Being Film #10 for Hooptober 2022 The world needs more variation in its Lovecraftian horror. So here is Glorious, a Shudder original that takes its tales of Elder Gods and puts it in a dirty rest stop restroom for almost the entirety of its runtime. But if you’re going to do a bottle movie where the majority of the film is a guy talking to … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – Glorious (2022)
When I saw Zach Cregger’s Barbarian opening weekend, I immediately regretted it. Not because it’s a bad film, far from it. I’ll be honest, it’s my favorite horror movie of the year. What I regretted is that I didn’t wait to see it for Hooptober! The only solution was to see it again in theaters and it to the list anyways. Barbarian admittedly isn’t a … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #8: Barbarian (2022)
As Florida residents and lovers of spooky things, going to Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights is an annual tradition for my spouse and I. For anyone who has never gone or is unaware, Halloween Horror Nights is an after hours event in September and October at Universal Studios. Generally, they’ll have multiple “haunted houses” based on either original creations or known horror films. This year, … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #3: Freaky (2020)
Being Film #4 for Hooptober 2022 I’ve always given writer/director Ti West credit for trying with his films. Whether it was the 80s VHS clamshell horror of debut The House of the Devil or the found footage cult madness of The Sacrament, there’s always solid filmmaking not content to merely emulate, but to live and luxuriate in the style he’s working in. It never worked … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – X (2022)
A brief confession; when I initially put together my Hooptober list, I put The Innkeepers as my choice for a Ti West film. I’d already seen X and felt no need for a revisit. I wanted to see if I was harsh in my initial viewing of that film. Then a theater near me offered a double feature of Pearl and X. What can I … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #1: Pearl + X (2022)
Being Film #25 for Hooptober 2021
For some people, there is nothing I can say that will keep them from watching Halloween Kills, the second in a planned trilogy that serves as a slate cleaning sequel to the immortal 1978 classic film. If you’re simply looking for a dozen or so brutal, borderline creative kills from an unstoppable and I guess immortal menace, this film will give you that. If you’re looking for anything even remotely resembling inner logic or a coherent script, or even Jamie Lee Curtis doing anything besides rambling in a hospital away from the action, well…you might want to look elsewhere.
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