I have an ever-changing mental list of films that I'd most like to see on the big screen. A few entries on this list I've been lucky enough to actually see in a cinema such as Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, Cruising, The Hills Have Eyes (the masterpiece original, not the remake shitfest), Mommie …
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I'm so glad I studied Psychology in college. I've always found the subject interesting and have sought to build on what I've already learnt through my interactions with different people throughout my life. I became aware of Narcissistic Personality Disorder quite by accident recently. It was information that I had been trying to discover for …
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You may recall me talking about the NFT (National Film Theatre) in a piece I wrote recently about going to see Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D there. It got me to thinking about when I went to see films there and the fact that there were critical analyses handed out for each film …
I love it when I find the unexpected on the internet. Such as this merchandise that was made for the release of the brilliant horror film The Incredible Melting Man in 1977. Why on Earth would a film company commission a children's costume for a film that was rated for Adults Only?! Did they know …
Answer these questions to ascertain if you will enjoy Guy Ritchie's latest film- Do you have the emotional intelligence of a 14 year old? Do you have an IQ of 14? Do you think the clothing worn in a movie is more important than other aspects of the film such as direction, plot and dialogue? …
I first discovered the documentary Who Took Johnny from Artforum magazine when John Waters named it as one of his Films of the Year for 2014. I found the trailer for it on YouTube and it REALLY freaked me out. Johnny Gosch was a 14 year old boy who went missing whilst delivering newspapers in …
I remember the Video Nasties furore like it was yesterday. With my father being an avid Daily Mail reader and staunch Thatcherite I felt like I had a front row seat with the then Tory government seeking to ban the very films I loved when they were released on video in the early 80's. I …
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The project of Psycho 2 was a poison chalice. On one hand, it provided a director with the opportunity to prove themselves by making a sequel to a bona fide horror classic by a master auteur. It also made available the possibility of continuing a story of one of cinema's greatest and most complex characters, …
With the news that Female Trouble, John Waters' meisterwerk and design for living is being shown, my noggin got a joggin'. I started thinking about the films that I've been lucky enough to watch on the big screen and with an audience. My favourite filmgoing experience has to be when I got to see a …
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It's funny what crops up on the internet. When video started to become popular there were also brilliant magazines that catered for the video industry and video fans alike. The majority of the column inches and pages were devoted to horror, action and exploitation with a few pages at the back devoted to porn. I …
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