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)
Wm C. Bogg and Son is a toilet and bathroom ceramics firm. Vic Spanner, the trade union rep organises strikes at the drop of a hat and is a permanent thorn in the side of management. Carry On At Your Convenience was made at the start of the 70’s and is quite prophetic as this …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 22- Carry On At Your Convenience (1971)
In this entry, we learn that King Henry VIII, in fact, had two more wives- the garlic-loving Marie de Normandy and Bettina (Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor, respectively). I’m so glad that the Carry On team tackled this period of history as it was ripe for it’s portrayal through the bawdy and smutty lens of …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 21- Carry On Henry (1971)
This instalment tackles dating, romance and love (with plenty of the trademark smut and double entendres) as Sid and Hattie star as Sid Bliss and Sophie Plummett who run a computerised dating agency (although it’s actually Sophie who pairs up the different suitors). Cue lots of wildly different candidates and wildly different experiences. There’s so …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 20- Carry On Loving (1970)
The Carry On team parody the Tarzan films of old. Lady Bagley is looking for her missing child and husband whereas Professor Tinkle is looking for a rare species of bird. This entry veers into potentially serious territory with the plot involving the missing child and then, of all things, cannibalism later on in proceedings. …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 19- Carry On Up The Jungle (1970)
This is an article I wrote about this film rather than an actual review. Its amazing when a TV programme or a film conveys a message that is so powerful that it faces strong and vicious opposition from the higher echelons of the day who seek to suppress it. Play For Today was a BBC1 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 17- Scum (1979)
Terry Hawkins comes out of prison after serving a sentence on dr*gs charges. He’s embittered from his time inside and far from rehabilitated. He decides to…make a sn*ff movie now that he’s free (seems a very niche career path he’s chosen). There’s loads of meta references here with this movie about making a movie. This …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 16- Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
I feel like I've grown up with this film. This was one film that I remember seeing on the shelves of video stores when I was a child but didn't get round to seeing before it mysteriously disappeared. Absence made the heart grown fonder and I knew I must see this forbidden fruit. But when …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 15- The Exorcist (1973)
Alex DeLarge is the leader of a gang of ‘ultra-violent’ youths who carry out beatings, r*pes and murders. When the other members of his gang turn against him, he’s caught red-handed after they have brutally attacked a woman who lives on her own. After she dies because of Alex’s actions, he is convicted of murder. …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 13- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A couple move to a coastal town where the locals are very aloof and not very friendly. This is probably because they hide a secret- every seven years they sacrifice seven women for seven nights. This is all for the Knights Templar who return to town. I first saw this intriguingly named film in Film …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 10- Night of the Seagulls (1975)
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