One of the first video sleeves I ever saw was for The Amityville Horror which just so happened to be on one of my favourite video labels, Guild Home Video (the people who have ever seen the opening ident for Guild will know why I love it so much) in one of the first video …
Continue reading Amityville Reviewed- Day 1- The Amityville Horror (1979)
Can you believe I’ve never reviewed Halloween before?! Here goes. I remember the first time I saw Halloween on VHS in the late 80’s here in the UK. It was in pan-and-scan, and hence not the perfect format to watch a film that used the frame so brilliantly. But I’d learn that as the film …
Continue reading Halloween Reviewed- Day 1- Halloween (1978)
Emmannuelle Prevert is the wife of French ambassador, Emile Prevert. As he has more interests in keeping fit, Emmannuelle seeks to satisfy her desires with lots of men across London. This was the Carry On I was most intrigued by and, perversely, the film from the series I wanted to investigate the most. Is it …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 30- Carry On Emmannuelle (1978)
In this instalment the team take on the genre of…the recent That’s Entertainment compilation films of old Hollywood films as this is, erm, a compilation of clips from the Carry Ons. Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor introduce the clips and I really liked their chemistry (it reminded me of when Williams was presenting Wogan and …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 29- That’s Carry On! (1977)
Captain S Melly is sent to a mixed battalion to sort them out and finally install some discipline into them. But when they’re more interested in other kinds of conquests, this will be far from easy. Yes, there are many absences from the cast with many of the regulars not appearing. But we do get …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 28- Carry On England (1976)
Major Leep has purchased a campsite and on digging a new cesspit, discovers what he thinks are Roman remains. Cue Professor Crump and an expert on all things Roman, Professor Vrooshka. There is also a varied, colourful and entertaining array of campers on site. Even though we don’t get the writing of Talbot Rothwell or …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 27- Carry On Behind (1975)
Richard ‘Dick’ Turpin (or ‘Big Dick’ to his mates) is robbing the wealthy in Upper Dencher. At a loss regarding how to remedy this, Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp (!) employ the services of Reverend Flasher who can hopefully put a stop to Turpin’s thieving ways. Carry On Dick really is the end of …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 26- Carry On Dick (1974)
From IMDB- ‘Sidney Fiddler organizes a beauty contest for a seaside town, but faces opposition from Councillor Prodworthy, who leads a women's liberation group aiming to sabotage the competition through disruption tactics.’ Neither Kenneth Williams or Charles Hawtrey feature here as the former had stage commitments and the latter was in the grasp of alcohol …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 25- Carry On Girls (1973)
Stuart Farquhar (Kenneth Williams) is the travel rep who is accompanying holidaymakers to the Mediterranean island of Elsbels. The travellers are an eclectic bunch and include pub owners Vic and Cora Flange (!), the amorous Stanley Blunt and his bossy ice maiden of a wife, Evelyn, Mummy’s boy Eustace Tuttle and monk Brother Bernard. As …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 24- Carry On Abroad (1972)
From IMDB- ‘A gang of thieves plans to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan.’ There’s a real emphasis on gender and swapping genders within Carry On Matron which is very interesting and portrayed …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 23- Carry On Matron (1972)
Meathook Cinema 