I’m finally taking part in one of Letterboxd’s most beloved genre traditions: Hooptober!

31 films to watch between now and Halloween, and considering I’ve been slacking on the movie front this past year - blame life - this is definitely a challenge, but I’m up for it. 

I’m choosing all new-to-me movies, and reviewing them all. I’ve listed the rules below and included my choices that fit the criteria! Any others are just fun ones I haven't gotten around to yet :)

QUICK EASY RULES:

There must be 31 films
6 countries
Italy (Kill Baby Kill), France (Diabolique), UK (Blood on Satan’s Claw), USA (Jennifer’s Body etc), Mexico (Cronos), Japan (Shin Godzilla)

8 decades
50’s (Diabolique), 60’s (Dr Terror’s House of Horrors) 70’s (Horror Express, Blood on Satan’s Claw), 80’s (Lair of the White Worm), 90’s (Cronos, Night Breed), 00’s (Jennifer’s Body, Cursed), 10’s (The Endless, Shin Godzilla) 20’s (Last Voyage of the Demeter)

2 post apocalyptic or natural disaster related films
Shin Godzilla, The Last Man on Earth

1 film with Robert Englund
Natty Knocks

1 something is underground film
Tremors

3 Satan/Devil centered films
Blood on Satan’s Claw, Rosemary’s Baby, The Devils

1 Amicus film. 
Dr Terror’s House of Horrors

The worst Dracula film (by Letterboxd rating) that you haven't seen and can access. 
Argento’s Dracula

1 LGBTQ+ connected film
Jennifer’s Body, Night Breed

5 Films from De Palma (Sisters), Wes Craven (Cursed), Ken Russell (Lair of the White Worm, The Devils), Hitchcock  (Frenzy) and/or Moorhead & Benson (The Endless)

2 Peter Cushing films
Dr Terror’s House of Horrors, Horror Express

1 film based on a work of or invoking the name Bram Stoker
Last voyage of the Demeter, Lair of the White Worm

1 film based on a Clive Barker story
Night Breed

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

1 Mario Bava film.
Kill, Baby Kill!

1 film with an 'x' in the title
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA 
WORK: WATCH The Zodiac Killer and 10 Rillington Place. Like last year, there is a third film: Shaky Shivers.