Chris Hallock
@chrishallock.bsky.social
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film programmer, film writer, secret sad teenage girl
Boston Underground Film Festival, VideoScope, Rue Morgue, Cemetery Dance, Diabolique, Arrow Video
film programmer, film writer, secret sad teenage girl
Boston Underground Film Festival, VideoScope, Rue Morgue, Cemetery Dance, Diabolique, Arrow Video
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Absolutely surreal. My first feature, House of Ashes, is now on VOD at outlets like Fandango, Amazon, Vudu, and Direct TV. It’s been a very long journey to get here. I couldn’t have done it without the efforts and talents of a great team. Forever grateful for everyone’s support.
Super proud of @izzylee.bsky.social who’s been working her ass off for years, culminating in her blazing feature debut HOUSE OF ASHES. It’s now available on VOD at the best possible time. Watch it now! Then watch it again! bsky.app/profile/izzy...
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YULETIDE TERROR paperback back in stock - but only 80 copies remain, get them before they're gone!
There are 24 chapters plus a compendium with over 200 capsule reviews, all heavily illustrated in 488 pages!
Make sure to go to the NEW website at spectacularoptical.com
There are 24 chapters plus a compendium with over 200 capsule reviews, all heavily illustrated in 488 pages!
Make sure to go to the NEW website at spectacularoptical.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
YULETIDE TERROR paperback back in stock - but only 80 copies remain, get them before they're gone!
There are 24 chapters plus a compendium with over 200 capsule reviews, all heavily illustrated in 488 pages!
Make sure to go to the NEW website at spectacularoptical.com
There are 24 chapters plus a compendium with over 200 capsule reviews, all heavily illustrated in 488 pages!
Make sure to go to the NEW website at spectacularoptical.com
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TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER now available. 23 essays, 332 pages, full colour! spectacularoptical.com/product/trut...
TRUTH & SOUL
Spectacular Optical Media is a Canadian small-press publisher of film and pop culture books and independent film producer/distributor.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER now available. 23 essays, 332 pages, full colour! spectacularoptical.com/product/trut...
Super proud of @izzylee.bsky.social who’s been working her ass off for years, culminating in her blazing feature debut HOUSE OF ASHES. It’s now available on VOD at the best possible time. Watch it now! Then watch it again! bsky.app/profile/izzy...
Absolutely surreal. My first feature, House of Ashes, is now on VOD at outlets like Fandango, Amazon, Vudu, and Direct TV. It’s been a very long journey to get here. I couldn’t have done it without the efforts and talents of a great team. Forever grateful for everyone’s support.
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Super proud of @izzylee.bsky.social who’s been working her ass off for years, culminating in her blazing feature debut HOUSE OF ASHES. It’s now available on VOD at the best possible time. Watch it now! Then watch it again! bsky.app/profile/izzy...
Honored to contribute an essay for @mondomacabro.bsky.social terrific 4K restoration of ASWANG, a personal favorite offbeat horror film, and a triumph of truly maverick filmmaking! bsky.app/profile/mond...
**4th HALLOWEEN SALE ANNOUNCEMENT! **
Next up is an upgrade of a DVD from the early days of Mondo Macabro, one that’s been out of print for many years now - an un-nerving 90s American indie film take on Filipino folk-horror, ASWANG aka THE UNEARTHING!
Next up is an upgrade of a DVD from the early days of Mondo Macabro, one that’s been out of print for many years now - an un-nerving 90s American indie film take on Filipino folk-horror, ASWANG aka THE UNEARTHING!
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Honored to contribute an essay for @mondomacabro.bsky.social terrific 4K restoration of ASWANG, a personal favorite offbeat horror film, and a triumph of truly maverick filmmaking! bsky.app/profile/mond...
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**4th HALLOWEEN SALE ANNOUNCEMENT! **
Next up is an upgrade of a DVD from the early days of Mondo Macabro, one that’s been out of print for many years now - an un-nerving 90s American indie film take on Filipino folk-horror, ASWANG aka THE UNEARTHING!
Next up is an upgrade of a DVD from the early days of Mondo Macabro, one that’s been out of print for many years now - an un-nerving 90s American indie film take on Filipino folk-horror, ASWANG aka THE UNEARTHING!
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
**4th HALLOWEEN SALE ANNOUNCEMENT! **
Next up is an upgrade of a DVD from the early days of Mondo Macabro, one that’s been out of print for many years now - an un-nerving 90s American indie film take on Filipino folk-horror, ASWANG aka THE UNEARTHING!
Next up is an upgrade of a DVD from the early days of Mondo Macabro, one that’s been out of print for many years now - an un-nerving 90s American indie film take on Filipino folk-horror, ASWANG aka THE UNEARTHING!
In light of the ten year anniversary of Mickey Keating's DARLING, I republished a print interview I conducted with Lauren Ashley Carter for VideoScope Magazine back in 2018. This was at the height of the #metoo movement and Carter's activist spirit blazed. chrishallock.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with Lauren Ashley Carter
Interview with Lauren Ashley Carter originally published in VideoScope #105 Winter 2018
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September 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In light of the ten year anniversary of Mickey Keating's DARLING, I republished a print interview I conducted with Lauren Ashley Carter for VideoScope Magazine back in 2018. This was at the height of the #metoo movement and Carter's activist spirit blazed. chrishallock.substack.com/p/interview-...
Honored to contribute an essay to Refuse Film’s Blu-Ray release of Nathan Tape’s raunchy but heartfelt Juggalo road thriller/dark comedy OFF RAMP, part of a bundle that includes ROCK N ROLL FRANKENSTEIN and CAT SICK BLUES www.refusefilms.com/products/ref...
Refuse Films S1 [Blu-ray] Bundle
Refuse Films / Series 1 Ships from July 28th, 2025 [Limited to only 2,000 units per title with exclusive Slipcover & a 24-page booklet for each movie] Refuse Films S1 Blu-ray Bundle includes: ...
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July 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Honored to contribute an essay to Refuse Film’s Blu-Ray release of Nathan Tape’s raunchy but heartfelt Juggalo road thriller/dark comedy OFF RAMP, part of a bundle that includes ROCK N ROLL FRANKENSTEIN and CAT SICK BLUES www.refusefilms.com/products/ref...
Caught an absolutely pristine 35mm print of SCANNERS last night at the Cinémathèque québécoise (from their collection). Not a single scratch on it! I also REALLY love Howard Shore’s score for this film!
May 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Caught an absolutely pristine 35mm print of SCANNERS last night at the Cinémathèque québécoise (from their collection). Not a single scratch on it! I also REALLY love Howard Shore’s score for this film!
Here's an interview I did back in 2018 with composer Jeff Grace (Stake Land, Meek's Cutoff, The Last Winter) for VideoScope Magazine. We discussed his early life and career and his extraordinary work for Glass Eye Pix. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
Grace Notes: Genre Composer Jeff Grace
Interview with Jeff Grace Summer originally published in VideoScope #107 Summer 2018
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April 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here's an interview I did back in 2018 with composer Jeff Grace (Stake Land, Meek's Cutoff, The Last Winter) for VideoScope Magazine. We discussed his early life and career and his extraordinary work for Glass Eye Pix. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
After absorbing @horrornonna.com keen insights in Alexandre O. Philippe’s extraordinary documentary CHAIN REACTIONS, I’m seeing hellmouths everywhere!
March 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
After absorbing @horrornonna.com keen insights in Alexandre O. Philippe’s extraordinary documentary CHAIN REACTIONS, I’m seeing hellmouths everywhere!
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Yes, we do.
In its 25th year, Boston Underground Film Festival still pushes the limits
The self-described “sensory bacchanalia from beyond the mainstream” takes over the Brattle Theatre for five days of movie mayhem running Wednesday, March 19 through Sunday, March 23 offering a smorgas...
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March 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yes, we do.
I posted an article I wrote for a print edition of Paracinema back in 2013, a retrospective of David Patrick Kelly’s best villainous roles.
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The Many Villainous Faces of David Patrick Kelly
This article originally appeared in Paracinema Magazine, Issue 20 (2013).
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March 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I posted an article I wrote for a print edition of Paracinema back in 2013, a retrospective of David Patrick Kelly’s best villainous roles.
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🚨🚨🚨🚨Ahhhh! It’s happening !!!
I have waited a long time for this moment.
I’m so thrilled to share that my debut crime thriller, FIRST CHANCE, will be available in stores September 2026!!
Thank you @daniel_ehrenhaft @blackstonepublishing & @lejeunebecky for your enthusiasm and support.
I have waited a long time for this moment.
I’m so thrilled to share that my debut crime thriller, FIRST CHANCE, will be available in stores September 2026!!
Thank you @daniel_ehrenhaft @blackstonepublishing & @lejeunebecky for your enthusiasm and support.
March 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨Ahhhh! It’s happening !!!
I have waited a long time for this moment.
I’m so thrilled to share that my debut crime thriller, FIRST CHANCE, will be available in stores September 2026!!
Thank you @daniel_ehrenhaft @blackstonepublishing & @lejeunebecky for your enthusiasm and support.
I have waited a long time for this moment.
I’m so thrilled to share that my debut crime thriller, FIRST CHANCE, will be available in stores September 2026!!
Thank you @daniel_ehrenhaft @blackstonepublishing & @lejeunebecky for your enthusiasm and support.
I wrote a bit about one of my favorite (and much maligned) 80s action films BAND OF THE HAND, which harnesses the stylistic goodness of its producer Michael Mann. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
Band of the Hand: Rites of Passage and Reclaiming the Block
Down these streets the fools rule
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March 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I wrote a bit about one of my favorite (and much maligned) 80s action films BAND OF THE HAND, which harnesses the stylistic goodness of its producer Michael Mann. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
Now It’s Your Turn to Tell Me Stories Here's something a little different from the genre-focused writing I usually do, from a paper I wrote about Canada's most important Indigenous filmmaker, the trailblazing ALANIS OBOMSAWIN, and her varied work featuring children. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
Now It’s Your Turn to Tell Me Stories
Children in Focus in the Films of Alanis Obomsawin
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March 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Now It’s Your Turn to Tell Me Stories Here's something a little different from the genre-focused writing I usually do, from a paper I wrote about Canada's most important Indigenous filmmaker, the trailblazing ALANIS OBOMSAWIN, and her varied work featuring children. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
I've never been part of a world that didn't shine with amazing women. I happily stand, climb, run, create, laugh, fist bump, and soar with you all on this day and every day! Happy International Women's Day!
March 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I've never been part of a world that didn't shine with amazing women. I happily stand, climb, run, create, laugh, fist bump, and soar with you all on this day and every day! Happy International Women's Day!
I wrote quite a bit about female relationships and queer desire in the monstrous imaginary of Brazilian werewolf fairy tale GOOD MANNERS/AS BOAS MANEIRAS: chrishallock.substack.com/p/of-lust-lo...
Of Lust, Loyalty, and Lycanthropes: Female Relationships, Motherhood, and Queer Desire in Good Manners (2017)
This is the personal Substack of film writer and programmer Chris Hallock. It collects various film articles, interviews, reviews, and essays that were once published on now defunct publications. It's...
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March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I wrote quite a bit about female relationships and queer desire in the monstrous imaginary of Brazilian werewolf fairy tale GOOD MANNERS/AS BOAS MANEIRAS: chrishallock.substack.com/p/of-lust-lo...
FANGORIA has all the exclusive intel and full lineup for the 25th edition of the BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, March 19-23 at the Brattle Theatre. BARBARA CRAMPTON will be in attendance for 40th anniversary 4K premiere of RE-ANIMATOR @bosunderground.bsky.social www.fangoria.com/exclusive-bu...
Exclusive: Boston Underground Film Festival 2025 Lineup Includes THE SURFER, ALMA & THE WOLF And Much More
Boston Underground Film Festival's 2025 lineup includes Nic Cage nightmare THE SURFER, Michael Patrick Jann's ALMA & THE WOLF, the World Premiere of Ignite Films' RE-ANIMATOR 4K and much more - we've ...
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March 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
FANGORIA has all the exclusive intel and full lineup for the 25th edition of the BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, March 19-23 at the Brattle Theatre. BARBARA CRAMPTON will be in attendance for 40th anniversary 4K premiere of RE-ANIMATOR @bosunderground.bsky.social www.fangoria.com/exclusive-bu...
I wrote a bit about some books that have been keeping me company this winter, including stellar new works from @kierlajanisse.bsky.social and @honeycuttheidi.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
What I’m Reading - Winter 2025
I thought it might be a fun practice to post occasionally about what I’ve been reading lately.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I wrote a bit about some books that have been keeping me company this winter, including stellar new works from @kierlajanisse.bsky.social and @honeycuttheidi.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
My first Substack post is live, a lively interview I did with Larry Fessenden back in 2009 for a now defunct online publication. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
An Interview with Larry Fessenden
*This interview was conducted in 2009 for a now defunct online publication.
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March 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My first Substack post is live, a lively interview I did with Larry Fessenden back in 2009 for a now defunct online publication. open.substack.com/pub/chrishal...
I signed up for Substack to collect some previously published online work that no longer exists on the internet. I have an archived interview with LARRY FESSENDEN from 2009 scheduled to post soon! chrishallock.substack.com?r=kax50&utm_...
Chris’s Substack | The DIY Drive-In | Substack
This is the personal Substack of Chris Hallock to collect various film articles, interviews, reviews, and essays that were once published on now defunct publications. It's a place for new writing, too...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I signed up for Substack to collect some previously published online work that no longer exists on the internet. I have an archived interview with LARRY FESSENDEN from 2009 scheduled to post soon! chrishallock.substack.com?r=kax50&utm_...
A whirlwind day of writing program copy for Boston Underground #25, grading student work, and coordinating a short film shoot in two weeks. I’m oddly fueled by some terrible insomnia of late.
February 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A whirlwind day of writing program copy for Boston Underground #25, grading student work, and coordinating a short film shoot in two weeks. I’m oddly fueled by some terrible insomnia of late.
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My goodness, I know way too many good people who are suffering right now. What magick ritual can we work to turn their fortunes around?
February 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My goodness, I know way too many good people who are suffering right now. What magick ritual can we work to turn their fortunes around?
I’m working on a pair of essays for upcoming Blu-Ray releases that couldn’t be more different aesthetically and narratively, yet they are still connected by the resiliency, the adventurous spirit, and the tireless DIY work ethic of the visionaries at their helms.
February 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I’m working on a pair of essays for upcoming Blu-Ray releases that couldn’t be more different aesthetically and narratively, yet they are still connected by the resiliency, the adventurous spirit, and the tireless DIY work ethic of the visionaries at their helms.