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Happy Hooptober Everyone! How've you all been? This summer I've been writing a fall story (although not horror/Halloween-centric) so it's been natural for me to be excited about the Halloween season and with that Hooptober. (And I only have three films to watch before last year's deck is clear. Yay!)

As usual, I reserve the right to change this up until September 15 when it gets locked in. Although who knows, I may want to pre-game. I had to make some painful cuts ...

09/16/2023: Well, I finished up last year's Hooptober right before we started so I'm in a good position. Let's go!

10/13/2023: ... Ah, how the turn tables. Anyway, Amber Heard's new film was classified as a horror by Amazon Prime so that's good enough for me AND it matches the Satan/Devil category so The Devil Rides Out is out ... I figured I'd have to scour dailymotion anyway. Also, I replaced the 1994 The Stand with the 1994 Interview with the Vampire to lessen my stress a bit because I'm so far behind.

Total Films: 14/31
Total Categories: 10/17 (+Extra Credit)

6 Countries: 6/6 - COMPLETED POST-10/31/2023
USA - Bird Box, Dressed to Kill, Cursed, Spring, Body Bags; Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker, Nightbreed
Spain - The Day of the Beast
Canada - Rosemary’s Baby
Italy - Into the Fire, A Bay of Blood
UK - The Lair of the White Worm, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Mexico - Tigers Are Not Afraid

8 Decades: 7/8
1920s - The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1970s - A Bay of Blood
1980s - Dressed to Kill, The Lair of the White Worm; Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1990s - The Day of the Beast, Body Bags, Nightbreed
2000s - Cursed
2010s - Bird Box, Rosemary’s Baby, Spring, Tigers Are Not Afraid
2020s - Into the Fire

Post-Apocalyptic/Natural Disaster Films: 1/2
Bird Box

Something is Underground: 1/1 - COMPLETE
Lair of the White Worm

Satan/Devil-Centered Films: 3/3 - COMPLETE
The Day of the Beast
Rosemary’s Baby
Into the Fire

LGBTQ-Connected Film: 2/1 - COMPLETE
Dressed to Kill
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

5 Films From: 5/5 - COMPLETE
Brian DePalma - Dressed to Kill
Wes Craven - Cursed
Ken Russell - The Lair of the White Worm
Alfred Hitchcock - The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Aaron Moorehead & Justin Benson - Spring

Film Based on/Invoking Bram Stoker: 1/1 - COMPLETE
The Lair of the White Worm

Film Based on a Story by Clive Barker: 1/1 - COMPLETED POST 10/31/2023
Nightbreed

Mario Bava Film: 1/1 - COMPLETED POST 10/31/2023
A Bay of Blood

Film with an "X" in the Title: 1/1 - COMPLETE
Bird Box

Tobe Hooper Film: 1/1 - COMPLETE
Body Bags