I remember going to see this back in the day and walking out halfway through. Will I make it through this film this time? Will I feel the same as I did back in 2003? Well, yes I did (somehow) watch it all the way to the end. And yes, I feel the same as …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 16- Freddy Vs Jason (2003)
A movie directed by a young Francis (Ford) Coppola and produced by Roger Corman. A genius plot- One night, while out rowing in the middle of a lake, John Haloran, and his young wife Louise, argue about his rich mother's will. Louise is upset that everything is currently designated to go to charity in the …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 15- Dementia 13 (1963)
A comic book type caper in which a posse hunts down vampires for a living. This is at the lower end of John Carpenter's filmography. It feels more intent with slick visuals and trying to come across as 'cool' than being a thought provoking piece of cinema with any kind of substance. We get nods to …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 14- Vampires (1998)
Martin is by filmmaker George A Romero and was his favourite film from his oeuvre. Martin is a young man who we see travelling by train to Braddock in Pittsburgh to live with his elderly cousin, Tata Cuda who seems convinced that Martin is the latest in a long line of vampires ('the family curse'). …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 13- Martin (1978)
Scientists on an island just off Ireland are close to finding a cure for cancer but accidentally produce 'silicates': tentacled creatures that suck the bone marrow from their victims. This is a British film directed by Terence Fisher who made a lot of films for Hammer. The version that I saw had been restored by Pinewood …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 12- Island of Terror (1966)
A double date decide to investigate a travelling carnival that has just come into town. After strolling around the different attractions they decide to hide overnight in the actual funhouse (like a ghost ride) which is on the grounds of the carnival. This film starts out so well with the carnival and the people who …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 11- The Funhouse (1981)
This has one of the most crazy plots of any Hammer film I've ever seen. I won't give away everything that happens though. A Cornish village is suffering from some sort of plague that is bumping people off at such a rate that the local doctor asks an expert friend to investigate what is happening. …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 9- Plague of the Zombies (1966)
I knew this would be a great film when I saw it was written by Brian Clemens who wrote, amongst other things, the amazing series called Thriller. I wasn't wrong. This is a cracking movie. Mia Farrow plays Sarah, a girl who is returning home after being in hospital after a fall from a horse …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 8- See No Evil (1971)
I actually saw this back in the 80's when it was called Piranha 2: Flying Killers. Theres really not much plot except that there is a shoal of piranhas who have wings terrorising a resort. Pulitzer Prize worthy stuff. The lead female character seems to have been based on Stevie Wayne from The Fog if …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 7- Piranha 2- The Spawning
A wife fakes her own death to escape from her rich abusive husband. She then flees to the mid-west to try to rebuild her life under a different name so that he can't trace her. Will she succeed? This is a Julia Roberts movie. If there isn't a big enough warning to stay away I …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 6- Sleeping With The Enemy (1991)
Meathook Cinema 