Top 10 Horror Movies From 1983

There is a video regarding this article here. 10. Twilight Zone: The Movie An anthology of separate short films from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller and John Landis. This homage to the original Twilight Zone TV series, much loved by both television and horror fans, works really well as the spirit …

Continue reading Top 10 Horror Movies From 1983

Top 10 Horror Movies From 1981

There's a video of my choices on YouTube here. 10. The Burning One of the most notorious films involved in the Video Nasties debacle (but not the most notorious. That honour is reserved for another movie on this list), this was severely cut by the BBFC for cinema and video release. However, Thorn EMI Home …

Continue reading Top 10 Horror Movies From 1981

Top 10 Horror Movies From 1980

I'm currently writing an article about my childhood in the 80s, the massive part that video played during that period with regard to my obsession with cult/horror films, and so I've decided to compile lists of my favourite horror movies from each year from that awesome decade. These will all lead up to a list …

Continue reading Top 10 Horror Movies From 1980

Pamela Voorhees, The Pregnant Man and The Deep Fried Rat: The Pre-Video Years of a Cult Movie Loving Crackpot

I often think about my love of cinema, where it began and the influences on it, both film-based and what was going on around me. I was born in February 1975. My arrival into the world coincides with the day on which Stephen Murphy, the BBFC's secretary, first saw a new independent film called The …

Continue reading Pamela Voorhees, The Pregnant Man and The Deep Fried Rat: The Pre-Video Years of a Cult Movie Loving Crackpot

Michael Myers Comes To London

Another past event has just popped up in the Memories section of my Facebook account. Apparently, 15 years ago I was watching Halloween at the National Film Theatre. And apparently, I have scanned and posted the NFT notes for the screening. As I remember, this screening was utilising a brand spanking new 35mm print that had …

Continue reading Michael Myers Comes To London

Cinema Wishlist- Films I’d Love To See on the Big Screen

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 …

Continue reading Cinema Wishlist- Films I’d Love To See on the Big Screen

The Irishman, Laurie Strode and The Empathy Chip

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 …

Continue reading The Irishman, Laurie Strode and The Empathy Chip