Poster of the week goes to this gorgeous Italian artwork for the Steve McQueen film Nevada Smith from 1966. This is rugged, masculine and just a tad homoerotic.
Author: Meathook Cinema
Soundtrack of the Week- The Thing (1982)
It was dreadful news when I heard about film maestro composer Ennio Morricone's recent passing. He was one of the greatest film soundtrack composers of all time with his scores lending the sonic landscape for so many cinematic masterpieces. My favourite soundtrack by Morricone is the score he composed for John Carpenter's The Thing in …
Poster of the Week- Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968)
Hammer Studios goes full-on late Sixties with this shake-up of how they advertised their films to reflect the radical new era. This was an attempt to get away from their previous image which was in danger of looking and feeling stale and archaic. How did they do this? By using humour! The result is iconic.
Soundtrack of the Week- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
A peach of a soundtrack to look at is the Trunk Record's compilation of some of the De Wolfe library music that was used within George A Romero's masterpiece Dawn of the Dead. The fact that Romero used muzak that would be played inside a shopping mall within a film set in a shopping mall …
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Poster of the Week- Carrie (1976)
New feature! Every week I'll be presenting one of my favourite film posters. I actually think of film art as art in it's own right. I'm sure visitors to this website feel the same way. This first poster is the iconic UK poster for Brian De Palma's classic horror movie Carrie from 1976. The …
Soundtrack of the Week: Prom Night (1980)
Every week I'll be recommending one of my favourite soundtracks and why I like them. Hopefully this will inspire you to investigate more, buy the album or dig it out of your collection if you already have it so that you bask in it's glory again. This week is the turn of the Paul Zaza/Carl …
A Warning From History #19842020
When I hear people say that 1984 is happening in 2020 I take it literally. Not only is George Orwell's novel replaying in front of our eyes but the actual year of 1984 was when the moral panic regarding the so-called Video Nasties here in the UK occurred. I thought we had learnt from that. …
Review- The Night Visitor (1971) ****
This Swedish thriller was long thought to be lost. I'm glad it's now newly discovered and released on Blu ray. It tells the tale of a mental institution resident who is thought to have escaped to take revenge on the people involved in his case who forced him to plead insanity. But if he escaped, …
Review- Dracula (1958) *****
I have a long history with this film as I seem to remember it being shown on daytime TV here in the UK in the early 80's. The thinking probably went along the lines of 'We have such extreme horror movies now and so it will be safe to show this old 1950's horror film …
Top 10 Horror Movies From The 1980’s
There's a video for this list here. 10. Monkey Shines When an athlete (Allan) is hit by a truck and left a quadriplegic, a scientist friend recruits a monkey that has been trained to help assist disabled people to fully carry out their lives. Ella, the monkey, starts to bond well with Allan, but soon, …
