) ✅
1 German Silent
24. 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.
25. Scanners (1981) - David Cronenberg ✅
26. Sting of Death (1966) - William Grefé ✅
27. The Innkeepers (2011) - Ti West ✅
28. Night of the Strangler (1972) - Joy N. Houck, Jr. ✅
29. eXistenZ (1999) - David Cronenberg ✅
2 Christopher Lee films
30. Dracula (1958) ✅
31. Horror Express (1972) ✅
1 film with a musician or band in it (A real life musician or band)
32. The House on Sorority Row (1983) - 4 Out of 5 Doctors ✅
1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.
33. Firestarter (2022) ✅
1 Lon Chaney film. (NOT JR)
34. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) ✅
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
35. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) ✅
***Extra Credit
36. The Last Circus ✅
37. Silent Madness ✅
38. Pennywise: The Story of It. ✅
