Years after the events of the previous film, Tommy Jarvis is moved from his psychiatric hospital to a halfway house. Unfortunately for him, a series of murders starts to take place around the property. I remember hearing about this film when it was due to start filming and thinking it might be like an episode …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 5- Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
Jason is sent to the morgue after the end of Part 3 but, guess what? He's not dead! More carnage ensues. Back in 1987, I didn't know that The Final Chapter would be released on video so soon after the release of Part 3 but I just happened to be in the video shop when …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 4- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
I usually outline the intracacies of a film's plot at the start of a review. As the Friday the 13th films are so multi-layered when it comes to their storylines, here goes (I hope you can keep up). Jason wasn't killed at the end of Part 2 and another group of All-American teens arrive to …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 3- Friday the 13th Part 3D (1982)
Alice, the final girl from the first Friday the 13th, is murdered by an assailant two months after this initial spate of murders. It’s not hard to guess who this is as Alice had just found Mrs Voorhees’ severed head in her fridge. A new bunch of counsellors are arriving at a camp close to …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 2- Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Being the first of the popular horror franchise, the successful formula hadn’t been established yet. Hence the first Friday the 13th movie contains certain elements that we don’t find in the other films. We have quirky characters at a diner, the funny sheriff and likeable teens whose characters are fully fleshed out. We don’t wish …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 1- Friday the 13th (1980)
From IMDB- ‘Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the Far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition. But the Sultan of Turkey, who makes a great deal of money through taxing the merchants who have to pass through his country on the current route, sends …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 31- Carry On Columbus (1992)
Emmannuelle Prevert is the wife of French ambassador, Emile Prevert. As he has more interests in keeping fit, Emmannuelle seeks to satisfy her desires with lots of men across London. This was the Carry On I was most intrigued by and, perversely, the film from the series I wanted to investigate the most. Is it …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 30- Carry On Emmannuelle (1978)
In this instalment the team take on the genre of…the recent That’s Entertainment compilation films of old Hollywood films as this is, erm, a compilation of clips from the Carry Ons. Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor introduce the clips and I really liked their chemistry (it reminded me of when Williams was presenting Wogan and …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 29- That’s Carry On! (1977)
Captain S Melly is sent to a mixed battalion to sort them out and finally install some discipline into them. But when they’re more interested in other kinds of conquests, this will be far from easy. Yes, there are many absences from the cast with many of the regulars not appearing. But we do get …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 28- Carry On England (1976)
Major Leep has purchased a campsite and on digging a new cesspit, discovers what he thinks are Roman remains. Cue Professor Crump and an expert on all things Roman, Professor Vrooshka. There is also a varied, colourful and entertaining array of campers on site. Even though we don’t get the writing of Talbot Rothwell or …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 27- Carry On Behind (1975)
Meathook Cinema 