October 11th was the 50th anniversary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, so it made perfect sense to make it the fourth film in our attempt at the Hooptober 11 challenge.
Hooptober 11 – A Nightmare on Elm Street
The first film we watched that was deliberately part of the Hooptober challenge was Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Hooptober 11 – Late Night with the Devil
My second Hooptober film was Late Night with the Devil. Like The Substance, I watched this before knowing about the challenge, but it does give me another country – Australia, so it’s not a total loss.
Hooptober 11 – The Story So Far
Hooptober is a Letterboxd movie challenge created by Cinemonster. The goal is to watch 31 horror films in October, but the catch is that they have to fit the criteria Cinemonster posts. This year that means things like 2 Indian films, 1 film by Wes Craven, 1 film from 1984 and so on.
Hooptober 11 – The Substance
I kicked off the month by going to see Coralie Fargeat’s, The Substance. And it was a wild ride. At one point, somewhere near the end, a guy down the front of the packed theatre shouted out “Oh, come on!”
I think he meant it in a good way.
My 2023 – Movies
I’m a real sucker for tracking things. Books I read, movies and TV shows, theatre trips, concerts… Everything gets logged somewhere.
So, when I discovered the movie tracking app, Letterboxd, it was a match made in movie heaven.
“See it. Say it. Sort It.”
This was recorded on a phone in a noisy British train station so the quality is hit and miss but it’s well worth persevering through the public announcer at the beginning.
Film Friday – The Gunfighter
Eric Kissack’s and Kevin Tenglin’s The Gunfighter is tagged on YouTube as the “Best Short Film Ever” and that may well be right. There are some sexual references in this … Read More
Film Friday – Leading Lady Parts – BBC
This comedy short, written and directed by Jessica Swale, takes a sneak peek backstage as the cream of British acting talent step forward to audition for that dream role. They … Read More