31/31
This is my third year doing spooky marathons on Letterboxd but the first where I'll try to follow the rules of the Hooptober challenge. My viewing choices are always depending on my mood so that makes it difficult to follow lists like this one, but I tried to take the rules as the starting point and adecuated them to my needs, adding some new ones for the movies I need for my Halloween to feel complete. You can check those at the end of this description 👻
October is my best chance to watch all the horror I haven't seen the rest of the year so that's why you'll see very few rewatches.
Back in 2022 I watched a…
31/31
This is my third year doing spooky marathons on Letterboxd but the first where I'll try to follow the rules of the Hooptober challenge. My viewing choices are always depending on my mood so that makes it difficult to follow lists like this one, but I tried to take the rules as the starting point and adecuated them to my needs, adding some new ones for the movies I need for my Halloween to feel complete. You can check those at the end of this description 👻
October is my best chance to watch all the horror I haven't seen the rest of the year so that's why you'll see very few rewatches.
Back in 2022 I watched a total of 48 movies so now I'll up the bet and start at 52. If I don't watch everything by October 31st I'll keep going until it's done. I'd be happy to extend Halloween until December if necessary.
Every movie I watch and is not contemplated on the original list will be added on the bottom after number 52. This year I'm far more busy so I can't promess a review for each one, but I'll try my best. Given the fact this year I actually have stuff to do (ik, feels so weird) I'm starting the challenge on September 17th in order to watch at least 31 movies before Halloween.
THE RULES OF THE GAME:
6 Countries:
🇮🇹 Well, of course my favorite country ever has to be on the top of the list:
Suspiria, Inferno, The Black Cat, Lisa and the Devil, Manhattan Baby, Porno Holocaust, Nightmare City, Burial Ground & Dracula 3D
🇲🇽: Grave Robbers, Cemetery of Terror
🇪🇸: Vampyros Lesbos, Horror Express
🇬🇧: The Monster Club, The Vampire Lovers, The Phantom of the Opera, Horror Express,
RawHead Rex
🇫🇷: Amber, The Living Dead Girl
🇯🇵: Seance
8 Decades:
20s, 40s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s
2 Post Apocalyptic or Natural Disaster:
Mindwarp & Nightmare City
1 film with Robert Englund:
The Phantom of the Opera
1 something is underground film:
I'll add all the other Phantoms in here as well, just because I want to see them all after reading the novel
3 Satan/Devil centered films:
The Exorcist 2, The Exorcist 3, Häxan
1 Amicus film:
The Monster Club
The worst Dracula film you haven't seen:
Dracula 3D
1 LGBTQ+ connected film:
Vampyros Lesbos
5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorehead & Benson:
• Wes Craven: The People Under the Stairs, Shocker
• Brian De Palma: Carrie, Obsession
• Ken Russell: Altered States
2 Peter Cushing films:
The Vampire Lovers, Horror Express
1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker:
The Batman vs Dracula
1 film based on a Clive Barker story:
RawHead Rex
1 film that was released the year that you turned 10: Dracula 3D 💀
1 Mario Bava film: Lisa and the Devil
1 film with an 'x' in the title:
X: the Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1 Tobe Hooper Film: Salem's Lot
☠️ AND NOW MY OWN ADDITIONS!!! ☠️
A John Carpenter: Someone's Watching Me!
A Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell: The Intruder
A Giallo: All the Colors of the Dark
An Splatter Masterpiece: Braindead
An Slasher: Maniac
An XXX horror: Porno Holocaust
A Horror Comedy: Repossessed, Fade to Black
Teen Horror: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The obvious ones: Halloweentown, Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Elvira, Beetlejuice, Halloween III
LET THE SPOOKY SEASON BEGIN!!! 🎃👻
