Being Film #2 for Hooptober 2024 Last May I went on a big giallo kick, and out the vast number of new films discovered one of my favorites was The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, a great title for a gothic tale that had all sorts of twists and turns and some truly gorgeous cinematography.... Continue Reading →
Time keeps on ticking, doesn't it? It feels like only yesterday I was exhausted, dehydrated, and mentally comatose after wrapping up the 10th annual Hooptober Horror Movie Marathon, and here we are, just a week away from Year 11. My streak remains unbroken, having participated in all ten previous marathons, and this time is no... Continue Reading →
David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy will probably continue to divide fans of that franchise for years to come. It’s three films that took at big swing. For all their faults though, those three films at least attempted something. They’re three slasher films that at least felt like pure slasher films. No overt meta humor gets... Continue Reading →
It Lives Inside is the debut feature film of Bishal Dutta. This might be the first wide release Indian-American horror film. Instead of relying on the Christian and European based horror tropes, the movie introduces audiences to the mythology and mysticism of Hinduism. It’s an impressive and confident debut for a first time filmmaker. It... Continue Reading →
No One Will Save You is an intriguing premise. A young woman isolated from society witnesses an alien invasion. She then has to fight off the invasion when the aliens possess everyone in town. Only writer/director Brian Duffield tells this story almost entirely with its visuals and little to no dialogue. It’s a bold stylistic... Continue Reading →
Being Film #31 for Hooptober 2023 And so we come to end of the 10th annual Hooptober Marathon. And it had to end with a giallo, the mixed up genre I've been feverishly catching up on this year. The second I saw the title Strip Nude For Your Killer I knew I needed to see... Continue Reading →
Being Film #30 for Hooptober 2023 Oh, Brian De Palma. You are a master craftsman, and you wear your quirks on your sleeves. Raising Cain features aggressive sex, men dressing as women (although this time not nearly as problematic as Dressed to Kill, although who am I to judge?), heightened scores and your signature split... Continue Reading →
Being Film #29 for Hooptober 2023 I had to do it. After being enthralled with Joko Anwar's remake/prequel for Satan's Slaves, I knew I wasn't going to be able to go the month without checking out his sequel. Good things come to those who wait, but sometimes good things also come to those that don't... Continue Reading →
Being Film #27 for Hooptober 2023 NOTE: Using this opportunity to revisit a review I wrote for this film fifteen years ago, slightly cleaned up and reflecting my recent re-watch of this classic. Although now armed with with experience of many of the Master's films, prior to my first viewing of Bay of Blood, aka... Continue Reading →
Being Film #26 for Hooptober 2023 Make no mistake: Tobe Hooper may be the director of Crocodile, but this is not Eaten Alive. This is a fast buck direct to video movie that normally would be utterly forgettable except that Hooper can't help but out a few flourishes that almost - and I mean almost... Continue Reading →
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