[2024]
Greetings fellow Hooptobros!! How are we feeling this year? Fine and normal? Me neither! But at least it's fall now! Some people think the first day of fall is the autumnal equinox but it's actually the first day of Hooptober, tell your friends.
This will be my third Hooptober in a row, and yes I am perpetually late to the party but luckily being a few years late doesn't make me any less obsessed with this fun little horror movie scavenger hunt. When I find even the tiniest source of joy in this life, you better believe I cherish tf out of it. Horror will always be my first love. I happened to find Hooptober in 2022 exactly when…
[2024]
Greetings fellow Hooptobros!! How are we feeling this year? Fine and normal? Me neither! But at least it's fall now! Some people think the first day of fall is the autumnal equinox but it's actually the first day of Hooptober, tell your friends.
This will be my third Hooptober in a row, and yes I am perpetually late to the party but luckily being a few years late doesn't make me any less obsessed with this fun little horror movie scavenger hunt. When I find even the tiniest source of joy in this life, you better believe I cherish tf out of it. Horror will always be my first love. I happened to find Hooptober in 2022 exactly when I needed it most and it immediately became one of my favorite things about this perfect time of year.
HAPPY HOOPING EVERYONE!
👻
There must be at least 31 horror films, my list will include the extra credit films as well.
(Some films may satisfy more than one category. And some categories may have extra bc I was apparently super efficient at satisfying multiple categories with the same films this year and needed to add more lol.)
Similar to my first two Hooptobers, these will all be first watches!
6 countries
Impetigore (2019) - [Indonesia]
Dachra (2018) - [Tunisia]
Snowtown (2011) - [Australia]
Bulbbul (2020) - [India]
Opera (1987) - [Italy]
Fantastic Planet (1973) - [France]
8 decades
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
Ganja & Hess (1973)
Stage Fright (1987)
Nightbreed (1990)
Red Eye (2005)
Evil Dead (2013)
Smile 2 (2024)
ALL of the films from a horror franchise with at least 4 entries
Cabin Fever
2002, 2009, 2014, 2016
1 film by Wes Craven
Red Eye (2005)
1 film caused by/worsened by weather
Frozen (2010)
Crawl (2019)
1 film starring a Black woman
Sugar Hill (1974)
Ganja & Hess (1973)
1 Donald Sutherland film
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
3 films from New World Pictures
Fantastic Planet (1973)
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
2 Indian films
Pizza (2012)
Bulbbul (2020)
4 Italian films
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
Opera (1987)
Demons (1985)
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
2 Horror Comedies
Pizza (2012)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
2 films made primarily or entirely in Texas
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
1 film that exists in at least 2 available cuts (You just have to watch one. Bonus if you watch them all.)
Nightbreed (1990)
1 Robert Wiene film
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
1 Michele Soavi film
Stage Fright (1987)
1 film from 2011
Snowtown (2011)
1 film from 1984
Crimes of Passion (1984)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Cyclone (1978) and Crawlspace (1986). Like last year, there is a third film: We Are Zombies (2023).
As always, thanks to Cinemonster for wrangling the weirdos and creating this circus.
Viewing and reviewing will begin on Sept 15th!
Woo!! 💀💀💀
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Previous year's lists:
Hooptober 9 🎃 (My First Hooptober!🥲)
Hooptober X 🎃
Original list/criteria from Cinemonster:
Hooptober 11: The Return To Texas Because We Need That Extra Push Over The Cliff