About the series
31 films. obey the rules. no exceptions.
Since 2014 Chris took on Hooptober: a horror film gauntlet running annually through October. Each year presents new rules, challenges, and headaches, and since 2021 Chris has been covering it both solo and with others.
we have such sights to show you…
Click for a random piercing from the dark.
You got the rules. But where to begin? Don’t worry; after 12 years of doing this I have a good idea of what I’m doing…I think. Need a recommendation? I’ll forgive the 5¢; just click that pretty poster for something deadly and sweet…
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Hooptober 12.0 – Devil Fetus (1983)
Being Film #13 for Hooptober 2025 I never thought I’d see a film like Hausu again. That movie, a psychedelic fever dream from Nobuhiko Obayashi,…
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Hooptober 12.0 – Together (2025)
Being Film #14 for Hooptober 2025 Tone is such a fickle thing. So hard to maintain, and if you find it too late, it’s nearly…
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Hooptober 12.0 – The Blackening (2022)
Being Film #15 for Hooptober 2025 The Blackening has a lot to say about black identity, about the tropes and cliches of how black actors…
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Hooptober 12.0 – Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024)
Being Film #16 for Hooptober 2025 In the end, there’s really no escaping the shadow of what Guillermo del Toro brought to Mike Mignola’s Hellboy…
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Hooptober 12.0 – White Zombie (1932)
Being Film #17 for Hooptober 2025 Sometimes a movie is so good, it doesn’t matter the condition you see it. In a world of 4K,…
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Hooptober 12.0 – The White Reindeer (1952)
Being Film #18 for Hooptober 2025 Going 20 years into the future and changing from zombies to…reindeer? Just goes to show you that anything is…
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