This was my first year attempting Hooptober. In some ways, I failed. I didn’t hit all of the targets, I tended to favor new movies over old, and I often veered away from the challenge in favor of recent releases. C’mon, you expected me to resist watching The Platform 2? The allure was too strong.

However, in many ways I succeeded. I tried something different, I watched a few movies I might never have considered without the challenge, and I watched 24 horror films in the lead up to Halloween. Compared to 10 in 2022 and 7 in 2023, I’d say that’s pretty damn good.

Now tonight I get to settle in for our annual viewing of Ernest Scared Stupid and feel satisfied with what I’ve accomplished. Truthfully, I’m excited for the chance to try again next year.

6 Countries (8/6)

  • USA: The Blackening, Pumpkinhead, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, House on Haunted Hill, Hell House LLC, Killjoy, Thirteen Ghosts, The Final Destination, Children of the Corn, Killjoy 2 Deliverance from Evil, Warlock, Fright Night, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp, We Need to Do Something, VFW, It’s What’s Inside
  • South Korea: Gonjiam Haunted Asylum
  • Spain: Piggy, The Platform 2
  • Germany: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • Taiwan: The Sadness
  • Japan: One Cut of the Dead
  • Mexico: Huesera The Bone Woman
  • India: Game Over

8 Decades (6/8)

  • 1920s: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • 1950s: House on Haunted Hill
  • 1980s: Pumpkinhead, Children of the Corn, Warlock
  • 2000s: Killjoy, Thirteen Ghosts, The Final Destination, Killjoy 2 Deliverance from Evil
  • 2010s: Gonjiam Haunted Asylum, Hell House LLC, Fright Night, One Cut of the Dead, Game Over, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp, VFW
  • 2020s: The Blackening, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Piggy, The Platform 2, The Sadness, Huesera The Bone Woman, We Need to Do Something, It’s What’s Inside

Other Categories

  • ALL of the films from a horror franchise with at least 4 entries: Killjoy, Killjoy 2 Deliverance from Evil (2/5)
  • 1 film caused by/worsened by weather: We Need to Do Something
  • 1 film starring a Black woman: The Blackening
  • 3 films from New World Pictures: Children of the Corn, Warlock (2/3)
  • 2 Indian films: Game Over (1/2)
  • 2 Horror comedies: The Blackening, One Cut of the Dead
  • 2 films made primarily or entirely in Texas: VFW (1/2)
  • 1 film that exists in at least 2 available cuts: Hell House LLC (Director’s Cut)
  • 1 Robert Wiene film: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • 1 film from 2011: Fright Night
  • 1 film from 1984: Children of the Corn