Another year, another wonderful Hooptober. This was my second time round, but just as delightful as the first. Choices were based as always on the prompts from Cinemonster’s original. Due to time limitations I stuck to short reviews this time - 100 words or fewer.

This year, I got way further into the Leprechaun franchise and deepened my attachment to the work of Ken Russell. I was intrigued by the visual choices of Bava Sr. and let down a bit by Bava Jr.

I ended up giving a range of scores from 1* (the lowest - Demons 2) to 4.5* (the highest - Bram Stoker’s Dracula) and successfully reviewed all films.

A few inconsequential awards:

• Most Pleasant Surprise: Vicious Fun
• Biggest Disappointment: Demons 2
• Best Effects: The Void
• Best Acting Performance: John Witherspoon (Vampire in Brooklyn)
• The Hall of Notes Award for being Trash and Fun: Leprechaun 3 

6 countries:

✓ UK: Tales from the Crypt
✓ Greece: The Devil’s Men
✓ Italy: Demons 2
✓ Canada: Vicious Fun
✓ Mexico: Grave Robbers
✓ Hong Kong: The Boxer's Omen

8 decades:

✓ 1950s: House on Haunted Hill
✓ 1960s: Blood and Black Lace
✓ 1970s: Tales from the Crypt
✓ 1980s: Poltergeist
✓ 1990s: Bram Stoker's Dracula
✓ 2000s: Leprechaun in the Hood
✓ 2010s: Dracula 3D
✓ 2020s: Vicious Fun

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films:

✓ Demons 2
✓ Pandorum

1 film with Robert Englund:

✓ A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1 something is underground film:

✓ Tremors 2: Aftershocks

3 Satan/Devil centred films:

✓ The Devil's Men
✓ Satanic Panic
✓ The House of the Devil

1 Amicus film:

✓ Tales from the Crypt

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access:

✓ Dracula 3D

1 LGBTQ+ connected film:

✓  A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson:

✓ Vampire In Brooklyn (Craven)
✓ Deadly Blessing (Craven)
✓ The Hills Have Eyes (Craven)
✓ Altered States (Russell)
✓ Gothic (Russell)

2 Peter Cushing films:

✓ The Devil's Men
✓ Tales from the Crypt

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker:

✓ Bram Stoker's Dracula

1 film based on a Clive Barker story:

✓ Candyman (1992)

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10:

✓ Leprechaun in the Hood

1 Mario Bava film:

✓ Blood and Black Lace

1 film with an 'x' in the title:

✓ The Boxer's Omen

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film):

✓ Poltergeist

Additional Films:

✓ Stitches
✓ Leprechaun 3
✓ Leprechaun 4: In Space
✓ M3GAN
✓ Hobgoblins
✓ The Cure for Wellness
✓ The Void
✓ Hatchet