A very religious policeman (Edward ‘Equalizer’ Woodward) arrives at the Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a child, Rowan Morrison. Whilst he makes enquiries regarding the missing child he witnesses first-hand the pagan lifestyles of the inhabitants which shock him and clash severely with his staunchly Christian and somewhat puritanical beliefs. I …
Continue reading Shocking Cinema- Day 7- The Wicker Man (1973)
An unstable children’s author finds the hallucinations that engulf her life are becoming out of control as she stays in her vacation home. What is fact and what is fiction? I had never heard of Images before and was surprised to discover that it was directed by Robert Altman. An impressive cast is led by …
A young man rents an apartment after the previous tenant takes her own life. But he quickly finds that others are trying to mould him in her image and that his identity is starting to converge with hers. This was the last film in Polanski’s apartment trilogy (the others being Rosemary’s Baby and Repulsion). Polanski …
Young college students take rooms in a spooky old house whose live-in owners seem just as spooky. I’ve seen so many horror films that I had to check to see if I had actually seen Silent Scream. I hadn’t so here goes. I was pleasantly surprised as this was perfect fare for a night when …
The sequel to George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead shows that the zombie epidemic has gotten much worse and society is on its knees. Two television workers plan to escape with two SWAT team members in the TV station traffic helicopter in search of…whatever they can find that’s better than their current situation. …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 7- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Martin is a young man who we see travelling by train to Braddock in Pittsburgh to live with his elderly cousin, Tata Cuda who seems convinced that Martin is the latest in a long line of vampires (‘the family curse’). The film centres around whether Martin is actually a vampire or if he is just …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 6- Martin (1977)
An old man in a white suit decides to experience life to its fullest by visiting an amusement park. He soon wishes he hadn’t. My eyes nearly popped out of my skull when I saw this film in a Romero filmography I was perusing recently. A lost Romero film? I’m there! The Amusement Park has …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 5- The Amusement Park (1975)
A biological weapon starts to turn the inhabitants of Evan’s City, Pennsylvania into homicidal maniacs. But don’t worry, the military are on the case… As you may have guessed, this isn’t an early 70’s romcom but is instead another film in which Romero gives us a glimpse into what it would look like if the …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 4- The Crazies (1973)
Joan Mitchell is unsatisfied with her suburban, domestic Pittsburgh life with her hard working businessman husband and hippie daughter. Maybe witchcraft will revitalise her life. Whilst this sounds like a horror film because of its dalliances with the occult, it’s really a very interesting character study and feminist critique of the day. In fact, I …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 3- Season of the Witch (1972)
Aka ‘The George A Romero film that isn’t horror’, was purportedly lost for many decades, something the director was pleased about as he hated it. But, then it was rediscovered and released firstly by Something Weird Video and more recently on Blu Ray by Arrow Video. And the truth is, it isn’t as dreadful as …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 2- There’s Always Vanilla (1971)
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