I cannot believe a year has passed, and here we are again. It’s the 10th year of the Hooptober Horror Movie Marathon, and for the third time we’ll be covering it over here on Cinema Dual. That means for the next 45 days myself and Mr. Dan Morris will be exploding your eyeballs with copious reviews of horror films throughout time and space. We’ve got … Continue reading Hail Horror! It Returns for 2023!
Right now, a modern storytelling tool is tools of the past. What might have been an older technique, or a formerly technical limitation is now an aesthetic. Musical genres like chiptune which utilize 8-bit video game sound processing or video games that seek to emulate the heyday of Nintendo have carved a niche for themselves. The filmmakers behind the 2019 film The Spine of Night … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #45: The Spine of Night (2021)
In my review for Saint Maud, I noted that most religious horror isn’t actually about religion it portrays. Most religious horror films tend to be about fights with monsters rather than faith. Instead of a test of faith, these films end being battles between good priests and evil demons. Monsters with rules that can be defeated by good men or women whose faith is unquestionable. … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #44: Prey for the Devil (2022)
Ladies and gentlemen, to close out Hooptober (well, I still have a few movies to write about), my wife and I participated in a movie marathon at our local drive-in. Every year, Silver Moon Drive-In in Lakeland, Florida uses its two screens to host Halloween movie marathons. One screen usually shows older Universal monster movies and the other shows slightly more modern fare. As fans … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 Universal Monster Drive In Extravaganza (#39-43)
One of the questions all horror fans and studios ask is “What’s the scariest movie ever made?” A question like that kind of serves no purpose. Fear is such a subjective thing. What terrifies or chills one person might be blasé to another. Rarely do films touted as “the scariest film in years” last past their moment. Nosferatu is a 100 year old cinematic nightmare. … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #38: Nosferatu (1922)
Midway through watching F.W. Murnau’s silent classic Faust, I asked myself “Is this really a horror movie?” It feels like a stretch to do so. The film is undoubtedly a masterpiece of German Expressionism. Murnau, clearly in command of his craft, fills every frame of the film with astonishing images. There is horror and horror imagery in the film. Unsurprisingly, the struggle here is deeply … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #37: Faust (1926)
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