A ★★★★ review of House (1977) more often comedy than horror, hausu is a delightfully campy haunted house tour with a tragic bend, not to mention a visual feast. hazy, dreamlike images give way to gorgeous, if overly saturated matt...

hazy, dreamlike images give way to gorgeous, if overly saturated matte paintings and spookily whimsical set design. the editing is highly experimental, only becoming more abstract and painterly as we venture deeper into the ghost-witch's home. boxd.it/bzy1LX #hausu #filmsky #letterboxd #hooptober12

A ★★★★½ review of The Love Witch (2016) This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

yes, the love witch is a feminist film, one that explores how progressive and emancipatory movements like the sexual revolution could be undermined by predatory men who would use liberatory language to ensnare and abuse women. boxd.it/bzy16P #TheLoveWitch #hooptober12 #filmsky #letterboxd

A ★★★★ review of The Ugly Stepsister (2025) This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

the ugly stepsister manages, despite all its sarcasm and reveling in the disgusting, to never treat ugliness as a punishment. boxd.it/bzxZrr #TheUglyStepsister #letterboxd #hooptober12 #filmsky

A ★★★★½ review of Audition (1999) This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

after 90 minutes of slowly peeling away the many layers of how men objectify and exploit and denigrate and abuse women, when the power dynamic finally and gleefully gets flipped on its head, it literally breaks the reality of the film. boxd.it/byqtTZ #audition1999 #hooptober12 #filmsky #letterboxd

A ★★★★★ review of Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) a really, really tough watch — not just because it hits close to home. an intense slow burn, but relentless and bleak. the way hands and joints are filmed is nauseating, accompanied by equally stomach...

an intense slow burn, but relentless and bleak. the way hands and joints are filmed is nauseating, accompanied by equally stomach-churning sound design. the "woman" is genuinely terrifying; her presence creates a constant feeling of dread. boxd.it/bxYBBN #huesera #hooptober12 #letterboxd #filmsky

A ★★★★½ review of Eve's Bayou (1997) This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

eve's bayou is told like a film for young children, but from the get-go it deals with death, sex, drinking, infidelity, anger, violence in a very unsanitized way (it reminds me of tideland in that regard). boxd.it/blNoCj #EvesBayou #letterboxd #filmsky #hooptober12

A ★★★★★ review of Mad God (2021) one reason why horror tends to get such a bad rap is that it comes from the body. the emotions that horror seeks to evoke are visceral: fear and disgust are physical sensations, and as such, general w...

tippett knows exactly how wet and slimy and sticky he needs to make his textures, how gooey and fleshy his puppets have to look, what color palette and sound design to use to instinctually evoke a sense of disgust and dread in his viewers. boxd.it/bkc2cP #MadGod #letterboxd #filmsky #hooptober12

A ★★★½ review of Frankenstein (2025) another disappointment for the clerval hive ..... in general, i love a free adaptation, but large departure from the source material has to feel motivated and earned, and i'm afraid gdt isn't doing th...

there's a reason #frankenstein has been read as an allegory about marginalization, from race to disability to queerness, far more than as an allegory for fucked up family dynamics: only about 30% of it even work for the latter, and only in isolation. #letterboxd #filmsky #hooptober12
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hooptober / 31 days of horror 2025 ** i got a really late start & wasted a lot of time due to illness/bad headaches, so i'm absolutely counting halloweekend (nov 1-2) as well! ** "hooptober" was created by @cinemonster; this year's rul...

also i forgot to post this here (not that anyone cares), and admittedly it took me way too long to finish all my reviews, but i did #hooptober12 / #31DaysOfHorror! if at all interested l, you can find my list of films and read all my reviews here: boxd.it/ONJHS #filmsky #letterboxd #horror

Watch #10 for #hooptober12
Jacques Tourneur's Cat People (1942)
Beautiful film, both in what is shown and what remains only suggested, unseen, obscured by shadow. Alice being followed through the park and later trapped in the pool are masterclasses in creating suspense.

Watch #9 for #hooptober12
Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral (2012)
In the attention/influencer economy, we all want what celebrity personalities have got. Cronenberg’s feature debut is a hyper-stylish extension of this idea, spinning it out to its horrific conclusions. Bloody, painful, wince-inducing.

HOOPTOBER XII: In Review A links blog to my reviews of movies for Hooptober 12, a Halloween horror challenge on Letterboxd.

Finished all reviews for my #Hooptober12 watches, go read 'em!

A ★★★½ review of Piranha (1978) "Oh come on, the war's over dammit!" "They'll be other wars." There's a term we should all be getting comfortable with these days called blowback; more or less, the methods we use elsewhere will inevi...

Horror-tober 2025
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Movie #31: Piranha (1978) ★★★½ boxd.it/bAyfZt

Dangerous govt experiment tears through a community

The Vietnam War Strikes Back

Empowered women recklessly harm society, apparently

Good usage of implied action throughout

LMAO that stop-motion creature

I successfully finished my first Hooptober this spooky season. My goal for next year is to con some friends into participating with me. #hooptober #hooptober12

A ★★★½ review of The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) It’s a good zombie flick. A little bit The Last of Us at home, but it is exploring that space in its own way. Everyone’s pretty good in it, the action popped, and it’s just good and grimy

📽️ Zombies in pt one of my Halloween double feature
#Hooptober12 movie 30

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My recent activity on Letterboxd: Bones (2001), Mononoke, chapter 2 (2025), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Warm Bodies (2013)

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday. 3/4 are for #Hooptober12, which I completed!!

A ★★★★ review of The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971) Hooptober 12: #32 And just like that, Hooptober 12 is complete! This one was very fun and had some great locations.

And that’s a wrap on #Hooptober12 What a fun ride!

32 horror movies + Wizard of Oz for Hooptober 12 is complete.

All first time watches for me except Oz, Midsommar, 28 Days Later and Nightmare on Elm Street

#hooptober #hooptober12 #horror

My ★★★ review of Sins of the Fleshapoids #Hooptober #Hooptober12
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The Twelfth of Hooptober There must be 31 horror films 6 countries (other than Italy or US) 9 decades -5 Zombie Films - Return of the Living Dead, The Dead Don't Die, Train to Busan, 28 Days Later, [REC] -3 cult or conspiracy...

31 horror films in 31 days
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A ★★★½ review of Benny Loves You (2019) Great gore, really funny, and even a little heart. This was such a pleasant surpise!

93. Benny Loves You (2015) - Tubi

This was a lot of fun, suoer funny and kinda sweet, and had surprisingly great gore at times.

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#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days / #Hooptober12 #32

My ★★★★★ ♥️ review of The Wizard of Oz #Hooptober #Hooptober12
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My ★★½ review of The Funhouse #Hooptober #Hooptober12
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HOOPTOBER XII: Creepier By The Dozen, or: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Zwölf? 32/35 Returning for my 8th year in a row with HOOPTOBER TWELVE! (Original source list by Cinemonster with all the rules and criteria for this year's challenge: The Twelfth of Hooptober: Diary of a Mad...

Check out my full list for #hooptober12 here: boxd.it/O4c0c

The posters for five of my favorite zombie films: Night of the Living Dead (1968) Wild Zero (1999) Train to Busan (2016) One Cut of the Dead (2019) The Dead Don't Die (2019)

By coincidence, I'm currently participating in an annual Halloween horror challenge on Letterboxd ( #hooptober12, created by @cinemonster.bsky.social ) where I watched and reviewed five of my favorite zombie films.

A ★★½ review of The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) A slow-marching story of a traumatized lady detective trying to catch a murderous serial rapist, ending up becoming a victim to him herself, and having those experiences keep assaulting her consciousn...

Horror-tober 2025
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Movie #30: The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) ★★½ boxd.it/bwSfQv

Cop lady driven insane pursuing a murderous rapist

Trauma done unto one will often get past onto others

That's not how art usually "speaks" to people

Obvious twist

I wanna walk into paintings!