I consider myself a horror fanatic and unfortunately I do not have anyone in my personal life who shares a love for the bizarre, freaky, disturbing, or anxiety-inducing cinema. Often I am called weird or told that they don't understand or aren't interested in it.

Well not here! It is moving to see so many of you with a passion for all things horror and how the community responds to and embraces the genre. I am so excited to find some new gems through your lists, read your reviews, and start integrating myself into the community here. Happy Hooping!

First attempt at Hooptober! No rewatches. After hitting all the criteria, I pulled a few from my local theater screenings and my watchlist that I felt were in the spirit of Hooptober.

OFFICIAL RULES:
There must be 31 films
6 countries
-USA✅, UK✅, South Africa✅, Germany✅, France ✅, Canada ✅, Italy ✅, Spain ✅

8 decades
-1920s✅, 1930s✅,1950s✅, 1960s✅, 1970s ✅, 1980s✅, 1990s✅, 2000s✅, 2010s✅, 2020s✅

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
-The Night Eats the World (2018) ✅
-The Divide (2011) ✅

1 film with Robert Englund
-The Funhouse Massacre (2015) ✅

1 something is underground film
-Tremors (1990) ✅

3 Satan/Devil centered films
-The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) ✅
-The House of the Devil (2009) ✅
-Satanic Panic (2019) ✅

1 Amicus film
-Madhouse (1974) ✅

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access
-Dracula 3000 (2004) ✅

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
-Sleepaway Camp (1983) ✅

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson
-Phantom of the Paradise (1974) ✅
-The Last House on the Left (1972) ✅
-The Lair of the White Worm (1988) ✅
-Dial 'M' for Murder (1954) ✅
-Cursed (2005) ✅

2 Peter Cushing films
-Asylum (1972) ✅
-The Mummy (1959) ✅

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
-Nosferatu (1922) ✅

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
-Book of Blood (2009) ✅

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) ✅

1 Mario Bava film
-Planet of the Vampires (1974) ✅

1 film with an 'x' in the title
-Saw X (2023) ✅

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
-Salem's Lot (1979) ✅

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK:
-The Zodiac Killer (1971) ✅
-10 Rillington Place (1971) ✅
-Shaky Shivers (2022) ✅

Bonus films:
-The Tingler (1959) ✅️
-Dark Harvest (2023) ✅
-All Hallows Eve (2013) ✅
-Dracula (1931) ✅
-Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) ✅

Progress: 31/31 ✅