Eddie Turner steps on a landmine whilst serving in Nam and loses his limbs as a result. His fiance Winifred is a physicist and looks to her former teacher Doctor Stein (his name is a red flag already) who has recently won the Nobel prize for his work regarding DNA and so may be able …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 5- Blackenstein (1973)
I first saw this movie on VHS when I spent a year in Sydney, Australia. There was a Civic Video just off the red light district of Kings Cross that had a stash of low budget horror movies and other obscure titles. This was manna from heaven for me as I rented them all. One …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 3- Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
Jessica, her husband Duncan and their friend Woody arrive at a new house in the country that Jessica and Duncan have bought. When they arrive they are surprised to find someone squatting there. They ask this person, Emily to join them for their evening meal and then to sleep there for the night. The next …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 2- Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971)
I love the horror films that are unlike any other films in the genre and stand-alone with their quirks and idiosyncrasies. One such film is Alice Sweet Alice. The film was actually called Communion when it premiered at numerous film festivals but was then retitled Alice Sweet Alice when it was picked up by its …
I saw The Texas Chain Saw Massacre at the cinema the other day. It's been a long road, but I feel like I've had my own personal journey with this horror masterpiece. After years of not being able to view the film, it grew in my mind to almost mythic proportions. When I finally got …
Continue reading Leatherface and Me- Growing Up With (and Without) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
History is the ultimate judge of everything and film is no exception. One director whose work history has been very kind to is British director Pete Walker. Walker was actually the son of music hall star Syd Walker. His first job was as a comedian at a strip joint in Soho (!) He also made …
I saw this film in the best way possible back in the 80's- on late night TV, lights dimmed with it being the last thing I watched before hitting the hay. Ryan O'Neal plays The Driver (no name is given for his character and this is the case for all of the lead characters), a …
Along with most other households in the UK for members of Gen X (the best generation by the way), we had the soundtrack for the film Grease. When the film was finally shown on UK TV I recorded it and watched it fat too much. It was a 'go to film' for a time when …
Hooray for Facebook. I was browsing pages devoted to cult cinema as I'm prone to do during my downtime and I saw a post about the Giallo gem, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times and realised that I had never seen it. And lo and behold it was on YouTube in both Italian or badly …
Continue reading Review- La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte (The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) (1972)
A newly wed couple stay at a spawling and very beautiful old hotel in Ostend, Belgium. Stefan has married Valerie without telling his mother and so Valerie is keen for him to call to inform her of their union. A couple of women arrive at the hotel- the very glamorous Elizabeth and her younger companion Ilona. …
