31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 1- Kill, Baby, Kill (1966)

A mysterious death in a Carpathian village prompts a coroner and a medical student to try and investigate what is behind it. Meanwhile, a ghostly little girl haunts the village as some kind of portent of impending doom. This 1966 Mario Bava film is fantastic and very important. Firstly, as a film, it's beautiful to …

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Is It Really That Bad?- The Exorcist 2: The Heretic (1977)

The first time I learnt about The Exorcist 2: The Heretic was when my family bought our first VCR. There were trailer compilation tapes that could be rented for free from our local video library and so as well as renting Basket Case (what a great first videotape to rent!) we also took out these …

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Trash Triptych (1/3)- ‘Filth Is My Politics! Filth Is My Life!’ Examining John Waters’ Pink Flamingos (1972)

This article is the first in a series I'm calling the Trash Triptych in which I'll be looking at the John Waters movies Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974) and Polyester (1981). My introduction to John Waters was actually an indirect one. It's Thursday 19th of July 1984 and I'm watching Top of the Pops. …

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Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Battle Royale (2000)

A totalitarian government have a novel idea to try and curb juvenile delinquency- to send a random class  to an island where they will have to kill each other. Whoever is left is the winner. They have three days to complete the task. They are given provisions and a different weapon each. They also have …

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