The first time I saw this I knew nothing about it. My viewing experience was increased massively because of this. Hence I'm not going to disclose this film's plot in my review. But I will say that this is one of the most warped and fucked up movies I've ever seen. If this isn't enough of …
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre- 31 Days of Halloween- Day 1
I first saw this classic when I was a late teen and studying for my A-levels in college in 1994. My friend taped this for me on the same tape as Last House on the Left. With it being copied from a copy the picture and audio were crappy but somehow this added to the …
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Top 10 Movie Taglines Of All Time
The lost art of writing a kickass movie tagline. Heres our top 10 favourite taglines of all time (in descending order). Have we missed any out? Leave your suggestions in the comments... 10) Frankenhooker- 'A terrifying tale of sluts and bolts' 9) Blood Beach- 'Just when it's safe to go back in the water...you can't …
Phantasm Remastered Trailer
OK so now I'm officially excited. The trailer for Phantasm Remastered is here.
Meathook Cinema Archives- ‘Black Christmas’ (1974) UK lobby cards
Remember lobby cards? Scenes from film displayed under the main cinema poster. I remember poring over these cards outside my local cinema (The Odeon in York, England) as a kid and trying to imagine the scenes depicted. I even had nightmares looking at some of the posters and lobby cards for certain horror films. And …
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Hanging On The Telephone- How The Telephone Has Been Used To Terrify In Film
The telephone has always held sinister connotations for me. I grew up in a time before mobile phones when everyone had a landline and telephone systems were positively archaic. This primitive system meant that calls couldn't be traced easily. This was perfect for every nutjob, crank or serial killer to call you. And this happened …
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Terror in the Aisles
Got Letterboxd? Add Meathook Cinema as a friend on there. We've just viewed, loved and reviewed the 80s classic Terror in the Aisles. Heres a link to the review- https://letterboxd.com/meathookcinema/film/terror-in-the-aisles/ We're taking the 31 Days of Halloween challenge in October which means a review a day 🙂
Oh The Irony! My Sincere and Un-ironic Love of Cult Cinema
I happened to have an argument with someone online regarding the movie Showgirls. They said that the film was 'godawful', 'so bad its good' and that they only watch the film 'ironically'. It's because of people like Mr Ironic that going to the cinema is sometimes a painful experience these days. I've had too many …
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The Sounds of Modern Menace
I was thrilled to see the first few clips that appeared on YouTube of excerpts from John Carpenter's first ever gig. Hes currently touring the globe performing some of the pieces of music that have featured in his films. Whilst these are soundtracks to his films these pieces of music are also the soundtracks to …
R.I.P. George Kennedy
I was sad to learn that George Kennedy had passed away. He had been in such gems as Cool Hand Luke, the T.V. series Dallas and Thunderbolt and Lightfoot- one hell of an eclectic career. Kennedy was of course also one of the cast of the masterpiece 'Just Before Dawn' from 1981. If you haven't …
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