Tag: hooptober10
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Hooptober 10.0 – My Soul to Take (2010)
Being Film #20 for Hooptober 2023 I guess he had one more return to the Scream bucket after this, but I feel like this was the real end for Wes Craven, a last stab at an original story and his assured direction. Alas, My Soul to Take has a really nifty concept, but the screenplay…
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Hooptober 10.0 – Häxan (1922)
Being Film #19 for Hooptober 2023 How about a very short review for something that isn’t necessarily horror, but utilizes horror imagery in a way that would be imitated for decades? Häxan is a silent essay film on the history of witchcraft and devil worship written and directed by Benjamin Christensen, who uses a variety…
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Hooptober 10.0 – The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Being Film #18 for Hooptober 2023 The marathon called for a movie that had “X” in the title, and it was the perfect time to bring out a DVD I had for yers but never watched: my beloved Humphrey Bogart taking on horror in The Return of Doctor X. My heart knew this wasn’t going…
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Hooptober 10.0 – The Last Man on Earth (1964)
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…
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Hooptober 10.0 – Dead Ringers (1988)
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…
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Hooptober 10.0 – Psycho II (1983)
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…