Being Film #10 for Hooptober 2023 Let’s face it: for a streaming service Shudder has some of the best curation you can get. You might not think a film is horrific enough for a horror channel, but you’re always getting something interesting. I’ll take the latter any day, and Saloum is a great example of a film I never would have discovered otherwise. This Senegalese … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Saloum (2021)

Being Film #9 for Hooptober 2023 Every few years I come back to Mad Love, the creepy dream horror that landed Petter Lorre in front of the majority of US moviegoers and served as the final feature outing as a director for cinematic genius Karl Freund. The film holds a special place in my heart: my first exposure to it was on the big screen … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Mad Love (1935)