Teenage spoilt brat Jennifer doesn't like his father's new French wife, Nichole. Jennifer is involved in the new 'Beat' scene in London and feels completely alienated, bored and like anyone older than her is 'square'. Through a strange coincidence, Jennifer learns that her new stepmother used to strip in Paris which leads Jennifer to venture …
I remember in the late 80s that one of my local TV stations, Tyne Tees Television bought the rights to most of the films made by the Hammer Studios which meant that I got to see most of the movies that this prolific studio produced. It also meant that I got to see the more …
One of the videos I rented the most during the golden years of home video was Commando, the Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick. I watched it again recently to see if it still stands up. My God, it really does! Re-watching it felt like meeting up with an old friend. This was the golden period of …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Commando (1985)
The first thing I noticed on rewatching Cobra for the first time since the late 80's was that it's a Cannon film. That instantly made me smile, obviously. I loved Cobra. It's a cartoonish action flick in which Sylvester Stallone grunts, mumbles and fires guns (no real stretch for him, I agree). Cobra is part …
10. Prince of Darkness A group of quantum physics students investigate a mysterious cylinder of liquid that has been found in a monastery. I love this film. As well as having a fantastic cast (Carpenter regular Donald Pleasance returns and is always welcome, but this time we get Alice Cooper and his bunch of the …
Whilst excavating for a new Underground station in London, a mysterious artefact is unearthed. Bernard Quatermass is brought in to examine it and identify its origins. What was thought to be an unexploded bomb from World War 2 is, in fact, an alien craft containing insect-like residents of Mars. I love any film that gets …
My first memory of a Confessions movie was the trailer for one of them. An older woman is looking for her cat who just happens to be called Fanny. 'Ave you seen my Fanny?' she asks the film's protagonist Timothy Lea who grimaces into the camera. The Confessions movies were made in the 70's and …
Continue reading Review- Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
I finally got to see The Sorcerers which I remember my Film lecturer told me was his favourite horror film of all time back in the day. An elderly couple played by Boris Karloff and Catherine Lacey have developed a machine that enables them to live vicariously through whoever has been through the brainwashing process …
Another film I remember seeing on the shelves of video shops in the 80’s that I somehow didn’t watch was Xtro from 1982. I finally got to see it for the first time earlier. Wow. Just wow. Xtro is out there! A man is abducted by aliens. Three years later an alien impregnates a woman …
I love that as I progress through this Top 10, the more I write on the films. I tried to keep each description down to a couple of succinct sentences but trying to do that with masterpieces like Pink Flamingos, Polyester and Female Trouble was impossible. John Waters isn't just a brilliant film director, screenwriter …
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