This second Carry On film is set at Haven Hospital and features an eclectic bunch of characters- the boxer, the bookish nuclear physicist, the bothersome colonel… The cast of favourites are all present and correct, with Hattie Jacques’ first turn as a matron. And how fantastic she is! Watch how she patrols the ward like …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 2- Carry On Nurse (1959)
The first Carry On film in the popular series concerns a new platoon of soldiers entering National Service. If Sergeant Grimshaw treats them nicely rather than with hostility, will they all turn out as perfect recruits? He has £50 riding on it. For a first film, Carry On Sergeant is very self-assured and very funny. …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 1- Carry On Sergeant (1958)
This entry into the taboo 'killer kid' horror sub-genre involves 9 year old Mikey. The first scene shows him slaughtering his entire adoptive family (yes, really) in one fell swoop. Whats more, hes videotaped the whole thing for his later entertainment. Mikey is found hiding in a closet by the police officers investigating who could …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 18- Mikey (1992)
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)
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)
Three psychopaths are aboard a sleeper train travelling across Europe. Mayhem and violence ensue. The comparisons with Late Night Trains here is blatantly obvious. But here the premise is more fleshed out. We are presented with a whole range of characters who are also travelling on the train which includes a prost*tute and a cop …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 11- Terror Express (1980)
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)
This slasher movie starts in the most obvious seting for a film of this ilk- a campfire! We hear of Madman Marz who was a vile man by all accounts. Abusive to his family until he decides to kill them with an axe. He then casually goes to his local tavern to have a drink …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 9- Madman (1981)
Macabre is based on real events (ahem). A middle-aged woman (Jane) is having an affair. She leaves her young son and daughter alone in their house to meet up with her lover for a passionate tryst. Unfortunately, her daughter is psychopathic and drowns her brother in the bath. Jane learns of this and rushes home …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 8- Macabre (1980)
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