31 Days of Halloween- Day 3- Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)

From IMDB- In the XVIII Century, in the countryside of England, the landsman Ralph Gower finds a skull with one eye and fur on the field. He summons the local judge to see his finding but it has disappeared. Meanwhile the local Peter Edmonton brings his fiancée Rosalind Barton to his aunt's house to marry …

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Article- The Motherlode: Prisoner Cell Block H on ITV

Exactly 30 years ago today, something extraordinary happened. Let me elaborate. I grew up in York in the UK. My local TV station was Yorkshire Television who were the first UK regional station to transmit twenty-four hours a day. Because of this during the night and early hours of the morning, they would show some …

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31 Days of Halloween- Day 2- Witchfinder General (1968)

I remember when I lived in London I loved perusing the list of films being shown citywide in the listings magazine Time Out. In those days (the mid 90s) there were plenty of funky little cinemas showing all manner of films old and new, renowned and obscure. I remember going to see Witchfinder General and …

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31 Days of Halloween- Day 1- Tarantulas The Deadly Cargo

Two goons think they're going to hit paydirt by bringing coffee beans from Ecuador to California. But they also bring with them several deadly tarantulas. I only found out about this TV movie after hearing the song of (almost) the same name by Sleaford Mods. This is a very dull affair. Not even Tom Atkins …

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Review- ‘Rottweiler: Dogs of Hell’

Ahh, the 3D craze of the early 80's. Some films were great and used the gimmick really well (take a bow, Friday the 13th 3D) whilst others were films just a flat and mediocre in 3D as they would have been in 2D. This film belongs in the latter category. I only watched this as I …

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Review- ‘Searching’ (2018)

A girl goes missing. Or has she been abducted? Her father digs deeper to try and find his daughter. A film that takes place either through words, pictures and footage on instant messenger, FaceTime or social media. The telling of the story through these mediums feels innovative to begin with but grates by the end …

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Review- ‘The Meg’ (2018)

Theres 'good bad' and theres 'bad bad'. This is definitely 'bad bad'. The Megalodon was a huge shark thought to be extinct. A research expedition into deeper levels of the ocean finds that ol' Meg is still alive. Megsy then decides to move away from these deeper ocean depths and invade the shallower depths of the …

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Review- Snapshot (1979)

I first learnt of this film as it was called The Day After Halloween and marketed as a sequel to John Carpenter's classic. It isn't. But it's still a really interesting movie. Angela (played by Prisoner Cell Block H's brilliant Sigrid Thornton) is persuaded to ditch her low paid hairdressing job and enter the world of …

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