Being Film #1 for Hooptober 2022 “How long will I live?” asks Alan, gazing up at the Miraculous Cesare, somnambulist star of a sideshow attraction. His eyes stare dead ahead, his lithe body poised at the foot of the stage in front of the gathered crowd. “Until the break of dawn,” the sleepwalker intones. That’s the line that hooked me in about 21 minutes into … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Being Film #12 for Hooptober 2021
Another day, another horror debut from someone who went on to bigger and better things. This time it’s writer/director Christopher Smith, whose Triangle was a sweet little mindf–k of a film I need to revisit. Despite a game cast in Franka Potente Sean Harris, Creep (not to be confused with the 2014 found footage film) features a few gnarly moments but not a whole lot else to drive a recommendation. It does what it needs to do, but without giving you much in the way of any character investment. When practically no one is likable in your horror film, that’s a bit of a problem.
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