This is the movie that made me into a major fan of horror and cult cinema in general. I saw this on its release onto video when I was 11 years old. Since then I watched it numerous times and know it off by heart. With a film so ingrained into my psyche it would …
Continue reading A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – Day 7- 31 Days of Halloween
A young schoolteacher trues to escape small town Australia and reach Sydney...but gets waylayed in the darkest possible way. This is an amazing examination of small town madness, the unspoken madness of such a life and the brutality and destruction undertaken by men. Its also an amazing portrayal of cabin fever being caused by nothing …
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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 …
Continue reading The Texas Chain Saw Massacre- 31 Days of Halloween- Day 1
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