FINALLY! After last year's mad watching (you can check my hooptober X list here boxd.it/oUOEk ), here are the rules for this year's Hooptober as well as my choices for each criteria. I managed to fit the rules in 23 films so the rest is from my watchlist or can be changed as the reviewing begins.

So excited for this year, I'm trying to watch all 31 films plus the bonus and hope it's the first year I complete the challenge! happy horror watching during this Hooptober season! And thank you again Cinemonster for putting together this fantastic event.

"QUICK EASY RULES:

There Must Be 31 Horror Films

6 Countries
Spain, Italy, India, USA, France, Germany (+ more!)

8 Decades
1920s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 2010s and 2020s

ALL of the Films from a Horror Franchise with at Least 4 Entries
[REC] (2007)
[REC]² (2009)
[REC]³ Genesis (2012)
[REC]⁴ Apocalypse (2014)

1 Film by Wes Craven
The People Under the Stairs (1991)

1 Film Caused By/Worsened By Weather
Silent Hill (2006)

1 Film Starring a Black Woman
Queen of the Damned (2002)

1 Donald Sutherland Film
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)

3 Films from New World Pictures
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Children of the Corn (1984)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

2 Indian Films
Bulbbul (2020)
Tumbbad (2018)

4 Italian Films
Black Sunday (1960)
Deep Red (1975)
Inferno (1980)
Bones and All (2022)

2 Horror Comedies
Fright Night (2011)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

2 Films Made Primarily or Entirely in Texas
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
A Ghost Story (2017)

1 Film that Exists in at Least 2 Available Cuts (You only have to watch one. Bonus points if you watch them all)
Alien (1979)

1 Robert Wiene Film
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

1 Michael Soavi Film
Cemetery Man (1994)

1 Film from 2011
Fright Night (2011)

1 Film from 1984
Children of the Corn (1984)

And

1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

BONUS FILMS:
Crawlspace (1986)
Cyclone (1978)
We Are Zombies (2023)