Hooptober 2024 Tag Archive
Cuckoo
Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo has been one of the most hyped horror films of 2024. No easy task considering this is the year of Longlegs, Trap, Alien: Romulus, and Maxxxine to name just a few. Back in 2018, Singer’s Luz was the darling of the festival circuit, a dreamy take on possession horror with a queer slant […]
Strange Darling
After a season of big blockbusters and gripping genre offerings, JT Mollner’s Strange Darling brins an intriguing and explosive full stop to summer 2024. Even amidst the likes of Longlegs and Cuckoo, Mollner’s latest is the quiet underdog, arriving with a host of rave reviews from its limited but lauded cinematic release. Kicking off with an […]
The Velvet Vampire
Vampires tread a world between extremes. So full of life, but surrounded by death. They are the ultimate consumers, perfectly placed to spend eons accruing wealth, luxury, property, knowledge, and taste, yet doomed to spend eternity starved of pleasures like food and wine and love. Eternally hungry. Eternally horny. Sometimes monstrous. Often Gorgeous. Its a […]
My Soul to Take
Though Scream 4 was Wes Craven’s final film before his death in 2015, My Soul to Take was the last film he wrote, directed, and produced. Much derided on release this overstuffed slasher takes us on a messy thematic tour of Craven’s hits and, whilst not as clean-cut as the Scream film which came after […]
