Dave Morris and Helen Steel are members of activist group London Greenpeace. They produce a leaflet extolling the reasons as to why they are opposed to the McDonald's chain of restaurants with reasons given such as animal cruelty, deforestation so that land can be created for their cattle to graze and the company's hatred of …
Oh boy. If you've seen Amityville 2 you'll know what I mean. The makers of this movie must have thought that to compete with the original film and indeed outgross it they must make it as extreme as possible. And they really succeeded. A new family have moved into the infamous house and start to …
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The first time I saw George A Romero's masterpiece Night of the Living Dead it was actually a colourised version being distributed by Palace Video (home of The Evil Dead). 'Sacrilege!' I hear you cry. But with no other version of the film to compare it to, I quite liked it. Even after colourisation, the …
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One of the first video sleeves I ever saw was for The Amityville Horror which just so happened to be on one of my favourite video labels, Guild Home Video (the people who have ever seen the opening ident for Guild will know why I love it so much) in one of the first video …
Umberto Lenzi's film has gone by many different names with Mondo Cannibale and Sacrifice! being but two of them. But it was when it was released on UK video as Deep River Savages that it gained controversy during the Video Nasties furore. This was actually one of the few Video Nasties I had never seen …
The last time I watched Weird Science was when it was on TV in the 80s. A rewatch was on the cards. Gary and Wyatt are two geeky teens who are regularly humiliated by their peers. They decide to create their ideal woman using computers after watching the classic movie Frankenstein. Their plan works. I …
Five tourists who are exploring old catacombs find themselves separated from the main group they are with and instead in the company of The Crypt Keeper. He seemingly details how each of them will die. The film then presents five separate stories regarding each character. These are 'All Through The House' in which on Christmas …
I first heard of the transgressive music group Throbbing Gristle through my love of Siouxsie and the Banshees. I also bought the book about them, Wreckers of Civilization by Simon Ford when I lived in London. Shortly after this TG's back catalogue was remastered and I lapped it up. For years I hoped for a …
A psychiatrist shows a colleague some of his clients whilst explaining their backstories. A young boy has a nightly visitor- a tiger who will kill for him, an antique dealer has a Penny Farthing that he inherited from his aunt that allows him to travel back in time, Joan Collins finds that she must compete …
Suave, debonair advertising executive Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent which results in a gang of foreign spies trying to bump him off whilst making it look like an accident. This doesn't go to plan. Instead, whilst trying to prove his innocence he then gets framed for murder and has to go on …
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