Two things crossed my mind when I heard in the 90's that Gus Van Sant would be making a shot-for-shot remake of Hitchcock's Psycho. My first thought was 'Are you insane?!' My second thought was 'Shot for shot, huh? That could be quite interesting if it's handled right. A bit like some kind of cinematic …
U.S. Army Ranger Sgt Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) accidentally kills a man who has been harassing him and his wife after they are reunited. He serves his time and 8 years later is paroled. To get back to his native Alabama he boards a prison transportation plane. Other criminals are also sharing the flight and …
A young couple have their young baby snatched away from them and offered as a human sacrifice to an ancient tree to prolong it's life by the infant's nanny. We then see a short time later the Druid nanny from Hell starts new employment caring for another couple's child. This tautly and stunningly beautiful film …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2020- Day 20- The Guardian (1990)
This week's Book of the Week is Rebel Without A Crew by Robert Rodriguez. I first read this when I started living in Sydney, Australia for a year and it blew me away (Sydney and the book). It details Rodriguez taking part in a clinical trial to earn the money to make his micro-budget masterpiece …
Continue reading Book of the Week- ‘Rebel Without A Crew’ by Robert Rodriguez
On my search for movie posters on the internet for my articles I come across a massive amount of fan made movie posters. Correction- I come across a massive amount of really good fan made movie posters. Heres a collection of the best I've seen so far (this could change as I stumble across more...) …
A group of teens find themselves the victims of urban legends that come true. These legends range from 'The Stranger in the Backseat' to 'Eating Pop Rocks and Drinking Soda' (never heard of this but I'm keen to try it). In the late 90's there were a slew of teen horror movies made in the …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 22- Urban Legend (1998)
A comic book type caper in which a posse hunts down vampires for a living. This is at the lower end of John Carpenter's filmography. It feels more intent with slick visuals and trying to come across as 'cool' than being a thought provoking piece of cinema with any kind of substance. We get nods to …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 14- Vampires (1998)
A wife fakes her own death to escape from her rich abusive husband. She then flees to the mid-west to try to rebuild her life under a different name so that he can't trace her. Will she succeed? This is a Julia Roberts movie. If there isn't a big enough warning to stay away I …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 6- Sleeping With The Enemy (1991)
Yes we know the slasher film conventions. Instead of the most irritating characters to be committed to celluloid explain them to us how about integrate them into the script and make an intelligent horror classic. Instead of the mediocre franchise starter that this is. Oh and if the film wasn't bad enough Nick 'Goth for …
I first saw Leigh Bowery in the late 80s. I was at the cinema when a commercial for Pepe Jeans was played featuring Leigh. This advert which only lasted about 2 minutes left such an indelible impression. I first saw the documentary The Legend of Leigh Bowery about five years ago and again was gobsmacked. …
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