Last year I missed the hooptober party, but for this tenth edition I'm of course there. To make up for my absence last year, I'll be doubling the amount of movies watched. That's right! 62 horror films watched in about six weeks. Let's go!!
I'll be adding movies when I watch them, as I don't like to commit to a list beforehand. Right now I only have The Mangler planned as my Tobe Hooper film for this year.
QUICK EASY RULES:
[x] There must be 31 films
[x] 6 countries (Viy - USSR, Nocturne - USA, Evil Death Trap - Japan, The Hands of Orlac - Germany, Madhouse - UK, Train To Busan - South Korea)
[x] 8 decades (The…
Last year I missed the hooptober party, but for this tenth edition I'm of course there. To make up for my absence last year, I'll be doubling the amount of movies watched. That's right! 62 horror films watched in about six weeks. Let's go!!
I'll be adding movies when I watch them, as I don't like to commit to a list beforehand. Right now I only have The Mangler planned as my Tobe Hooper film for this year.
QUICK EASY RULES:
[x] There must be 31 films
[x] 6 countries (Viy - USSR, Nocturne - USA, Evil Death Trap - Japan, The Hands of Orlac - Germany, Madhouse - UK, Train To Busan - South Korea)
[x] 8 decades (The Hands of Orlac 20s, Vampire's Ghost 40s, Viy 60s, Madhouse 70s, Evil Dead Trap 80s, The Necro Files 90s, Primeval 00s, Nocturne 2020s)
[x] 2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films (The Earth Dies Screaming,Train to Busan)
[x] 1 film with Robert Englund (The Mangler)
[x] 1 something is underground film (Bunker of the Dead)
[x] 3 Satan/Devil centered films (The Nun 2, Back From Hell, Shadow Builder)
[x] 1 Amicus film. (Madhouse)
[x] The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access. (Billy the Kid vs Dracula)
[x] 1 LGBTQ+ connected film (The Retreat)
[x] 5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson. (Resolution, The Endless, Spring, The Fury, Lair of the White Worm)
[x] 2 Peter Cushing films (Madhouse, Vampire Lovers)
[x] 1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker (Shadow Builder)
[x] 1 film based on a Clive Barker story (Books of Blood)
[x] 1 film that was released the year that you turned 10 (The Mangler)
[x] 1 Mario Bava film. (House of Exorcism)
[x] 1 film with an 'x' in the title (Saw X)
[x] And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film) (The Mangler)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH
[x] The Zodiac Killer and
[x] 10 Rillington Place.
[-] Like last year, there is a third film: Shaky Shivers. No access to this movie in the Netherlands