Being Film #19 for Hooptober 2022 Called an audible last night since I needed something fun and fast to watch between school pickups, dinners, and other Dad-related duties, so I pulled The Hidden out from the Criterion Channel’s recent spotlight on 80s horror. Man, if ever a movie felt like all of the 80s rolled into one, it’s this one. And I mean that as … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – The Hidden (1987)
Being Film #14 for Hooptober 2022 If anyone says they’re a fan of The Nest, the 1988 riff on Piranha with cockroaches instead of deadly fish, it’s probably because of the final 15 minutes, which to be fair to the film has some legit great moments of practical effects and a fair amount of the creep crawlies, something in short supply throughout the rest of … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – The Nest (1988)
Poltergeist is a film where I have a little bit of a personal connection with it. We almost share a birthday. Both of us were unleashed in 1982, though I’m a day older. But even before I knew that information, I’ve always felt drawn to this film. It’s one of the few horror films I think my whole family enjoys. It sparked my love of … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #11: Poltergeist (1982)
Part of the fun of Hooptober is because you have to meet certain criteria, you have to watch some films blind. Sometimes you get a film that blows you away and reminds you why you watch horror films. Sometimes you get horror films that also remind you why you watch them but not for conventionally acceptable reasons. The 1988 film Slugs falls into the later … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #9: Slugs (1988)
Being Film #11 for Hooptober 2022 If nothing else, Creature should impart just how influential Alien was to the science fiction and horror landscape. The film wears Ridley Scott’s classic (as well as Howard Hawks’s The Thing From Another World) on its sleeve, and there’s no denying this was a film writer/director William Malone felt passionate about. Alas, there’s also no denying how awful the … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – Creature (1985)
“Is Australian Gothic a thing?” was a question I asked myself many times watching Tony Williams 1982 film Next of Kin (according to a Google search, yes it is). Next of Kin has the hallmarks of Gothic storytelling; an old house, a heroine who may or may not be mentally ill, and of course, the old family secret. There’s a lot of shots of dark … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #4: Next of Kin (1982)
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