It's officially spooky season and that means the return of HoopTober, now in its 10th year! Wowza! What Is HoopTober? Get filled in on this years list from creator/mastermind Cinemonster: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-x-hooptober-hooptober-let-satan/
As usual started my challenge on October 1st, doing a true 31 days of Horror and as usual I crushed it with a total of 65 movies watched. This was my ninth time doing HoopTober, so yeah, I'm a pro at this point; All Challenges Complete!
- 6 countries: (10) USA, UK, Canada, Italy, France, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia
- 8 decades: (10) 1910s and 1940s-2020s
- 2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films: Burning Bright (hurricane), Dawn of the Dead (zombie apocalypse)
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It's officially spooky season and that means the return of HoopTober, now in its 10th year! Wowza! What Is HoopTober? Get filled in on this years list from creator/mastermind Cinemonster: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-x-hooptober-hooptober-let-satan/
As usual started my challenge on October 1st, doing a true 31 days of Horror and as usual I crushed it with a total of 65 movies watched. This was my ninth time doing HoopTober, so yeah, I'm a pro at this point; All Challenges Complete!
- 6 countries: (10) USA, UK, Canada, Italy, France, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia
- 8 decades: (10) 1910s and 1940s-2020s
- 2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films: Burning Bright (hurricane), Dawn of the Dead (zombie apocalypse)
- 1 film with Robert Englund: A Nightmare on Elm Street
- 1 something is underground film: (4) Ben, Phantom of the Opera, My Bloody Valentine, Lair of the White Worm
- 3 Satan/Devil centered films: (4) The Exorcist, Lisa and the Devil, Satanic Rites of Dracula, Satan's Slave
- 1 Amicus film: Scream and Scream Again
- The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen: Satanic Rites of Dracula (not that bad!)
- 1 LGBTQ+ connected film: (2) Sissy, Jennifer's Body
- 5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson: (6) Frenzy, Gothic, Carrie, Lair of the White Worm, Psycho, A Nightmare on Elm Street
- 2 Peter Cushing films: (3) Corruption, Scream and Scream Again, Satanic Rites of Dracula
- 1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker: Lair of the White Worm
- 1 film based on a Clive Barker story: Nightbreed
- 1 film that was released the year that you turned 10: 1990 I'm Dangerous Tonight, Jungle Trap, Nightbreed
- 1 Mario Bava film: (2) Lisa and the Devil, Bay of Blood
- 1 film with an 'x' in the title: (3) The Exorcist, The Exorcist: Believer, Jason X
- 1 Tobe Hooper Film: I'm Dangerous Tonight
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40 of the 65 films watched were first time viewings, of those, these 8 were my favorite film discovers of the month:
Lair of the White Worm
Cure
Corruption
The Empty Man
No One Will Save You
The Cursed
Willard
I'm Dangerous Tonight
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my HoopTober 2.0 list HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-20-october-2015/
HoopTober 3.0 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-30-october-2016/
HoopTober 4.0 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-40-october-2017/
HoopTober 5.0 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-50-october-2018/
HoopTober 666 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-666-october/
HoopTober 7.0 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-part-vii-october/
HoopTober 8.0 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-part-viii-october/
HoopTober 9 HERE: letterboxd.com/nathanwest/list/31-days-of-horror-hoop-tober-nein-part-ix/
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
HAPPY HOOP-TOBER!
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