33 movies 1 tv show
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Spooky season's greetings to one and all! This is my official challenge list for Hooptober Neun <em>(nummer neun, nummer neun, nummer neun...)</em>, put on once again by the redoubtable Cinemonster.
For the official rules, click here to see Cinemonster's original source list for this year: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/hooptober-neun-from-outer-space/">Hooptober Neun! From Outer Space</a>
(BTW Cinemonster also has a fun FREE BONUS for all participants this year. Even if you're not playing, it's worth your while to go check it out!)
Speaking for myself, this will be my fifth go-round for Hooptober (not counting an unofficial <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/hooptober-origins-spring-training/">"Spring Training" run</a> I might have done on the sly earlier this year) and the requirements this year have inspired me to create yet another list that will no doubt live on in infamy.
As in years past, I'm taking on a number of movies that have haunted 👻 my watchlist for ages, as well as a handful of true weirdies 👽 that I didn't even know existed until I started building this list. Feel free to check out <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/tag/hooptober/lists/">my previous Hooptober lists</a>, and maybe get a little inspiration for your own.
As before, the watching starts on September 15th 🍂 and ends at the strike of midnight the night of October 31st 🎃. I will also be writing reviews of all the movies I watch, using the tag <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/tag/hooptober9/reviews/">Hooptober9</a>.
<em>(rules copied from the source list with my choices below)</em>
<strong>QUICK EASY RULES:</strong>
🎈 <strong>There must be 31 films</strong> 🎥🎬✅ <em>(I have 34: 31 choices + the 3 bonus picks)</em>
🎈 <strong>6 countries</strong> 🌎📍✅ <em>(This year I have 9: US 🇺🇸, Canada 🇨🇦, UK 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Japan 🇯🇵, Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿, Sweden 🇸🇪, and Guatemala 🇬🇹)</em>
🎈 <strong>8 decades</strong> 📅✅ <em>(I have 10 decades represented, from the 1920s to the 2020s)</em>
🎈 <strong>2 insect centered films</strong> 🐜🐝🐞🦋🐛🦟✅
🦟🕸 THE FLY (1958) 🐜🤓 MIMIC (1997)
🎈 <strong>1 horror film set in space or the future</strong> 🚀🛰😱✅
📌🤕 HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE (1996)
🎈 <strong>2 animated films</strong> 🤪😸✅
😡⛑ MAD GOD (2021) 🧒🧟♂️ PARANORMAN (2012)
🎈 <strong>1 bloodthirsty old person/people film</strong> 🩸🧓🔞✅
👴👵 THE VISIT (2015)
🎈 <strong>2 1970s regional US films (Thanks <a href="https://letterboxd.com/maxwren/">Sean Young</a>)</strong> 7️⃣0️⃣✅
🦧🏊♂️ THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1972) 👨🐍 STANLEY (1972)
🎈 <strong>The worst horror sequel from the 1990s that you haven't seen.</strong> 🛹👎💩✅
🐺🌑 HOWLING: NEW MOON RISING (1995)
🎈 <strong>1 German Silent</strong> 🤫🇩🇪✅
🧱👨 THE GOLEM: HOW HE CAME INTO THE WORLD (1920)
🎈 <strong>5 Films from David Cronenberg, Ti West, Bill Rebane, Charles B. Pierce, William Grefe and/or Joy N. Houck Jr.</strong> 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥✅
🚗💥 CRASH (1996) ⚪👩🌾 PEARL (2022) 🅰🦠 THE ALPHA INCIDENT (1978) 🦧🏊♂️ THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1972) 👨🐍 STANLEY (1972)
🎈 <strong>2 Christopher Lee films</strong> 🧛♂️🧟♂️✅
🤬🧟♂️ THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) 🏙💀 THE CITY OF THE DEAD (1960)
🎈 <strong>1 film with a [real-life] musician or band in it</strong> 🎸🎤✅
🧛🏼♀️👨🏼🎤 THE HUNGER (1983)
🎈 <strong>1 Stephen King adaptation that is not the first go around.</strong> 👑🎥✅
👧🐖🩸 CARRIE (2002)
🎈 <strong>1 Lon Chaney film.</strong> 🎭🎞✅
❓🎪 THE UNKNOWN (1927)
🎈 <strong>And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)</strong> 🧔🎥🎬✅
🧛♂️🏚 SALEM'S LOT (1979)
🎈🎈🎈 <strong>FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH The Last Circus ✅ and Silent Madness ✅. Like last year, there is a third film: Pennywise: The Story of It ✅.</strong>
Because I love going for extra credit, I will also be participating in three (count 'em, three!) other Letterboxd challenges, which I have neatly integrated with this list, click the links to find out more:
<a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/the-2022-cult-movie-challenge/">🎈 The 2022 Cult Movie Challenge</a> <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/criterion-challenge-2022/">🎈 The Criterion Challenge 2022</a> <a href="https://letterboxd.com/atomicpwrdrobot/list/podcast-macabre-2022-horror-challenge/">🎈 The Podcast Macabre 2022 Horror Challenge</a>
