User:MatthewHoobin
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Hi there! My name is Matthew, and I'm a 24-year-old filmmaker, writer, video editor, media archivist, horror movie enthusiast, and cinephile based in Florida. I've been involved in a number of short films in different capacities, from editor to actor (you can check out my IMDb page here). I've seen over 1,000 movies and counting, and I also collect movies on Blu-ray, 4K UHD, DVD, VHS, and digitally, as well as books, music, and more. I'm a member of WikiProject Film.
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One thing I've grown to enjoy doing is adding sections on themes and interpretations to articles about films—distinct from "Critical reception" in that the focus is more on analyses, often from academic sources, of a film's central or underlying thematic elements. Some examples of films for which I've done this include Nosferatu, Häxan (both 1922), The Wolf Man (1941), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Sleepaway Camp (1983), Brain Damage (1988), Nightbreed, Joe Versus the Volcano (both 1990), The People Under the Stairs (1991), 3-Iron (2004), Drag Me to Hell, Saw VI (both 2009), and Nope (2022).
If you'd like to contact me, visit my talk page. This page was last updated 16 January 2025.
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Movies
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
- Alien (1979, dir. Ridley Scott)
- Aliens (1986, dir. James Cameron)
- American Movie (1999, dir. Chris Smith)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981, dir. John Landis)
- The Apartment (1960, dir. Billy Wilder)
- Army of Darkness (1992, dir. Sam Raimi)
- Back to the Future (1985, dir. Robert Zemeckis)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986, dir. John Carpenter)
- The Blob (1988, dir. Chuck Russell)
- Brain Damage (1988, dir. Frank Henenlotter)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale)
- Clerks (1994, dir. Kevin Smith)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, dir. Robert Wise)
- Ed Wood (1994, dir. Tim Burton)
- Eraserhead (1977, dir. David Lynch)
- Evil Dead II (1987, dir. Sam Raimi)
- The Exorcist (1973, dir. William Friedkin)
- Eyes Without a Face (1960, dir. Georges Franju)
- Fight Club (1999, dir. David Fincher)
- Ghostbusters (1984, dir. Ivan Reitman)
- Godzilla (1954, dir. Ishirō Honda)
- Godzilla Minus One (2023, dir. Takashi Yamazaki)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966, dir. Sergio Leone)
- Gremlins (1984, dir. Joe Dante)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990, dir. Joe Dante)
- Groundhog Day (1993, dir. Harold Ramis)
- Häxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) (1922, dir. Benjamin Christensen)
- Hellboy (2004, dir. Guillermo del Toro)
- Her (2013, dir. Spike Jonze)
- Hot Fuzz (2007, dir. Edgar Wright)
- House (Hausu) (1977, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi)
- Ikiru (1952, dir. Akira Kurosawa)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, dir. Steven Spielberg)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, dir. Steven Spielberg)
- The Invisible Man (1933, dir. James Whale)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963, dir. Stanley Kramer)
- Jaws (1975, dir. Steven Spielberg)
- Jurassic Park (1993, dir. Steven Spielberg)
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, dir. Wes Anderson)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986, dir. Frank Oz)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, dir. Peter Jackson)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, dir. Peter Jackson)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, dir. Peter Jackson)
- Martin (1978, dir. George A. Romero)
- The Muppet Movie (1979, dir. James Frawley)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988, dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968, dir. George A. Romero)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, dir. Wes Craven)
- Nope (2022, dir. Jordan Peele)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985, dir. Tim Burton)
- Phenomena (1985, dir. Dario Argento)
- The Princess Bride (1987, dir. Rob Reiner)
- Psycho (1960, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
- Re-Animator (1985, dir. Stuart Gordon)
- Rocky (1976, dir. John G. Avildsen)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, dir. Wes Anderson)
- Saw (2004, dir. James Wan)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010, dir. Edgar Wright)
- Seven Samurai (1954, dir. Akira Kurosawa)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004, dir. Edgar Wright)
- The Shining (1980, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004, dir. Sam Raimi)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004, dir. Stephen Hillenburg)
- Star Wars (1977, dir. George Lucas)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980, dir. Irvin Kershner)
- Return of the Jedi (1983, dir. Richard Marquand)
- Taxi Driver (1976, dir. Martin Scorsese)
- The Terminator (1984, dir. James Cameron)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, dir. James Cameron)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, dir. Tobe Hooper)
- They Live (1988, dir. John Carpenter)
- The Thing (1982, dir. John Carpenter)
- Tremors (1990, dir. Ron Underwood)
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014, dir. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi)
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971, dir. Mel Stuart)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939, dir. Victor Fleming)
- Yellow Submarine (1968, dir. George Dunning)
Music
- Favorite songs (Spotify playlist)
Albums
- Abbey Road (The Beatles)
- All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
- The Beatles (the White Album) (The Beatles)
- Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
- Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan)
- The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Wu-Tang Clan)
- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)
- Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes (John Lennon)
- Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Bright Eyes)
- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
- Let It Be (The Beatles)
- Love (The Beatles)
- Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)
- Meddle (Pink Floyd)
- Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
- Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
- Please Please Me (The Beatles)
- Ram (Paul McCartney)
- Revolver (The Beatles)
- The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (Chappell Roan)
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie)
- Rubber Soul (The Beatles)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
- The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan)
- The Wall (Pink Floyd)
- Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (The Unicorns)
Books
Television series
*(mainly the first few seasons)