OK so now I'm officially excited. The trailer for Phantasm Remastered is here.
Category: Film
Meathook Cinema Archives- ‘Black Christmas’ (1974) UK lobby cards
Remember lobby cards? Scenes from film displayed under the main cinema poster. I remember poring over these cards outside my local cinema (The Odeon in York, England) as a kid and trying to imagine the scenes depicted. I even had nightmares looking at some of the posters and lobby cards for certain horror films. And …
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Terror in the Aisles
Got Letterboxd? Add Meathook Cinema as a friend on there. We've just viewed, loved and reviewed the 80s classic Terror in the Aisles. Heres a link to the review- https://letterboxd.com/meathookcinema/film/terror-in-the-aisles/ We're taking the 31 Days of Halloween challenge in October which means a review a day 🙂
Oh The Irony! My Sincere and Un-ironic Love of Cult Cinema
I happened to have an argument with someone online regarding the movie Showgirls. They said that the film was 'godawful', 'so bad its good' and that they only watch the film 'ironically'. It's because of people like Mr Ironic that going to the cinema is sometimes a painful experience these days. I've had too many …
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The Sounds of Modern Menace
I was thrilled to see the first few clips that appeared on YouTube of excerpts from John Carpenter's first ever gig. Hes currently touring the globe performing some of the pieces of music that have featured in his films. Whilst these are soundtracks to his films these pieces of music are also the soundtracks to …
R.I.P. George Kennedy
I was sad to learn that George Kennedy had passed away. He had been in such gems as Cool Hand Luke, the T.V. series Dallas and Thunderbolt and Lightfoot- one hell of an eclectic career. Kennedy was of course also one of the cast of the masterpiece 'Just Before Dawn' from 1981. If you haven't …
Shudder
How come I didn't get the memo about Shudder?! I was looking for the Giallo movie Bay of Blood to watch on Netflix but it wasn't there anymore. I looked online and discovered the horror movie streaming site Shudder. This site is amazing- its like Netflix for horror fans. Plenty of new films, old classics …
Fuck the MPAA
I've just watched This Movie Is Not Yet Rated. What a brilliant documentary this is. An examination of the MPAA- an organisation wherein the raters aren't identified, the criteria for classifying a movie aren't clear and where studio films receive feedback but independent films don't. Corrupt, fascist, archaic. And I thought us Brits had it …
‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’-Friedkin’s ‘Cruising’ (1980)
***SPOILER ALERT*** Don't read this unless you've seen 'Cruising'. I remember the first time I saw the film Cruising (1980). It was 1996 and I was studying Film at Brunel University in London- a newly 'out' 20-year-old gay man who was completely comfortable with his sexuality. I had come out on moving to London from …
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Michael, Mary and Rambo
I love it when I discover another gem on YouTube. Here is one such example- an daytime audience discussion show from 1985 on the effects of violent films on their audiences. https://youtu.be/dSf2kfpkKMg On one side was Michael Winner and on the other Mary Whitehouse. As we now know the whole 'monkey see, monkey do' theory …
