01/11/2023 - HoopTober Post-Mortem
So I only managed to strike 16 movies off my list this year but I'm pretty sure this is the furthest I've gotten with the challenge and it's only made me want to watch more horror as my feed filled up with all the great things my fellow HoopTober...ians (?) have been consuming. Really pleased I finally got around to seeing The Fan and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 while Deadstream and Demon Knight were easy highlights.

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Will this finally be the year that I complete Hooptober? I'm giving myself the entirety of September and October to get through my list and as always, I'll be aiming to review them all. All first time watches!

Happy Spooky Viewing!

6 countries
- France - Knife + Heart (2018)
- Italy - A Bay of Blood (1971)
- Germany - The Fan (1982)
- Korea - The Wailing (2016)
- Thailand - The Medium (2021)
- United Kingdom - 28 Days Later (2002)

8 decades
- 1950s - House of Wax (1953)
- 1960s - Letter Never Sent (1960)
- 1970s - The Last House on the Left (1972)
- 1980s - Inferno (1980)
- 1990s - Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
- 2000s - Retribution (2006)
- 2010s - Lyle (2014)
- 2020s - The Medium (2021)

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
- Letter Never Sent (1960)
- The Towering Inferno (1974)

1 film with Robert Englund
Dead & Buried (1981)

1 something is underground film
The Hole in the Ground (2019)

3 Satan/Devil centered films
- The Devils (1971)
- The Medium (2021)
- The Wailing (2016)

1 Amicus film
Tales from the Crypt (1972)

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access
Van Helsing (2004)

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
Lyle (2014)

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson
- The Devils (1971) - Ken Russell
- The Lair of the White Worm (1988) - Ken Russell
- Frenzy (1972) - Hitchcock
- Sisters (1972) - de Palma
- The Hills Have Eyes (1977) - Wes Craven

2 Peter Cushing films
- Horror Express (1972)
- Tales from the Crypt (1972)

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

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
Night Breed (1990)

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
The Others (2001)

1 Mario Bava film
A Bay of Blood (1971)

1 film with an 'x' in the title
Climax (2018)

1 Tobe Hooper movie
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)