I am not averse to remakes. I’m also not averse to making new adaptations of books. I think it’s important to revisit texts and re-examine them. “New” is key word here though. Something has to be done that brings something to the table. For better or for worse, we live in a new cycle of Stephen King adaptations. We live a generation removed from the … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #36: Firestarter (2022)
Over the course of Hooptober, I’ve watched several Dracula and Dracula adjacent films. I can’t explain why I find myself drawn to interpretations of Bram Stoker’s novel. I say interpretation because very few films have attempted to adapt the novel. F.W. Murnau needed to change things for Nosferatu so it didn’t incur the Stoker estate’s wrath. Universal’s 1931 Dracula adapts a stage play. Hammer Films’ … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #35: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Calling producer/writer/director Larry Cohen an original seems like selling the man short. Larry Cohen is the kind of filmmaker that you introduce to friends. Cohen’s body of work is just so singular. Few directors understood the power of genre for social commentary like Cohen did. Even fewer embraced the absurd in genre filmmaking like Larry Cohen. Maybe because that could sell a film or because … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #34: It’s Alive (1974)
David Cronenberg’s 1986 The Fly is a cornerstone horror film for me. It’s the earliest horror movie I can remember watching and I’ve seen it many times since . The Fly moves me as much as it repulses me. A film about science gone amuck and an incredibly tragic romance. Sometimes though if you know a remake, you want to revisit the source. Watching 1958’s … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #33: The Fly (1958)
There’s two kinds of old friends. The first are people you want around you. These people you can talk to at any point or pick up conversations you had years earlier. You know they’ll support you through anything. You want them around you. Then there’s the old friend you don’t want around. This person knew you at a time you would rather forget. They might … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #32: The Body Snatcher (1945)
Being Film #31 for Hooptober 2022 And so at last we come to the end of Hooptober 2022, at least for me. 31 and done. I’ve watched more films, and more horror (currently relishing every delicious moment of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities), but I’m also relishing simply watching without thinking about what to say about it, you know? It happens every year. So … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – Wendell & Wild (2022)
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