Hooptober 11: "It's one spookier, innit?" 🎃👻🧟♂️ or: KEEP HOOPTOBER WEIRD 🧛♀️🦇🤪
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Returning once again for Hooptober 11, my seventh one overall. I've fallen off of all my other weekly challenge lists this year, but I've salted this one with a handful of movies from those along with this year's requirements as laid out in Cinemonster's latest list: <a href="https://boxd.it/tYxXW">Hooptober 11: The Return To Texas Because We Need That Extra Push Over The Cliff</a>
(Copy-pasted from Cinemonster's list for E-Z reference, with my film picks and usual visual blandishments 👀 added for fun!)
QUICK EASY RULES:
<em>There must be 31 horror films</em> I have the necessary 31, plus the three bonus picks.
<em>6 countries</em> 🗺️ USA, India, Italy, Austria, Japan, Iceland, Canada, UK
<em>8 decades</em> 📆 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
<em>ALL of the films from a horror franchise with at least 4 entries</em> 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️ 🏠 HOUSE (1985) 🏠🏠 HOUSE II: THE SECOND STORY (1987) 🏘️ HOUSE III: THE HORROR SHOW (1989) 🏘️🏠 HOUSE IV (1992)
<em>1 film by Wes Craven</em> ⛰️👀 👯🪜 THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS (1991)
<em>1 film caused by/worsened by weather</em> 🌡️🌨️ 🥶👽 THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
<em>1 film starring a Black woman</em> 🎞️🙆🏾♀️ 👧🏾😡 THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER (2023)
<em>1 Donald Sutherland film</em> 🫵🏼😮 ✝️🔪 THE ROSARY MURDERS (1987)
<em>3 films from New World Pictures.</em> 🆕🌎🖼️ 🎃🎃 ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK (1988) 🦇😅 TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (1985) 🔦🍴 C.H.U.D. (1984)
<em>2 Indian films.</em> 🛕🍛 💃🏽🕺🏽 BULBBUL (2020) 📝👻 APRIL 28TH EM JARIGINDI (2021)
<em>4 Italian films</em> 🍝⛲ 🪦👨🏻 CEMETERY MAN (1994) 😈🧙🏼♀️ THE DEMON (1963) 🩻😋 BONES & ALL (2022) 🧟☠️ THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE (1974)
<em>2 Horror comedies</em> 😱🤣 🏠 The HOUSE franchise 👯🪜 THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS (1991) 🎃🎃 ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK (1988) 🦇😅 TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (1985) 🪦👨🏻 CEMETERY MAN (1994) 💧🧌 LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER (2018) 🪲🧃 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE (2024) 🧟♂️🧟♀️ WE ARE ZOMBIES (2023)
<em>2 films made primarily or entirely in Texas</em> 🤠🥩 📻🛸 THE VAST OF NIGHT (2019) 🥚🥚 EGGSHELLS (1969)
<em>1 film that exists in at least 2 available cuts</em> 🎞️✂️ 👽👩🏻🦲 ALIEN³ (1992) (Theatrical & Assembly Cuts)
<em>1 Robert Wiene film</em> 🙌🏻🎹 THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1924)
<em>1 Michele Soavi film</em> 🪦👨🏻 CEMETERY MAN (1994)
<em>1 film from 2011</em> 🧊🐕🦺 THE THING (2011)
<em>1 film from 1984</em> 🔦🍴 C.H.U.D. (1984)
<em>And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)</em> 🥚🥚 EGGSHELLS (1969)
<em>***FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO DO EXTRA WORK: WATCH Cyclone and Crawlspace. Like last year, there is a third film: We Are Zombies.</em>
For any movies that don't specifically address any particular list criteria, I might swap a few things out here and there but for right now this is a pretty solid list and I anticipate few if any adjustments once we get rolling. ...
MY PREVIOUS HOOPTOBERS: ☠<a href="https://boxd.it/24sxY">Hooptober V: Dead Monkey Brains in the Hellbound Pumpkin Bowl</a>
👺<a href="https://boxd.it/3SOm8">Hooptober 6.66: The Bloody Pit of Hooptober</a>
🧟♂️<a href="https://boxd.it/8dzgW">Hooptober Se7en: Die! Die! My Hooptober!</a>
💀<a href="https://boxd.it/dgTDW">Hooptober OCHO: The Hooptober That EIGHTS</a>
👿<a href="https://boxd.it/i1B3c">Hooptober Neun!undneunzig Luftballons 🎈🎈🎈 (we’ll all float on down here, alright)</a>
🎃<a href="https://boxd.it/oPbu6">Hooptober X: Feverish Brains, Meat-Filled Trains, and Triple XXXorcisms</a>
HOOPTOBER ORIGINS: (completing Hooptobers from before I jumped on) 🦇<a href="https://boxd.it/fw0AS">Hooptober Origins: Spring Training</a>
👻<a href="https://boxd.it/lLUiO">Hooptober Origins 2: Beware the Ides of March</a>
🧛♀️<a href="https://boxd.it/tIKrC">Hooptober Origins 3: Triple Threats, Cold Sweats, and Rabid Pets</a>
Coming in March 2025: 🤷♀️ Hooptober Origins 4: TITLE TBD
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House II: The Second Story (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
House II: The Second Story
director:
Ethan Wiley
actor:
Arye Gross
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Jonathan Stark
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other title:
夜半鬼敲门2
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하우스 2
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Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. He soon finds himself with unexpected guests in the form of his mummified great-great grandfather, a mystical crystal skull, and a zombie cowboy.
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House IV (1992) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
House IV
director:
Lewis Abernathy
actor:
Terri Treas
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威廉姆·卡特
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other title:
夜半鬼敲门4：致命的家
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灵异活现
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Unaware that it's plagued by a host of supernatural phenomena, a mother and her daughter, still reeling from a car crash which claimed the life of Roger Cobb, move into the hold family homestead to start a new life.
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The People Under the Stairs (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The People Under the Stairs
director:
韦斯·克雷文
actor:
布兰登·昆恩·亚当斯
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埃沃雷特·麦克吉尔
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other title:
阶梯下的恶魔
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楼下亡魂
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1991 film directed by Wes Craven
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The Thing From Another World (1951) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place Skybridge +3
The Thing From Another World
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The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
director:
Bomani J. Story
actor:
Laya DeLeon Hayes
/
Denzel Whitaker
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other title:
愤怒的黑人女孩与她的怪物
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디 앵그리 블랙 걸 앤드 허 몬스터
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It tells the story of teenage anti-hero, Vicaria, who is on a desperate quest to cure death.
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The Rosary Murders (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Rosary Murders
director:
Fred Walton
actor:
Roger Angelini
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Anita Barone
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other title:
夺命血玫瑰
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念珠悬疑
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Life in the Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer in Detroit is upset by a series of killings whose victims are all priests and nuns. All victims are found with a black rosary in their hands. Father Koesler begins collaborating with the police but soon finds himself in a spot when the killer decides to choose him as confessor.
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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge +2
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
director:
詹姆斯·西尼奥雷利
actor:
卡珊德拉·彼得逊
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菲尔·鲁本斯坦
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other title:
엘비라
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Elvira: A Rainha das Trevas
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Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals -- amongst them, her sinister uncle Vincent, who, unbeknownst to her, is an evil warlock.
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Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Transylvania 6-5000
director:
Rudy De Luca
actor:
Jeff Goldblum
/
Ed Begley Jr.
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other title:
乌龙记者
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트랜실바니아
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Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.
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C.H.U.D. (1984) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place Skybridge +3
C.H.U.D.
director:
Douglas Cheek
actor:
约翰·赫德
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丹尼尔·斯特恩
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other title:
地下怪物
/
Chud I
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A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
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Bulbbul (2020) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge +2
Bulbbul
director:
Anvita Dutt
actor:
帕丽.丹
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帕拉姆巴拉塔·查特吉
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other title:
童养媳之谜
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Bulbul
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A child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her village.
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April 28th Em Jarigindi (2021) IMDb TMDB
ఏప్రిల్ 28 ఏం జరిగింది
director:
Veera Swamy
actor:
Raja Ranjith Elchuri
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Sherry Agarwal
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other title:
ఏప్రిల్ 28 ఏం జరిగింది
To get fresh thoughts for writing his script, a famous writer, Vihari goes on a road trip. At a place named Siripuram, Vihari observes some weird incidents taking place in a guest house and decides to stay there to get inspiration. This is the time Vihari finds out that there are four evil spirits who are behind all the crazy incidents.
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The Demon (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Il demonio
director:
Brunello Rondi
actor:
Daliah Lavi
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Frank Wolff
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other title:
恶魔
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Il demonio
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Highly unusual, powerful and tragic horror film, which shows ignorance and superstitions of Italian province. A girl is believed to be possessed by the devil and the cause of the tragic events that occur in the small town where she lives. Israeli actress Daliah Lavi (who the same year plays in Mario Bava's "Whip and the Body") portrays young, ignorant country girl named Purificazione, who herself convinced that she is really responsible for all misfortunes. Director Rondi was acclaimed Italian screenwriter, who works with many great Italian directors, including Fellini, Rosselini, De Sica. "Il Demonio" was based on true facts.
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Don't Open the Window (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
No profanar el sueño de los muertos
director:
豪尔赫·格劳
actor:
克里斯蒂娜·伽尔博
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雷·洛夫洛克
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other title:
僵尸坟场
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No profanar el sueño de los muertos
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When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic radiation machine used by the Ministry of Agriculture to kill insects.
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The Vast of Night (2019) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place Skybridge +3
The Vast of Night
director:
安德鲁·帕特森
actor:
希艾拉·迈克考米克
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杰克·霍洛维茨
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other title:
더 배스트 오브 나이트
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ヴァスト・オブ・ナイト
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At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
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Eggshells (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Eggshells
director:
Tobe Hooper
actor:
Ron Barnhart
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Pamela Craig
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other title:
蛋壳
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蛋殼
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A group of hippie students in Austin, Texas move into an old big house in the woods. However, something else is there and it's influencing them.
