Diary Entries: HoopTober 11 (2024)

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This is the second year I will be participating in Cinemonster's annual Hooptober challenge and I have been waiting in anticipation for the next rules to be released ever since. So I'm excited to have finally made my list for this years Hooptober.

Check out the original list here for all of the rules.

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6 countries:

1 of 6: USA

[Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Scream 4 (2011), Scream (2022), Scream VI (2023), The Fog (1980), Us (2019), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), Planet Terror (2007), All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), Zombieland (2009), Jennifer’s Body (2009), The Thing (1982), It Follows (2014), I Saw the TV Glow (2024), Gremlins (1984), Lifeforce (1985)]

2 of 6: Italy

[Don’t Look Now (1973), Cemetery Man (1994), Suspiria (2018), Phenomena (1985)]

3 of 6: UK

[Hellraiser (1987), 28 Days Later (2002)]

4 of 6: India

[Bulbbul (2020), The Happening (2008)]

5 of 6: Japan

[Onibaba (1964), Cure (1997), One Cut of the Dead (2017)]

6 of 6: Germany

[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)]

8 decades:

1 of 8: 1920s

[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)]

2 of 8: 1960s

[Onibaba (1964)]

3 of 8: 1970s

[Don’t Look Now (1973)]

4 of 8: 1980s

[The Fog (1980), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), Hellraiser (1987), Phenomena (1985), Gremlins (1984), The Thing (1982), Lifeforce (1985)]

5 of 8: 1990s

[Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Cemetery Man (1994), Cure (1997)]

6 of 8: 2000s

[Scream 3 (2000), Planet Terror (2007), All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), The Happening (2008), Zombieland (2009), Jennifer’s Body (2009), 28 Days Later (2002)]

7 of 8: 2010s

[Scream 4 (2011), Us (2019), Suspiria (2018), One Cut of the Dead (2017), It Follows (2014)]

8 of 8: 2020s

[Scream (2022), Scream VI (2023), Bulbbul (2020), I Saw the TV Glow (2024)]

ALL of the films from a horror franchise with at least 4 entries:

Scream:

[Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Scream 4 (2011), Scream (2022), Scream VI (2023)]

1 film by Wes Craven:

1 of 1: [Scream (1996)]
Bonus Films: [Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Scream 4 (2011)]

1 film caused by/worsened by weather:

1 of 1: [The Fog (1980)]

1 film starring a Black woman:

1 of 1: [Us (2019)]

1 Donald Sutherland film:

1 of 1: [Don’t Look Now (1973)]

3 films from New World Pictures:

1 of 3: [Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)]
2 of 3: [Hellraiser (1987)]
3 of 3: [Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)]

2 Indian films:

1 of 2: [Bulbbul (2020)]
2 of 2: [The Happening (2008)]

4 Italian films:

1 of 4: [Don’t Look Now (1973)]
2 of 4: [Cemetery Man (1994)]
3 of 4: [Suspiria (2018)]
4 of 4: [Phenomena (1985)]

2 Horror comedies:

1 of 2: [Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)]
2 of 2: [Zombieland (2009)]
Bonus Films: [Cemetery Man (1994), Jennifer’s Body (2009), One Cut of the Dead (2017)]

2 films made primarily or entirely in Texas:

1 of 2: [Planet Terror (2007)]
2 of 2: [All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)]

1 film that exists in at least 2 available cuts:

1 of 1: [Jennifer’s Body (2009) - Unrated Cut]

1 Robert Wiene film:

1 of 1: [The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)]

1 Michele Soavi film:

1 of 1: [Cemetery Man (1994)]

1 film from 2011:

1 of 1: [Scream 4 (2011)]

1 film from 1984:

1 of 1: [Strangler vs Strangler (1984)]

1 Tobe Hooper Film:

1 of 1: [Lifeforce (1985)]