Being Film #5 for Hooptober 2023 Consider this a public service. I am going to waste as few words as possible on the dreck that is Dracula 3000, a quickie straight to cable cash grab that is exactly what you think it is: Dracula in space. The actual Dracula, he with the goth cape and frilly shirt. In space. In the year 3000. Fighting Casper … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Dracula 3000 (2004)
Being Film #4 for Hooptober 2023 Sometimes you sit down to watch a film and you just can’t get into it. Maybe you’ve had a bad day, maybe the tone of the piece rubs raw against whatever it is you’re looking for and you turn away. Sometimes you forget that film altogether. Sometimes, though, a sliver gets under your skin and you can’t help but … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Satan’s Slaves (2017)
Being Film #3 for Hooptober 2023 Man, there is just something about Dario Argento. Excepting The Five Days (only because I haven’t seen it) his run of films from 1970’s The Bird With the Crystal Plumage up to 1996’s The Stendhal Syndrome (I’m giving a soft pass to 93’s Trauma because I barely remember it) is remarkable, full of style and crazy ideas, with running … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Phenomena (1985)
Being Film #2 for Hooptober 2023 Tone is everything. So even if Sea Fever, the debut film from Neasa Hardiman isn’t particularly scary, it holds its tone throughout a solid tale that on the surface may be about a parasitic life form that wreaks havoc on a down and out fishing vessel off the coast of Ireland, but it’s also about a young standoffish woman, … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Sea Fever (2019)
Welcome to another year of Hooptober. Once again the criteria has been announced and the films assembled. Last year, I started my first full Hooptober wondering if I was going to complete 31 films. I ended it having seen 50 films from September 15th to October 31st. I started with a double feature of Pearl and X, and ended with Dario Argento’s latest Dark Glasses. … Continue reading Hoopbound : Hooptober X, an introduction
Being Film #1 for Hooptober 2023 Sometimes suspending your disbelief can be a chore, but sometimes – if the tone is just ridiculous enough – it can be a delight. There was a lot to suspend in Night of the Comet, a sci-fi horror comedy that’s more “Valley Girl survives the Apocalypse” than anything else, but when you have the charm of Kelli Maroney it’s … Continue reading Hooptober 10.0 – Night of the Comet (1984)
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