My contribution to Cinemonster's second annual Hoop-Tober horror marathon list.
NOTE: The list below is preliminary, and subject to change.
Cinemonster's rules:
(1) Include films from at least five horror franchises, with at least two films from two of those franchises. - Check. The Alien, Exorcist, Frankenstein, Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Sleepaway Camp series are all represented, with multiple films from three of those series.
(2) Include films from at least five countries. - Check. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, and the United States are all represented.
(3) Include at least five films from a single director, or at least three films each from two different directors. - Check. Three films each from James Whale and Brian…
My contribution to Cinemonster's second annual Hoop-Tober horror marathon list.
NOTE: The list below is preliminary, and subject to change.
Cinemonster's rules:
(1) Include films from at least five horror franchises, with at least two films from two of those franchises. - Check. The Alien, Exorcist, Frankenstein, Friday the 13th, Halloween, and Sleepaway Camp series are all represented, with multiple films from three of those series.
(2) Include films from at least five countries. - Check. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, and the United States are all represented.
(3) Include at least five films from a single director, or at least three films each from two different directors. - Check. Three films each from James Whale and Brian De Palma.
(4) Include films from at least five different decades. - Check. 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s.
(5) Include at least five films made from before 1970. - Check. Six of them, actually (The Phantom Carriage, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, Secret Beyond the Door, and The Housemaid).
(6) Include at least five slashers. - Check. Between A Bay of Blood, Halloween II, Terror Train, and multiple entries in the Jason Voorhees saga, I am practically drowning in grue.
(7) Include at least five monster movies. - Check. Depends on how you define "monster," I suppose, but between Alien3, two Frankenstein films, Cat People, and a zombie film, I think I should be fine.
(8) Include at least one Tobe Hooper film. - Depends on what you think of Poltergeist's provenance....
(9) Review them all. - Nope. Not happening. I suspect I'll not be the only one...right, Cine...? ;) (Note: I said the same thing for last year's Hoop-Tober and ended up being terribly mistaken about that, but this year I feel pretty confident.)
While there's no way I will get through 31 films/31 reviews, there's also no such thing as a bad time to watch a horror movie, so I will gladly take part in Cinemonster's festivities to the extent I'm able! After all, who doesn't love overdosing on horror films? Cheers for Hoop-Tober v.2! (And thanks to Cinemonster for putting together such a great idea once more!)
HOOP-TOBER 2015 REVIEWS:
#1 - Queen of Earth
#2 - The Battery
#3 - Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
#4 - Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland
#5 - Sleepy Hollow
#6 - Ex Machina
#7 - Mockingbird
#8 - Angst
#9 - A Clockwork Orange
