On this episode of Cinema Dual, Erik Highter returns to talk with Jon about a pair of Dungeons and Dragons movies.
Episode 45 – D&D (With Erik Highter)
Hooptober 10.0 – The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Being Film #11 for Hooptober 2023 Peter Cushing is the greatest. That's it, that's the review. You shouldn't more than the fact that Cushing stars in The Revenge of Frankenstein to immediately watch if (if you haven't already). A sequel to The Curse of Frankenstein, the film that really put Hammer on the map for... Continue Reading →
Hooptober 10.0 – Saloum (2021)
Being Film #10 for Hooptober 2023 Let's face it: for a streaming service Shudder has some of the best curation you can get. You might not think a film is horrific enough for a horror channel, but you're always getting something interesting. I'll take the latter any day, and Saloum is a great example of... Continue Reading →
Hooptober 10.0 – Mad Love (1935)
Being Film #9 for Hooptober 2023 Every few years I come back to Mad Love, the creepy dream horror that landed Petter Lorre in front of the majority of US moviegoers and served as the final feature outing as a director for cinematic genius Karl Freund. The film holds a special place in my heart:... Continue Reading →
Hooptober 10.0 – No One Will Save You (2023)
Being Film #8 for Hooptober 2023 This wasn't part of the plan. The plan was to stick to the films I needed to get through Hooptober in one piece. But if a high level concept was going to grab me and not let go, it's the one for No One Will Save You: what if... Continue Reading →
Hooptober X #6: Alligator
In the aftermath of Jaws, it’s hard to count the actual number of knock offs and clones made to capitalize on the success of that film. They ranged from big budget wide release films like 1977’s Orca to low budget affairs like 1976’s backwoods effort Grizzly, a movie that featured an actual grizzly bear. Known... Continue Reading →
Hooptober 10.0 – The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Being Film #7 for Hooptober 2023 I've always been an advocate for the Ebert adage "It's not what a movie's about, but how it's about it." I still believe it, and on paper what The Last Voyage of the Demeter is about is pretty cool: adapting the chapter from Bram Stoker's Dracula about the wreck... Continue Reading →
Hooptober X #4: Knife+Heart
Film can represent the external and internal life of humanity in ways no other art form outside of maybe comic books. Films can attempt to mimic every day life and they can attempt to mimic the imagery of dreams. The two can exist both separate or together on the silver screen. The modern giallo horror... Continue Reading →
Hooptober X #5: The Tunnel
For found footage films to really work, you have to be really out there as a filmmaker and make a bold swing. Think of a movie like Cannibal Holocaust, a film so horrific to watch and presented as actual footage that audiences thought they were watching a snuff film. Filmmaker Ruggero Deodato had to prove... Continue Reading →
Hooptober X #3: Sputnik
The 2020 Russian film Sputnik starts off in a manner familiar to anyone who has watched a movie in a post-Alien world. Two cosmonauts in 1984 sit in a capsule ready to return home to the Soviet Union. They talk about what they’re going to do once they land. As they begin their descent, the... Continue Reading →
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