It’s my first year participating in Cinemonster’s Hooptober challenge! For the past couple years I’ve made my own lists for October (31 Days of Horror ‘22 and 31 Days of Horror ‘23 ) but kind of got bored because they’ve always ended up too similar so I figured I’d try out Hooptober 11 so I can diversify my list and get to stuff I probably wouldn’t get to. Curating the list was a little more challenging than I thought it would be but I guess that gets you to really experiment and find films completely off of your radar. Very excited to finally find out what this challenge is all about! 

Unfortunately I fell 3 short at the challenge but that’s okay! I still had a really great time trying this challenge and will definitely be running it back next year! Found stuff I wouldn’t have got to and also got to a lot I’ve been putting off. I’ll get ‘em next time.

-6 Countries: USA, UK, Spain, India, Italy, Austria

-8 Decades: 1920s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s

-All films from a horror franchise: Child’s Play, Child’s Play 2, Child’s Play 3, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, Cult of Chucky, Child’s Play (2019) ✅

-1 film by Wes Craven: New Nightmare. ✅

-1 film caused by/worsened by weather: The Mist ✅

-1 film staring a black women: Vamp ✅

-1 Donald Sutherland film: Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors ✅

-3 films from New World Pictures: Slugs, House, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark ✅

-2 Indian films: Tumbbad, Ghost Stories ❌

-4 Italian films: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Opera, The Beyond, Zombie Flesh Eaters ✅

-2 horror comedies: Shaun of the Dead, Lisa Frankenstein ✅

-2 films made primarily or entirely in Texas: The Faculty, Friday the 13th (2009) ✅

-1 film that exists in at least 2 available cuts: Mimic✅

-1 Robert Wiene film: The Hands of Orloc ❌

-1 Michael Soavi film: Cemetery Man ✅

-1 film from 2011: Fright Night ✅

-1 film from 1984: Night of the Comet ✅

-1 Tobe Hooper film: Invaders from Mars. ✅

-Extra credit: Cyclone, Crawlspace, We Are Zombies ❌