About the series
31 films. obey the rules. no exceptions.
Since 2014 Chris took on Hooptober: a horror film gauntlet running annually through October. Each year presents new rules, challenges, and headaches, and since 2021 Chris has been covering it both solo and with others.
we have such sights to show you…
Click for a random piercing from the dark.
You got the rules. But where to begin? Don’t worry; after 12 years of doing this I have a good idea of what I’m doing…I think. Need a recommendation? I’ll forgive the 5¢; just click that pretty poster for something deadly and sweet…
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Hooptober 11.0 – Unwelcome (2023)
Being Film #20 for Hooptober 2024 It can be a startling thing when expectations are upended. You think you’re familiar with something, say, a filmmaker…
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Hooptober 11.0 – ‘Salem’s Lot (2024)
Being Film #21 for Hooptober 2024 Announced in 2019, shot in 2021, originally set for theatrical release in 2022 only to dribble out onto the…
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Hooptober 11.0 – The Iguana With The Tongue Of Fire (1971)
Being Film #22 for Hooptober 2024 Sometimes a film is so generic, so typical of its genre trappings without standing out there’s very little to…
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Hooptober 11.0 – The Fog (1980)
Being Film #23 for Hooptober 2024 No one made horror like John Carpenter. It wasn’t just the man himself (though lord knows he plays a…
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Hooptober 11.0 – Oddity (2024)
Being Film #24 for Hooptober 2024 We’re getting to the saturation point of reviewing. 24 reviews in 23 days. I’m beat, trying to get this…
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Hooptober 11.0 – The Hands Of Orlac (1924)
Being Film #25 for Hooptober 2024 I can imagine The Hands Of Orlac must have been a potboiler at its time of release in 1920s…
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