Watchlist for the annual Hooptober challenge - Hooptober X.

These are my 2023 choices.

HOOPTOBER X RULES

There must be 31 films

6 countries
The Cremator (Czechoslovak)
Blood Red Sky (German)
El Conde (Chilean)
The Phantom Carriage (Swedish)
Knife+Heart (French)
Black Sunday (Italian)

8 decades
The Fall of the House of Usher (Epstein, 1928)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (Arnold, 1957)
The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones, 1982)
A Haunting in Venice (Brannagh, 2023)
Demons (Masumoto, 1971)
The Cremator (Herz, 1969)
Ginger Snaps (Fawcett, 2000)
Body Bags (1993)

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
The Fog (Carpenter, 1980)
The Last Man on Earth (Salkow, Ragona, 1964)

1 film with Robert Englund
Wishmaster (Kurtzman, 1997)

1 something is underground film
Graveyard Shift (Singleton, 1990)

3 Satan/Devil centered films
The Devils (Russell, 1971)
Belladonna of Sadness (Yamamoto, 1973)
Hungry Wives (Romero, 1972)

1 Amicus studios film
The House That Dripped Blood (Duffell, 1971)

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access
Dracula 3D (Argento, 2012)

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
Ginger Snaps (Fawcett, 2000)

5 Films from De Palma, Wes Craven, Ken Russell, Hitchcock and/or Moorhead & Benson
Sisters (De Palma, 1972)
Phantom of the Paradise (De Palma, 1974)
Deadly Blessing (Craven, 1981)
Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock, 1943)
The Devils (Russell, 1971)

2 Peter Cushing films
The House That Dripped Blood (Duffell, 1971)
Twins of Evil (Hough, 1971)

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
Dracula 3D (Argento, 2012)

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
Lord of Illusions (Barker, 1995)

1 film that was released the year that you turned 10
Body Bags (1993)

1 Mario Bava film
Blood and Black Lace (1964)

1 film with an 'x' in the title
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Invaders from Mars (1974)