Every week I'll be recommending one of my favourite soundtracks and why I like them. Hopefully this will inspire you to investigate more, buy the album or dig it out of your collection if you already have it so that you bask in it's glory again. This week is the turn of the Paul Zaza/Carl …
I have a long history with this film as I seem to remember it being shown on daytime TV here in the UK in the early 80's. The thinking probably went along the lines of 'We have such extreme horror movies now and so it will be safe to show this old 1950's horror film …
There's a video for this list here. 10. Monkey Shines When an athlete (Allan) is hit by a truck and left a quadriplegic, a scientist friend recruits a monkey that has been trained to help assist disabled people to fully carry out their lives. Ella, the monkey, starts to bond well with Allan, but soon, …
There's a video for this list here. 10. Beware! Children At Play A Troma movie that pushes the boundaries- even for Troma! Children are disappearing in a small town in America. Rather than being abducted, they are, in fact, being recruited to join a religious cult that practices cannibalism. This is Children of the Corn …
There's a video for this list here. 10. The Mutilator Family horror here! Teenager Ed accidentally kills his mother whilst cleaning a rifle for his father (imagine what a headfuck that would be). After his father (Big Ed) discovers his dead wife's body, he has a breakdown. Fast forward a few years, and Big Ed …
There's a video for this list here. 10. The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 Yes, The Hills Have Eyes Part 2! I can see some of you sniggering! I have great memories of watching this film on VHS as a kid as it had some great lurid artwork (the video company were probably thinking, 'This …
There is a video regarding this article here. 10. Twilight Zone: The Movie An anthology of separate short films from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller and John Landis. This homage to the original Twilight Zone TV series, much loved by both television and horror fans, works really well as the spirit …
There's a video for this list here. 10. A Stranger Is Watching After reading Mary Higgins Clark's book in the late 80s, I was intrigued to learn that it had been made into a film previously. We had a huge video store near us at the time called Barker's, which was cavernous and full of …
I'm currently writing an article about my childhood in the 80s, the massive part that video played during that period with regard to my obsession with cult/horror films, and so I've decided to compile lists of my favourite horror movies from each year from that awesome decade. These will all lead up to a list …
Another past event has just popped up in the Memories section of my Facebook account. Apparently, 15 years ago I was watching Halloween at the National Film Theatre. And apparently, I have scanned and posted the NFT notes for the screening. As I remember, this screening was utilising a brand spanking new 35mm print that had …
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