I've just created a video of my Top 10 Prisoner Cell Block H characters. The videos here. For those of you who don't know I'm a huge Prisoner fan. I actually think its the best TV programme ever made. Yes, this is Meathook Cinema but with Prisoner being Cult TV at its finest I have …
Probably Argento's best movie in my opinion. A successful writer Peter Neal is visiting Rome from America. He becomes aware that a serial killer is on the loose and strongly influenced by his work. This film is staggeringly good. Prepare to be astounded by the tracking shot of the outside of the apartment block- one of the …
A film set in London Underground. A cannibal is the last of a generation of cannibals who live in the tunnels of Russell Square tube station. He hunts for food ie passengers as the late night trains are running. This film is obviously based on the supposedly true story of Sawney Beane and his family- …
Continue reading Death Line (1972) – Day 20 – 31 Days of Halloween
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One of the few Dario Argento films I haven't seen. Until now that is. And what a treat! A rock drummer notices that hes being watched by a mysterious stranger. He confronts this person in an abandoned opera house and after disarming him of a knife accidentally stabs him. This is all witnessed a photographed …
Continue reading Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) -Day 17 – 31 Days of Halloween
It takes a great big set of balls to make a sequel to a film that is recognised as a classic. One such film is Halloween. Is the sequel any good? Well, yes it is actually. There are many things to love. One such thing is that the film carries on straight after the events …
Continue reading Halloween 2 (1981) – Day 15- 31 Days of Halloween
Corman romp about security robots in a shopping mall that malfunction and take it out on a group of teens who are there after closing time. With this being Corman there are some great cameos from stable regulars like Mary Waronov, Paul Bartel and Dick Miller. A great sense of humour and some gory moments. …
Continue reading Chopping Mall – Day 11 – 31 Days of Halloween
I remember watching this as a kid on VHS in the 80s and loving it. Now as a gay horror fan who's all grown up watching the film feels different. Firstly, it's because the great gay icon Bette Davis is in it. Safe in this knowledge I know that this isn't just any run-of-the-mill performance …
Continue reading The Watcher in the Woods – Day 10 – 31 Days of Halloween
If you could replace your wife with a robot hausfrau who lives to cook, clean, be subserviant to her man and climax every time you had sex, would you? Joanna Eberhart has just moved to Stepford and is suspicious of the sinister Men's Association. Joanna is a liberated woman, a free spirit. And in Stepford …
Continue reading The Stepford Wives (1975) – Day 8 – 31 Days of Halloween
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