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 …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Archives- ‘Black Christmas’ (1974) UK lobby cards
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 …
Continue reading Hanging On The Telephone- How The Telephone Has Been Used To Terrify In Film
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 🙂
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 …
Continue reading Oh The Irony! My Sincere and Un-ironic Love of Cult Cinema
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 …
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 …
Herein lie SPOILERS!!! I had seen this poster for Deadpool and thought, 'That looks like a cheeky and irreverent superhero movie! I must investigate...' I then watched a trailer to realise, to my absolute horror, that the man under the mask was played by, of all people, Ryan Reynolds. I instantly dismissed the movie because …
How come I didn't get the memo about Shudder?! I was looking for the Giallo movie Bay of Blood to watch on Netflix but it wasn't there anymore. I looked online and discovered the horror movie streaming site Shudder. This site is amazing- its like Netflix for horror fans. Plenty of new films, old classics …
I've just watched This Movie Is Not Yet Rated. What a brilliant documentary this is. An examination of the MPAA- an organisation wherein the raters aren't identified, the criteria for classifying a movie aren't clear and where studio films receive feedback but independent films don't. Corrupt, fascist, archaic. And I thought us Brits had it …
My love of horror films started when I was young. As I wasn't old enough to see these films at my local cinema I took to gazing endlessly at the posters and lobby cards for them outside my local Odeon as I basked in their depictions of fear, terror and sadism. I was lucky enough …
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