Being Film #17 for Hooptober 2023 It’s seemingly impossible to get a solid, close adaptation of Richard Matheson’s seminal novel I am Legend, but despite some of his problems with it he and I both seem to agree that The Last Man on Earth comes the closest, not least of all because he had a hand in the original screenplay (despite changing his name after … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Being Film #16 for Hooptober 2023 I think the biggest mystery of Dead Ringers is how it didn’t win ALL the awards, especially for Jeremy Irons. I’ve always held the film at arm’s length, admiring its execution but getting precisely what I wanted from a Cronenberg movie. Well that was then and now I’m older and not nearly as dumb (please note I didn’t say … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Dead Ringers (1988)
Being Film #15 for Hooptober 2023 “Pick a film from the year you turned 10” they said. Easy enough. I had been meaning to get to Psycho II for more years than I can remember. For years it had been been the subject of reconsiderations; cries of “underrated” and “hidden gem” being floated about with abandon. Finally sitting down with it, watching Scream Factory’s great … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Psycho II (1983)
Being Film #14 for Hooptober 2023 And so I come to end of my giallo journey with Sergio Martino, whose films I started digging into back in May when I went on a spree with the Italian killer flicks. The Suspicious Death of a Minor was the last of Martino’s films to really have anything to do with the genre, mixing the “unidentified killer stalking … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
Being Film #13 for Hooptober 2023 The first 10 minutes of Bones and All were excruciating, the anticipation based on the trailers and summary folding in with director Luca Guadagnino’s camera to create a sense of dead that had me pause the film at least three time before the inciting “incident” that kicks the film off. From there I was utterly hypnotized, fully invested in … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Bones and All (2022)
Being Film #12 for Hooptober 2023 You probably know what to expect with a title like The Moleman of Belmont Avenue. This is a low budget horror comedy that strives to be silly but does so at the expense of characters we actually care about. I wish I liked it more: the leads (who also wrote and directed) are fine if a bit over zealous … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – The Moleman of Belmont Avenue (2011)
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