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LATEST ARTICLES ( 65 )

• Goin' On A Break

  A quick roundupCorruption (1968) - Psychotronic protoslasher with Peter Cushing in his goriest flick. With a bizarre cast including Kate O'Mara, Shirley Stelfox... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 MOVIES

• Happy Christmas

  What I've seenInvasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) - Remake/sequel superior to the original. Haunting ending, even though Sutherland looks like Blakey in... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 MOVIES

• Thanks to Matthew Coniam for Another Questionnaire (and Plus I Also Saw Deadly...

  1. Which actors do you always (or did you always) mix-up?Oh, Jack Albertson and Lloyd Nolan. The fact one appeared in The Poseidon Adventure and the other in... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 MOVIES

• The Awakening (1980) - The Omen Goes to Egypt

  

  Charlton Heston turned down the role of Robert Thorn in The Omen (1976). He was no stranger to sci-fi and horror, with the Naked Jungle in 1954 and then in the... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 MOVIES

• 1980s Italian Post-apocalyptic Exploitation Round-up

  

  1990 - Bronx Warriors (1983, d. Enzo G Castellari)Vic Morrow before his untimely helicopter-aided demise in Twilight Zone - The Movie plays a futuristic Mike... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 MOVIES

• R-Squadron - Northern Heroes Part 2

  Devine, reborn as the Oppressor thanks to George Formby's banjolele being whacked on his side, was now desperate to prove that he could make Department X... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 MOVIES

• What Have I Been Watching

  Countess Dracula (1971) - Sterling British horror from Hammer, with Ingrid Pitt fitting in the lead, albeit dubbed in an ill-fitting semi-British accent. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 MOVIES

• IFI Horrorthon Report - Rituals (1977)

  Directed by Peter CarterStarring Hal Holbrook (Harry), Lawrence Dane (Mitzi), Robin Gammell (Marty), Ken James (Abel), Gary Reineke (DJ)Sometimes, at horror... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 MOVIES

• A Stab at Fiction - Northern Heroes - Part One (3176 Words)

  As he looked out through the Irish Sea, from the top of the Blackpool Tower (Britain's answer to the Eiffel), Sheldon Ledwidge smiled. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2013 MOVIES

• IFI Horrorthon Opening Film - In Fear (2013) - Never Has a Scottish Bloke Pissin...

  At the Irish Film Institute in Temple Bar, Dublin, Yesterday night, I saw the premiere of a little film called In Fear, without knowing much about it. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 MOVIES

• IFTA Masterclass Report - Neil Marshall

  My masterclass with Neil Marshall (the director of Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005), Doomsday (2008) and Centurion (2010), as well as Blackwater, an... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 MOVIES

• Why Is Squirm Good

  

  It is a 1976 film about Killer Worms in Georgia, made in Georgia, distributed by American International Pictures.And it has a theme sung by a London choirboy,... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 MOVIES

• Mini Reviews - What I Have Been Watching

  Christmas Evil (1980) - Marketed as a Christmas slasher, this is more of a blackly comic art film, no deaths until 50 minutes in. Sadly, it lags a lot, and... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 MOVIES

• Thanks, Matthew Coniam for Giving Me This Questionaire.

  I've just sat through a load of bad movies, Spanish horror The Nameless (1999, based on a superior Ramsey Campbell novel, sending its Scouse gothic to sunny... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 MOVIES

• After Failing 3 Film Schools, I've Seen Death Ship - 1980 UK-Canadian Horror...

  This film stars George Kennedy as the Captain, Richard Crenna as his deputy, Sally Ann "Truly Scrumptious off Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Howes as his wife, some... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 MOVIES

• Why The Pink Panther Strikes Again is Here!

  1. It has Geoffrey "Catweazle/Amicus horror regular" Bayldon as Dreyfus' psychologist. 2. It is a James Bond spoof. It does the job better than any... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 MOVIES

• What I Have Watched

  PENITENTIARY (1978) - Rubbish Blaxploitation, though with a good opening visual. The sequel has Mr. T. The Cheerleaders (1973) - Grotty, cheerful but... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 MOVIES

• WHAT I Have Been Watching

  CHUD 2 - BUD THE CHUD - Unwatchable 'comedy' - how did Robert Vaughn get into this is easily explainable when you see him in Coronation Street... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 MOVIES

• Some Musings on Mario

  As you know, I love Italian horror, especially the work of Mario Bava.Now, my favourite films of his are the pop-art craziness of Danger - Diabolik (1968),... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 MOVIES

• Catchup - Reviews and Such

  Game of Death (1978) Robert Clouse's 1978 attempt to slavage the remnants of Bruce Lee's unfinished epic are turned into a chintzy would-be Bruceploitation... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 MOVIES