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Hooptober 10.0 – The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Being Film #7 for Hooptober 2023 I’ve always been an advocate for the Ebert adage “It’s not what a movie’s about, but how it’s about it.” I still believe it, and on paper what The Last Voyage of the Demeter is about is pretty cool: adapting the chapter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula about the wreck of the Demeter, the ship carrying the vampire and his … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

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Hooptober 9.0 – Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark (2019)

Being Film #2 for Hooptober 2022 The PG-13 horror film is a tough nut to crack. There’s an unspoken rule in films where “scary” equals lots of blood and gore, and too often what I’ll lamely call YA Horror is rendered toothless. So kudos to Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark for having some legitimate fearful sequences and working on a level young kids … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark (2019)