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In depth reviews, conversations, small capsule summaries…even old reviews from our writing on old, now-defunct sites. If you want to READ instead of HEAR our thoughts on films, the Review Archive is the place to be.
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Don’t be afraid, take a ticket. Horror, drama, action…foreign and domestic, silent and sound…we cover it all., and don’t have any plans to stop, so feel free to check something out; just don’t look for any kind of scoring system!
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Hooptober 12.0 – Devil Fetus (1983)
Being Film #13 for Hooptober 2025 I never thought I’d see a film like Hausu again. That movie, a psychedelic fever dream from Nobuhiko Obayashi,…
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Hooptober 12.0 – Dead Snow (2009)
Being Film #12 for Hooptober 2025 It’s getting harder and harder to reinvigorate the trope of “bunch of young adults headed to a remote cabin…
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Hooptober 12.0 – Viy (1967)
Being Film #11 for Hooptober 2025 Straddling the line between folktale and vibrant Hammer-style gothic horror, I was shocked and surprised at how much I…
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Hooptober 12.0 – Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Being Film #10 for Hooptober 2025 I typically don’t hold out a lot of hope for sequels, especially 80s sequels to 80s movies that were…
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Hooptober 12.0 – The Living Dead Girl (1982)
Being Film #9 for Hooptober 2025 There were a lot of things running through my mind watching La Morte Vivante, aka The Living Dead Girl.…
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Hooptober 12.0 – 28 Years Later (2025)
Being Film #8 for Hooptober 2025 23 years later from 28 Days Later we get 28 Years Later, and while I loved writing that sentence,…