My love of horror films started when I was young. As I wasn't old enough to see these films at my local cinema I took to gazing endlessly at the posters and lobby cards for them outside my local Odeon as I basked in their depictions of fear, terror and sadism. I was lucky enough …
I first saw Leigh Bowery in the late 80s. I was at the cinema when a commercial for Pepe Jeans was played featuring Leigh. This advert which only lasted about 2 minutes left such an indelible impression. I first saw the documentary The Legend of Leigh Bowery about five years ago and again was gobsmacked. …
It's 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 drama anthology series that ran from 1970 until 1984. Alan Clarke directed an episode …
***CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!*** I haven't seen this since I was a kid and I loved it. Would this film still be as enthralling now that I was a world weary and cynical adult? The film was made in 1958 and concerns a mysterious meteor that crash lands on Earth and releases a gelatinous type living organism …
It surprised me to learn that fans of the Halloween series of films harshly judge Halloween 3: Season of the Witch as the runt of the litter. Yes, the film isn't centred around Michael Myers, but is it really worthy of the scorn poured on it by fans of the rest of the franchise? I …
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I first saw this amazing piece of nighttime New York craziness on VHS, like many other cult cinema fans. The first video releases here in the UK were the kind of films that were supposed to appeal to a young demographic and, so action, horror and sexy coming-of-age comedies were all widely available and marketed …
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I've just heard thats theres a new 4K print of Jeff Lieberman's cult classic Blue Sunshine that is being shown in cinemas in the US. This thrills me for a number of reasons- firstly, its a kick ass film and fully deserves the 4K treatment. Also, its being shown in cinemas and so an audience …
I remember as a kid being obsessed by the posters on display outside my local Odeon cinema. And not just the posters but also the lobby cards underneath showing various scenes from the films. These were the days before posters were stringently censored in the same way that films were in the UK (and yes, …
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