Hour of the Wolf (1968)
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During this spooky month, the Crit Club decided to take yet another trip to an isolated location, specifically a desolate island in the north of Sweden for a chill bit of insomnia with Ingmar Bergman’s 1968 horror thriller Hour of the Wolf. This surrealist nightmare about art, existence, codependency, and self-perception follows a quiet, expecting couple making a home away from others, until the husband’s claustrophobic fears call down his internal demons to wreck the lives of them both. Come have a listen and see if the Crit Club thought it was worth staying awake until the Hour of the Wolf. Catch the last dregs of our October watchings with next week’s Wizard Pick™ where we’ll check out Abel Ferrara’s 1995 vampire horror film The Addiction. Watch along with us! You can follow the whole of our podcast, aided by this helpful spreadsheet which documents the all the scores we gave to the movies we have watched. And drop us a line! You can always email us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram or Threads with the handle @critclubpodcast. Crit Club's theme song and art were made by co-host ⁠Peter Allen Clark⁠.
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