I remember seeing this on video at a friends house back in the day and being so freaked out that I had to ask his Dad to walk me home. I was 12 years old. Them were the days. After the camp of Part 3 this film gets back on track and is resplendent with really …
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In the 80s I was obsessed with A Nightmare on Elm Street. Because of the popularity of this film an earlier Wes Craven film was re-released on video in the UK. That film was 1977's The Hills Have Eyes. I first saw the video for this release on a video store's shelves whilst on holiday …
Continue reading Day 12- 31 Days of Halloween- The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
An anomaly from the early 80s, this film is about a flesheating creature hidden under a SoCal beach. Quirky characters, supporting players who you just know are actually inhabitants of the area being depicted and some leads who are well know to fans of cult cinema (John Saxon, Burt Young) help this film immeasurably. This …
Continue reading Day 11- 31 Days of Halloween- Blood Beach (1981)
I remember being traumatised by the Poster for The Fog before I actually saw the film. We had driven past The Odeon in York and I briefly glanced at it. As this was just a glance I thought I saw a woman lying in bed with a ghostly hand reaching out to grab her. I …
Continue reading Day 7- 31 Days of Halloween- The Fog (1980)
Small town vigilantes wrongly accuse a mentally challenged man of attacking and killing a little girl. It turns out he didn’t attack her but saved her from a neighbour's vicious dog. The vigilantes find this out just after killing the innocent man who is disguised as a scarecrow. Oops. When the local courts offer no …
Continue reading Day 5- 31 Days of Halloween- Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Every day in October I will be reviewing a different horror film. Some of the criteria I've used for the choice of films are - a film from each decade from the 1920s onwards - films from a number of different countries - a Friday the 13th film as within October this year the 13th falls on a Friday!!! …
I love the fact that a movie can be so original and iconic that it can inspire other films to be made. Think of Halloween (1978) and the tidal wave of slasher films that were unleashed in its wake. This can also happen with movie posters and a film's iconography. The Breakfast Club is a …
As some of you may know I'm a huge Prisoner Cell Block H fan. I actually think its the best TV series ever made. If you're into cult film, cult TV or video nasties/exploitation cinema then chances are you'll love Prisoner. I've just made a video documenting some of the most outrageous moments from the …
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The 70s and 80s were a scary place in the UK. Least not because of the terrifying Public information Films being shown at all hours of the day. Whilst there will be a Meathook Cinema Top 10 video of these at a later date heres a video I've made of the scariest firework safety videos …
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A bigger budget, a remake of sorts, this film was released when the video nasties furore was petering out. People were starting to see that horror movies wouldn't turn the working class oinks into bloodthirsty serial killers or even adversely affect their dogs (as Graham Bright so hilariously claimed) but could be considered as art …
Continue reading Evil Dead 2 – Day 29 – 31 Days of Halloween
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