The children of a New Jersey town are disappearing at a very fast rate and the adults of the same town are being slaughtered in ways that suggest a strange death cult are behind this. Could there be a connection? The first time I ever heard about this film was when I saw the trailer …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 8- Beware! Children At Play (1989)
I read about this in Fangoria and Gorezone in the late 80s and it looked so demented and gory that I didn’t know if it would actually be released in the UK. But, quelle horreur, it was released and uncut as House 3 part of the House franchise. On being fried in the electric chair, …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 6- House III: The Horror Show (1989)
Following a very messy suicide involving a shotgun (there's a cameo by Ruby Wax who stars as a secretary), the American Ambassador to Britain position is now made vacant. It's then filled by one Damian Thorn, businessman, politician and Son of the Devil. This was the job once held by his father, y'know, the one …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 4- Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
What would happen if nuclear war actually broke out? What would that look like? If you've ever asked these questions, fear no more! Threads was made in 1984 for UK television and shows exactly what life would be like after the bomb dropped. Written by Barry Hines (Kes) and directed by Mick Jackson this drama …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 1- Threads (1984)
One of my earliest memories involves the film Friday the 13th (those who know me are rolling their eyes and thinking 'This doesn't surprise me!') I'm 5 years old and I'm running towards my local cinema, The Odeon in York. I regularly go there when my family ventures into town as there are posters and …
Continue reading ‘It’s Got A Death Curse!’- Taking A Deep Dive Into Friday The 13th (1980)
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
This 1980 slasher movie concerns a jilted lover who kills his ex prior to her wedding day. He's now been released from prison and intends on repeating history as he's after a soon-to-be bride. The film borrows heavily from Halloween (the piano score, the autumnal street shots etc etc) and even the title card for …
Some of my favourite childhood memories involved me being in a local video shop (and there were quite a few in my area) and poring over the lurid and sleazy artwork for the horror movies. In the 80's video shops were like art galleries for weirdos and I was (and proudly still am) one of …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Visiting Hours (1982)
The pre-credits sequence for Humongous involves a woman being raped but then rescued by her German Shepherd dogs. The film then moves forward to a bunch of kids going sailing and becoming stranded on an island supposedly populated by the woman featured earlier and her dogs. This film is a massive borefest. Unlikeable teens, a …
It used to be really popular in Britain when I was growing up for the hottest topics of the day to be debated and discussed live in a studio with experts on a stage and an audience who would ask questions and contribute. A famous example is the debate regarding certain religious figures calling for …
