Tag: 1980s
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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, was off the walls and inventive in a way I never expected, and never expected to see again. I am so happy to be proved wrong by Devil Fetus, an…
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Hooptober 12.0 – The Living Dead Girl (1982)
Being Film #9 for Hooptober 2025 There were a lot of things running through my mind watching La Morte Vivante, aka The Living Dead Girl. I wish I meant that in a good way, but the truth is despite the cult status of Jean Rollins and the notable similarities between his films of the fantastique…
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Something Like a Filmography: Ran (1985)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare’s King Lear as…
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Something Like a Filmography: Kagemusha (1980)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is…
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Hooptober 11.0 – The Fog (1980)
Being Film #23 for Hooptober 2024 No one made horror like John Carpenter. It wasn’t just the man himself (though lord knows he plays a HUGE part); it’s the tight-knit group of collaborators. I can’t imagine watching something like The Fog without the singular cinematography of Dean Cundey, or the editing of Tommy Lee Wallace,…
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Hooptober 11.0 – Return To Horror High (1987)
Being Film #14 for Hooptober 2024 Oof. There is the kernel of a great concept in Return To Horror High, taking a meta, tongue-in-cheek approach to horror and genre filmmaking cliches, but unfortunately Bill Froelich isn’t the guy to make it. There are a few measly pleasures to be had here, but for the most…