Growing up, one of my favourite film books was Movies of the Seventies, edited by David Thompson. One film it highlighted was Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout from 1971. The stills from the film looked absolutely stunning, with the plot synopsis fully whetting my appetite. I then read in the excellent and much missed Premiere magazine that …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Walkabout (1971)
Mabel Longhetti is married to Nick and they have three children. Her husband is getting increasingly worried by her seemingly wayward behaviour. This is demonstrated in the film by a couple of incidents. Early on we see her go to a bar and pick up a man after her husband is waylaid at work. The …
Two teenage girls venture into the big bad city to go to a concert. They try to score some pot but quickly discover that the gang they are trying to score from are, in fact, a gang of psychopaths. As expected, things go from bad to worse for the girls as they are humiliated, tortured …
Continue reading Day 4- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Last House on the Left (1972)
One of the first video sleeves I ever saw was for The Amityville Horror which just so happened to be on one of my favourite video labels, Guild Home Video (the people who have ever seen the opening ident for Guild will know why I love it so much) in one of the first video …
The latest entry in the Confessions franchise sees Timmy Lea change occupations yet again and becoming a driving instructor. Along the way, there are plenty of 'birds' for him to have sexy adventures with. As is customary in these films, there are usually actresses who went onto bigger things who play a prominent part within …
Continue reading Review- Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
One of the fantastic things about growing up as a child of the '70s and 80's and being a horror fan were the Public Information Films that were shown at random times both day and night on British TV. These could convey any burning issue from the dangers of abandoned old refrigerators on rubbish tips …
Along with most other households in the UK for members of Gen X (the best generation by the way), we had the soundtrack for the film Grease. When the film was finally shown on UK TV I recorded it and watched it fat too much. It was a 'go to film' for a time when …
Hooray for Facebook. I was browsing pages devoted to cult cinema as I'm prone to do during my downtime and I saw a post about the Giallo gem, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times and realised that I had never seen it. And lo and behold it was on YouTube in both Italian or badly …
Continue reading Review- La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte (The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) (1972)
When I saw that Robin Askwith headed the cast of this British 70's horror flick I instantly thought of the brilliant bawdy comedies The Confessions series which he starred in and were delightfully mucky and low-brow. Perfect for the era. If Mr Askwith could prove a huge hit with the sexploitation brigade surely he could …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 24- Horror Hospital (1973)
A young man who can restore frescos (ancient works of art) arrives to restore one such artwork but finds events within the remote town to be far from normal. Indeed, they are downright bizarre. Does the fresco hold any clues? Does it depict what people have been led to believe it shows? Will the events …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 21- The House With Laughing Windows (1976)
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