Right now, a modern storytelling tool is tools of the past. What might have been an older technique, or a formerly technical limitation is now an aesthetic. Musical genres like chiptune which utilize 8-bit video game sound processing or video games that seek to emulate the heyday of Nintendo have carved a niche for themselves. The filmmakers behind the 2019 film The Spine of Night … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #45: The Spine of Night (2021)
In my review for Saint Maud, I noted that most religious horror isn’t actually about religion it portrays. Most religious horror films tend to be about fights with monsters rather than faith. Instead of a test of faith, these films end being battles between good priests and evil demons. Monsters with rules that can be defeated by good men or women whose faith is unquestionable. … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #44: Prey for the Devil (2022)
I am not averse to remakes. I’m also not averse to making new adaptations of books. I think it’s important to revisit texts and re-examine them. “New” is key word here though. Something has to be done that brings something to the table. For better or for worse, we live in a new cycle of Stephen King adaptations. We live a generation removed from the … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #36: Firestarter (2022)
Being Film #31 for Hooptober 2022 And so at last we come to the end of Hooptober 2022, at least for me. 31 and done. I’ve watched more films, and more horror (currently relishing every delicious moment of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities), but I’m also relishing simply watching without thinking about what to say about it, you know? It happens every year. So … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – Wendell & Wild (2022)
Being Film #30 for Hooptober 2022 And so at last we come to the end of Michael Myers. No more will we have to deal with his nasty shenanigans, as I am sure this is without a doubt the definitive end of this storied franchise. HA! I kid – where there’s money to be made a reboot can’t be far behind. But Halloween Ends is … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – Halloween Ends (2022)
Being Film #28 for Hooptober 2022 I’m as shocked as you are that I am reviewing Deadstream. Found footage is not my thing, and yet here we are, not only reviewing a found footage film but sheepishly admitting it worked like gangbusters on me. All credit to Joseph Winter, who along with his wife Vanessa Winter wrote and directed a film that manages to simultaneously … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – Deadstream (2022)
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