WARNING. Spoilers! Damien Thorn is progressing up the political ladder by hook or by crook. The methods used are exemplified by the first kill in the film in which The U.S.Ambassador to the UK crosses paths with Thorn's Rottweiler and then goes back to his office and kills himself by blowing his brains out, completely …
Continue reading Review- The Omen 3: The Final Conflict (1981)
This is a film that I finally got to see when it was shown on late-night TV. My family had by then purchased a VCR and so the timer facility came in handy if a film I wanted to see was on too late for me. I would watch these cinematic shockers the next morning. …
You have a horror franchise about a haunted house. The first film is pretty well made, has a great cast and occasionally dips its toe into exploitation territory. It does well at the box office. The sequel goes FULL exploitation and even has a taboo subplot that will make even the most seasoned horror fan …
There are so many major films that I remember seeing on TV when they were shown for the first time. These first screenings were such big news in the UK. Jaws, Superman and The Omen all spring to mind. It was high time that I reinvestigated The Omen. It tells the story of Robert Thorn …
Dave Morris and Helen Steel are members of activist group London Greenpeace. They produce a leaflet extolling the reasons as to why they are opposed to the McDonald's chain of restaurants with reasons given such as animal cruelty, deforestation so that land can be created for their cattle to graze and the company's hatred of …
Oh boy. If you've seen Amityville 2 you'll know what I mean. The makers of this movie must have thought that to compete with the original film and indeed outgross it they must make it as extreme as possible. And they really succeeded. A new family have moved into the infamous house and start to …
Continue reading Review- Amityville 2: The Possession (1982)
The first time I saw George A Romero's masterpiece Night of the Living Dead it was actually a colourised version being distributed by Palace Video (home of The Evil Dead). 'Sacrilege!' I hear you cry. But with no other version of the film to compare it to, I quite liked it. Even after colourisation, the …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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