Just as I was getting the itch for horror, Cinemonster posted the official rules for this year's Hooptober.  Last year was my first attempt and I ran out of steam mid-October - this was mainly because I was doing around-the-clock care for my dog post-surgery and was barely sleeping.  This year shouldn't be anything like that, so I'm optimistic I can tackle this whole list and then some.  I tried to focus on movies I've never seen and ones from my watchlist, but I also added in a few I've wanted to rewatch like The Fog.

I'm hungry for this and can't wait to dive in!

The Official Rules and My Choices:
There must be 31 films

6 Countries
The Hands of Orlac - Austria
Tumbbad - India
Deep Red - Italy
Oddity - Ireland
Eyes Without a Face - France
Pulse - Japan

8 Decades:
1920s - The Hands of Orlac
1940s - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1960s - Eyes Without a Face
1970s - Suspiria
1980s - House
1990s - Mimic
2000s - Pulse
2020s - Oddity

All of the films from a Horror Franchise with at least 4 entries:
Insidious Franchise

1 Film by Wes Craven:
The Hills Have Eyes

1 Film Caused By/Worsened By Weather:
The Fog

1 Film Starring a Black Woman:
Ganja and Hess

1 Donald Sutherland Film:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

3 Films from New World Pictures:
Piranha
House
Hellbound: Hellraiser II

2 Indian Films:
Tumbbad
Bulbbul

4 Italian Films:
Cemetery Man
Stage Fright
Deep Red
Suspiria

2 Horror Comedies
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Piranha

2 Films Made Primarily or Entirely in Texas:
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Piranha

1 Film that Exists in at Least 2 Available Cuts:
Mimic

1 Robert Wiene Film:
The Hands of Orlac

1 Michele Soavi Film:
Cemetery Man

1 Film from 2011:
Fright Night

1 Film from 1984:
Children of the Corn

1 Tobe Hooper Film:
The Mangler

Extra Credit:
Cyclone
Crawlspace
We Are Zombies