A class are transported to an island and its then disclosed that they have to kill each other with the last person left standing the winner. Brutal (as you'd expect) but also witty, humane and strangely poignant in places. This film is brilliantly acted, directed with style and is beautiful to look. Murder and deception …
Continue reading Day 2- 31 Days of Halloween- Battle Royale (2000)
What a cracking film to start my 31 Days of Halloween with. This is a British film which stars Bette Davis as a nanny for a family living in London in which a young boy has been sent away for supposedly killing his sister. The boy is due to be released after two years and …
Continue reading Day 1- 31 Days of Halloween- The Nanny (1965)
Every day in October I will be reviewing a different horror film. Some of the criteria I've used for the choice of films are - a film from each decade from the 1920s onwards - films from a number of different countries - a Friday the 13th film as within October this year the 13th falls on a Friday!!! …
Whilst most Christmas based media is sentimental bilge there are nuggets that are worth hunting out. View Meathook Cinemas guide to Mondo Christmas. Brace yourself for festive horror, glam rock Christmas messages and LSD inspired Yuletide childrens movies. And much, much more...
Tales From The Crypt was released in 1972- a horror movie made up of five different tales of terror. One of these vignettes was '...And All Through The House' a Christmas based story regarding a woman who has just bumped off her hubby for his insurance. But she has more to content with...You can watch …
Its amazing the similarities between different sources I see in my research for this page. Here is a comparison I've made between Wes Craven's gritty masterpiece Last House on the Left (1972) and a women's self defence video called Rapist Beware! (1990). Another accolade that can be attached to the legacy of Wes Craven- his …
Last film for the month- Halloween. I've made a video HERE about what I love about the film. Enjoy! A masterpiece. 5 out of 5
Jason in Space. And it works beautifully. Tongue firmly in cheek but with awesome kills (check out the liquid nitrogen death). There's also the small bugs that help things to heal super quick, Uber Jason, the female android, the cameo by David Cronenberg... Lots to like. Friday fans seem to hate this film. They're the …
Last year I undertook a teaching course. At the end of said course we were required to give a presentation to the rest of the group that could last no longer than 30 mins and would be assessed. We could choose any topic and so I chose Dawn of the Dead (1978). I've now uploaded …
Continue reading Dawn of the Dead (1978) and The Return of the Repressed
A bigger budget, a remake of sorts, this film was released when the video nasties furore was petering out. People were starting to see that horror movies wouldn't turn the working class oinks into bloodthirsty serial killers or even adversely affect their dogs (as Graham Bright so hilariously claimed) but could be considered as art …
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