Well, it's that time of year again. Time to face my fears and force myself to watch a bunch of horror movies, thanks to this most ghoulish of seasons, Hooptober! They say the third time's the charm, so let's see if I can find some hidden gems this time around.

I started the Halloween series with my first Hooptober in 2021, but I only got through Halloween III that year, and I burned through the entire Chucky series last year, so I figured this year I would go back and continue what I started. I didn't want to use up my whole list, so this year I will just do Halloween 4-6 (The Thorn Trilogy) and save the rest for another year. I am also watching some very famous franchise starters (Nightmare, Texas Chain Saw). Perhaps next year I will continue my trend and round out one of these series with the remaining films.

Happy watching!

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Here's this year's breakdown:

6 countries (France, Italy, Japan, South Africa, UK, USA)

8 decades (1930s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films (The Mist, Silent Night)

1 film with Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984])

1 something is underground film (Nightbreed)

3 Satan/Devil centered films (Angel Heart, The House of the Devil, Rosemary's Baby)

1 Amicus film (Tales from the Crypt)

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

1 LGBTQ+ connected film (The Vampire Lovers)

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson (Raising Cain, Sisters [Brian De Palma], Altered States [Ken Russell], A Nightmare on Elm Street [1984], Red Eye [Wes Craven])

2 Peter Cushing films (The Vampire Lovers, Tales from the Crypt)

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker (Dracula 3000)

1 film based on a Clive Barker story (Nightbreed)

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 [1999] (End of Days)

1 Mario Bava film (A Bay of Blood)

1 film with an 'x' in the title (Doctor X)

1 Tobe Hooper Film (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [1974])

The Rest (The Blackening, Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell [Japanese Evil Dead], Cocaine Bear, Deerskin, Doctor Sleep, The Faculty, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, A Haunting in Venice, Malignant, No One Will Save You, Totally Killer, You're Next)

Original list here. Thanks once again to Cinemonster!