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My official challenge list for <a href="https://letterboxd.com/cinemonster/">Cinemonster</a>'s sixth annual Hooptober!
(see original list for the complete rules: <a href="https://boxd.it/2Rcp8">boxd.it/2Rcp8</a> )
As always, the list consists of 31 horror movies chosen according to the following requirements...
THE RULES:
<strong>1) 6 COUNTRIES!</strong>
This year's list contains movies from the usual suspects (USA/Canada and the UK) along with Italy, Japan, South Korea, France, Russia, and Poland.
<strong>2) 6 DECADES!</strong>
This list spans nearly 100 years of film history, from the 1920s to the present day. (The only decade I didn't get in this time was the 1950s, but there's always next year.)
<strong>3) 6 FILMS FROM BEFORE 1966!</strong>
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
White Zombie (1932)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Eyes Without A Face (1960)
Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
<strong>4) 6 FILMS WHOSE YEAR ENDS IN "6"!</strong>
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
The Craft (1996)
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Seoul Station (2016)
<strong>5) 6 FILMS FEATURING WORK FROM:</strong>
JOHN CARL BUECHLER (director) -- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
JACK PIERCE (makeup designer) -- White Zombie, Dracula's Daughter, The Wolf Man
ROB BOTTIN (creature designer) -- Humanoids From The Deep
SCREAMING MAD GEORGE (creature designer) -- Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
LON CHANEY, SR. (actor, makeup designer) -- The Phantom of the Opera
CARLO RAMBALDI (special effects artist) -- Bloody Pit of Horror
<strong>6) THE 6TH FILM OF A FRANCHISE!</strong>
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
<strong>7) A REPTILE RAMPAGE FILM AS TRIBUTE TO CRAWL</strong>
Lake Placid
<strong>8) 2 WOMEN DIRECTED FILMS! (I have 5!)</strong>
The Invitation (dir. Karyn Kusama)
Slumber Party Massacre II (dir. Deborah Brock)
Humanoids From The Deep (dir. Barbara Peeters, Jimmy T. Murakami)
Braid (dir. Mitzi Peirone)
The Lure (dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska)
<strong>9) THE LOWEST RATED FILM FROM THE 80s YOU CAN FIND!</strong>
JAWS 3-D (I've located an actual 3D anaglyph bootleg on DVD, I have high hopes for its quality)
<strong>10) A FILM WHERE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CHURCH ARE HAVING A BAD DAY! (I have 2!)</strong>
Prince of Darkness
Viy
<strong>11) A LARRY COHEN AND/OR DICK MILLER FILM!</strong>
The Stuff (dir. Larry Cohen)
<strong>12) A CLASSIC UNIVERSAL! (I have 3!)</strong>
The Phantom of the Opera
Dracula's Daughter
The Wolf Man
<strong>13) A FILM WITH DEE WALLACE IN IT!</strong>
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
<strong>14) A FILM FROM A BLACK DIRECTOR AND/OR PREDOMINANTLY BLACK CAST (NO JORDAN PEELE)!</strong>
Candyman (starring Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (dir. Spike Lee)
<strong>15) A FILM FROM A MEXICAN DIRECTOR (NO GUILLERMO DEL TORO)!</strong>
Culture Shock (dir. Gigi Saúl Guerrero)
<strong>16) A TOBE HOOPER FILM (THERE MUST ALWAYS BE A TOBE HOOPER FILM)</strong>
Lifeforce (dir. Tobe Hooper)
And that's it!
<em>EDIT 8/31: I've added Cinemonster's two bonus picks (Innocent Blood and Horror Noire) to the #32/#33 slots on the list. At first I wasn't gonna because I couldn't find Innocent Blood streaming free anywhere, but then I stumbled across it for 3 bucks at my local used shoppe. And even though I've already seen Horror Noire (and it inspired a couple of my picks here) I'm definitely game to give it another watch now that I've familiarized myself a bit more with the films represented.</em>
<em>EDIT 9/13: Looks like Lake Placid and Prince of Darkness have disappeared from their respective services. I'm swapping in Godzilla Raids Again to fulfill the "reptile rampage" requirement, and Viy is already there to cover the "bad day for people of the church" requirement. To fill out the roster, I'm adding Tigers Are Not Afraid, which just got added to Shudder on Thursday. I'll keep the two movies I replaced on the list just in case I stumble upon either of them in the next month.</em>
<em>EDIT 9/16: Just learned that Ravenous is up on Hulu. I'm not swapping anything out for it, just adding it to the list because I've wanted to watch it for years and haven't gotten to it.</em>
<em>EDIT 9/18: Added One Cut of the Dead, because it's been on my watchlist forever and is finally getting added to Shudder next week.</em>
Just like last year, I'm also squeezing in three theatrical films released in October:
The Lighthouse (dir. Robert Eggers, 2019)
Parasite (dir. Bong Joon-Ho, 2019)
Zombieland: Double Tap (dir. Ruben Fleischer, 2019)
And for an extra twist, I've also worked Hooptober into a weekly Letterboxd challenge that I've been doing throughout the year: Justin Hullinger's <a href="https://boxd.it/29j1E">2019 Cult Movie Challenge</a>. Every week has a specific theme, and as you might expect those dovetail nicely with Hooptober:
<strong>Oct 1-7: Gothic Horror Week</strong> -- Eyes Without A Face
<strong>Oct 8-14: Zombie Week</strong> -- White Zombie
<strong>Oct 15-21: Shock Theater Week</strong> -- Dracula's Daughter
<strong>Oct 22-28: Slasher Week</strong> -- Friday the 13th Part VII
<strong>Oct 29-Nov 4</strong>: Werewolf Week -- The Wolf Man
If you feel like playing along, the master 2019 Cult Movie Challenge List is linked just above, and <a href="https://boxd.it/2dPNy">here's my full list</a> for this year.
