Welcome library horror hounds!! Library staff are back for the annual HoopTober Challenge here on Letterboxd, hoping to help fuel your nightmares with a wide variety of horror movies. From September 15--October 31st, library staff will watch and review 31 horror movies. All of these movies are available to watch for free through your library, and we stand at the ready to offer additional suggestions (and help you find them) as desired.
Follow us here on Letterboxd to keep up with our reviews, and cast an eye on our Facebook and Instagram pages for other fun stuff.
And if you choose to take the HoopTober Challenge yourself, make sure to link to your list in the comments and TAG your…
Welcome library horror hounds!! Library staff are back for the annual HoopTober Challenge here on Letterboxd, hoping to help fuel your nightmares with a wide variety of horror movies. From September 15--October 31st, library staff will watch and review 31 horror movies. All of these movies are available to watch for free through your library, and we stand at the ready to offer additional suggestions (and help you find them) as desired.
Follow us here on Letterboxd to keep up with our reviews, and cast an eye on our Facebook and Instagram pages for other fun stuff.
And if you choose to take the HoopTober Challenge yourself, make sure to link to your list in the comments and TAG your reviews with HoopTober11 so we can keep track of what we're watching. Be sure to link to your list over on Cinemonster's page as well, as they are the Frankenstein cursed with creating this particular monster every year.
Click "read notes" or the glasses icon if using the Letterboxd app to read our reviews and place holds or stream on Kanopy.
Our past HoopTobers:
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Below are the criteria that must be filled. Let's have some fun...
QUICK EASY RULES:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries
8 decades
ALL of the films from a horror franchise with at least 4 entries (if there is a hard reboot, you can choose whichever has 4+ that you prefer)
1 film by Wes Craven
1 film caused by/worsened by weather
1 film starring a Black woman
1 Donald Sutherland film
3 films from New World Pictures.
2 Indian films.
4 Italian films
2 Horror comedies
2 films made primarily or entirely in Texas
1 film that exists in at least 2 available cuts (you just have to watch one. Bonus if you watch them all.)
1 Robert Wiene film
1 Michele Soavi film
1 film from 2011
1 film from 1984
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Cyclone and Crawlspace. Like last year, there is a third film: We Are Zombies.
-review them all.(eek)
Clearly one film can satisfy multiple criteria. Viewing and reviewing will begin at 12:01am cst on Sept 15th.
Now let's do that voodoo that we do so well.