[2023]
Year two for me! I have been looking forward to this ever since I finally felt the slightest cool breeze gently caress my face this summer. I'M READY PALS. Discovering this little Hooptober community has added something extra special to this time of year that already fills me with such joy.🖤

Also excited to report that these will all be first watches for me, just like last year!

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There must be at least 31 films.
(I'm doing extra credit this year as well.)
Some films will be listed more than once since I found a handful that satisfy more than one category.

6 countries
Thirst (2009) [South Korea]
Trouble Everyday (2001) [France]
Audition (1999) [Japan]
Cronos (1993) [Mexico]
Inferno (1980) [Italy]
Satan's Slaves (2017) [Indonesia]

8 decades
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Satan's Slaves (2017)
Halloween (2007)
Audition (1999)
Possession (1981)
Phantasm (1979)
Billy The Kid Versus Dracula (1966)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

2 post-apocalyptic or natural disaster-related films
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
The Crazies (1973)

1 film with Robert Englund
Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)


1 something is underground film
C.H.U.D. (1984)

3 Satan/Devil-centered films
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Satan’s Slaves (2017)
Exorcist III (1990)

1 Amicus film
Asylum (1972)

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
The Wild Boys (2018)

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock, and Moorehead & Benson
Sisters (1972) [De Palma]
The Hills Have Eyes (1977) [Craven]
Altered States (1980) [Russell]
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) [Hitchcock]
Something in the Dirt (2022) [Moorehead & Benson]

2 Peter Cushing films
Asylum (1972)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
Lair of the White Worm (1988)

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
Hellraiser (1987)

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
Final Destination (2000)

1 Mario Bava film
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

1 film with an 'x' in the title
Xtro (1982)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Body Bags (1993)

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: Watch The Zodiac Killer and 10 Rillington Place. Like last year, there is a third film: Shaky Shivers.

Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01 am CST on Sept 15th.

Woo!!💀💀

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Last year's list:
Hooptober 9🎃 (My First Hooptober!🥲)

Original list/criteria from Cinemonster:
Hooptober X: Hooptober, Hooptober Let Satan Come Over