Being Film #5 for Hooptober 2022 After my positive experience with X, I decided to travel back to the beginning and take another look at The House of the Devil, West’s first feature from 2009. I probably hadn’t see the film since about that time, and although the years have certainly been kinder, my initial criticisms are still there. The movie certainly captures the look, … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – The House of the Devil (2009)

Being Film #4 for Hooptober 2022 I’ve always given writer/director Ti West credit for trying with his films. Whether it was the 80s VHS clamshell horror of debut The House of the Devil or the found footage cult madness of The Sacrament, there’s always solid filmmaking not content to merely emulate, but to live and luxuriate in the style he’s working in. It never worked … Continue reading Hooptober 9.0 – X (2022)

A brief confession; when I initially put together my Hooptober list, I put The Innkeepers as my choice for a Ti West film. I’d already seen X and felt no need for a revisit. I wanted to see if I was harsh in my initial viewing of that film. Then a theater near me offered a double feature of Pearl and X. What can I … Continue reading Hooptober 2022 #1: Pearl + X (2022)