Captain Crowther (Sid James) is about to head the staff of a cruise liner when five of his crew fall ill and are replaced by five new staff members who seem comically unsuited to be working on a cruise liner. Carry On Cruising is the first film in the series to be shot in colour …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 6- Carry On Cruising (1962)
Carry On Regardless is centred around an employment agency called Helping Hands and the assignments the temps there are placed on. There is plenty of scope for some of the regular cast members to shine. And shine they do! There are some fantastic vignettes whether it’s Kenneth Williams organising a chimp’s tea party, Joan Sims …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 5- Carry On Regardless (1961)
In this fourth Carry On film, a flu epidemic means that new recruits who are inexperienced and possibly unsuitable join a police force- with hilarious consequences! The big revelation with Carry On Constable is that an actor would join the troupe who would very quickly become one of the most well-known actors associated with the …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 4- Carry On Constable (1960)
Robin Stevens (a very young Richard O'Sullivan), a pupil at Maudlin Street Secondary Modern, listens into a staff meeting in which the current and much beloved headmaster, Mr Wakefield says that he will be applying for the position of headmaster at a new school which is more beneficial for him. Robin concocts a plan to …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 3- Carry On Teacher (1959)
This second Carry On film is set at Haven Hospital and features an eclectic bunch of characters- the boxer, the bookish nuclear physicist, the bothersome colonel… The cast of favourites are all present and correct, with Hattie Jacques’ first turn as a matron. And how fantastic she is! Watch how she patrols the ward like …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 2- Carry On Nurse (1959)
The first Carry On film in the popular series concerns a new platoon of soldiers entering National Service. If Sergeant Grimshaw treats them nicely rather than with hostility, will they all turn out as perfect recruits? He has £50 riding on it. For a first film, Carry On Sergeant is very self-assured and very funny. …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 1- Carry On Sergeant (1958)
This entry into the taboo 'killer kid' horror sub-genre involves 9 year old Mikey. The first scene shows him slaughtering his entire adoptive family (yes, really) in one fell swoop. Whats more, hes videotaped the whole thing for his later entertainment. Mikey is found hiding in a closet by the police officers investigating who could …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 18- Mikey (1992)
This is an article I wrote about this film rather than an actual review. Its amazing when a TV programme or a film conveys a message that is so powerful that it faces strong and vicious opposition from the higher echelons of the day who seek to suppress it. Play For Today was a BBC1 …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 17- Scum (1979)
Terry Hawkins comes out of prison after serving a sentence on dr*gs charges. He’s embittered from his time inside and far from rehabilitated. He decides to…make a sn*ff movie now that he’s free (seems a very niche career path he’s chosen). There’s loads of meta references here with this movie about making a movie. This …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 16- Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
I feel like I've grown up with this film. This was one film that I remember seeing on the shelves of video stores when I was a child but didn't get round to seeing before it mysteriously disappeared. Absence made the heart grown fonder and I knew I must see this forbidden fruit. But when …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Anomalies- Day 15- The Exorcist (1973)
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