In celebration of the 10th annual Hooptober Challenge (and my first time participating), here's my list of films.
All first-time watches, some to help clear up other challenges, some to help with my backlog of Blu Ray blind-buys.
Looks to be a frightfully good time!
Progress: 25/31
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Per the criteria, there must be 31 films:
6x Countries:
• Czechoslovakia – Prague Nights (1969, dir. Jiří Brdečka, Miloš Makovec, and Evald Schorm)
• Denmark – Vampyr (1932, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)
• Guatemala – La Llorona (2019, dir. Jayro Bustamante)
• Iran – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, dir. Ana Lily Amirpour)
• Italy – The Nun and the Devil (1973, dir. Domenico Paolella)
• Poland –…
In celebration of the 10th annual Hooptober Challenge (and my first time participating), here's my list of films.
All first-time watches, some to help clear up other challenges, some to help with my backlog of Blu Ray blind-buys.
Looks to be a frightfully good time!
Progress: 25/31
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Per the criteria, there must be 31 films:
6x Countries:
• Czechoslovakia – Prague Nights (1969, dir. Jiří Brdečka, Miloš Makovec, and Evald Schorm)
• Denmark – Vampyr (1932, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)
• Guatemala – La Llorona (2019, dir. Jayro Bustamante)
• Iran – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, dir. Ana Lily Amirpour)
• Italy – The Nun and the Devil (1973, dir. Domenico Paolella)
• Poland – Szamanka (1996, dir. Andrzej Żuławski)
8x Decades:
• 1910s – Onésime Goes to Hell (1912, dir. Jean Durand)
• 1920s – The Magician (1926, dir. Rex Ingram)
• 1930s – Vampyr (1932, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)
• 1940s – Dead of Night (1945, dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer)
• 1950s – Corridors of Blood (1958, dir. Robert Day)
• 1960s – Prague Nights (1969, dir. Jiří Brdečka, Miloš Makovec, and Evald Schorm)
• 1970s – Tales from the Crypt (1973, dir. Freddie Francis)
• 1980s – Hellraiser (1987, dir. Clive Barker)
2x Post-apocalyptic or Natural Disaster-related films:
• Starfish (2018, dir. A.T. White)
• Urotsukidoji (1989, dir. Hideki Takayama)
1x Robert Englund film:
• Choose or Die (2022, dir. Toby Meakins)
1x "Something Is Underground" film:
• Hagazussa (2017, dir. Lukas Feigelfeld)
3x Satan/Devil-centered films:
• Onésime Goes to Hell (1912, dir. Jean Durand)
• The Nun and the Devil (1973, dir. Domenico Paolella)
• The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971, dir. Piers Haggard)
1x Amicus film:
• Tales from the Crypt (1973, dir. Freddie Francis)
The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access:
• Dracula 3000 (2004, dir. Darrell James Roodt)
1x LGBTQ+ connected film:
• Hellraiser (1987, dir. Clive Barker)
5x Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson:
• De Palma – The Fury (1978, dir. Brian De Palma)
• Craven – The Hills Have Eyes (1977, dir. Wes Craven)
• Russell – The Lair of the White Worm (1988, dir. Ken Russell)
• Hitchcock – Sabotage (1936, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
• Moorhead & Benson – Spring (2014, dir. Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson)
2x Peter Cushing films:
• Tales from the Crypt (1973, dir. Freddie Francis)
• The Vampire Lovers (1970, dir. Roy Ward Baker)
1x film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker:
• The Lair of the White Worm (1988, dir. Ken Russell)
1x film based on a Clive Barker story:
• Hellraiser (1987, dir. Clive Barker)
1x film that was released the year that you turned 10:
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998, dir. Danny Cannon)
1x Mario Bava film:
• A Bay of Blood (1971, dir. Mario Bava)
1x film with an 'x' in the title:
• X (2022, dir. Ti West)
1x Tobe Hooper film:
• Lifeforce (1985, dir. Tobe Hooper)
