NIGHT THIRTY-FIVE: Wild Zero (1999)
ROCK AND ROLL!
NIGHT THIRTY-FOUR: One Cut of the Dead (2017)
A rewatch of a modern zombie classic to finish off Hooptober 12
NIGHT THIRTY-THREE: 🎃 BONUS #3 🎃 Trick or Treat (1986)
The '80s Satanic Panic was a hell of a time to be alive
NIGHT THIRTY-TWO: The Road (2009)
Making time for bleakness
NIGHT THIRTY-ONE: Frankenstein (2025)
The latest creation from Guillermo del Toro
NIGHT THIRTY: The Haunting (1963)
Robert Wise's classic still summons forth chills
NIGHT TWENTY-NINE: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
A Hooptobertide reconsideration of the immortal studio classic
NIGHT TWENTY-EIGHT: Black Phone 2 (2025)
A rare horror sequel that isn't just diminishing returns
NIGHT TWENTY-SEVEN: The Raven (1963)
Roger Corman's all-star horror spoof deserves another watch
NIGHT TWENTY-SIX: The Man Who Laughs (1928)
The silent classic that helped inspire the Clown Prince of Crime
NIGHT TWENTY-FIVE: Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Disney's hard-to-find nostalgic chiller worth another go-round
NIGHT TWENTY-FOUR: Apostle (2018)
The director of THE RAID films tries his hand at folk horror
NIGHT TWENTY-THREE: Carnival of Souls (1962)
Revisiting an old favorite with the men who made it happen
NIGHT TWENTY-TWO: The Shrouds (2024)
The master of body horror makes it personal
NIGHT TWENTY-ONE: Torso (1973)
There's always room for giallo
NIGHT TWENTY: The Wailing (2016)
A slow-burn Korean supernatural mystery that kept me guessing
NIGHT NINETEEN: The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Reconsidering the deadpan all-star zom-com in the post-COVID era
NIGHT EIGHTEEN: What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Taika Waititi's vampire mockumentary still pretty delightful, one movie and six seasons later
NIGHT SEVENTEEN: Crocodile (2000)
Hitting the midpoint of the challenge with one from the founder of the feast
NIGHT SIXTEEN: 🎃 BONUS #2 🎃 Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
College under attack by right-wing religious activists, film at 11
NIGHT FIFTEEN: HIM (2025)
Sports-based horror flick doesn't quite make the cut
NIGHT FOURTEEN: Night of the Living Dead
Romero's original zombie classic
NIGHT THIRTEEN: Village of the Damned (1960)
Are we out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong
NIGHT TWELVE: Rita (2024)
"Fantastic beings" resist exploitation in Jayro Bustamante's fable based on real-life tragedy in Guatemala.
NIGHT ELEVEN: Stake Land (2010)
Great Recession-era vamp-ocalypse action, served up unironically
NIGHT TEN: The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Gothic horror meets film noir in a '40s classic
NIGHT NINE: November (2017)
A dark magical-realist fairytale from Estonia
NIGHT EIGHT: The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Or, never trust an exiled Russian oligarch
NIGHT SEVEN: Opus
Dark satire of pop music "Stan" culture ends up stranded in the desert of over-familiarity
NIGHT SIX: Occult
A documentary filmmaker's investigation accidentally inspires supernatural delusions
NIGHT FIVE: The Long Walk (2025)
"Hunger Games" director takes on Stephen King's dystopian fable.
NIGHT FOUR: Train to Busan (2016)
Re-watching the streaming-era zombie classic.
NIGHT THREE: 🎃 BONUS #1 🎃 The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)
Our first bonus pick parodies Hooper's original classic amidst the fall of the Berlin Wall.
NIGHT TWO: The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
The most normcore horror franchise finally comes to a close
NIGHT ONE: Ash (2025)
Kicking off Hooptober with Flying Lotus's psychedelic-noir take on ALIEN
Wherefore Hooptober?
A brief rundown for those just tuning in