Visitors to this page will know that I'm a MASSIVE John Waters fan. When his latest opus, A Dirty Shame was released I eagerly sought out one of the few cinemas that was showing the film in London where I lived at the time after graduating with a degree in Film Studies. There was a …
Continue reading Is It Really That Bad?- A Dirty Shame (2004)
Exactly 30 years ago today, something extraordinary happened. Let me elaborate. I grew up in York in the UK. My local TV station was Yorkshire Television who were the first UK regional station to transmit twenty-four hours a day. Because of this during the night and early hours of the morning, they would show some …
Continue reading Article- The Motherlode: Prisoner Cell Block H on ITV
A scientist (played by Vincent Price with his usual aplomb) discovers an organism that attaches itself to the human spine and feeds on the feeling of fear from the host person. The parasite is known to be present as it makes the spine of the person feel a tingling sensation. For this reason its known …
Continue reading Day 16- 31 Days of Halloween- The Tingler (1959)
I remember seeing this on video at a friends house back in the day and being so freaked out that I had to ask his Dad to walk me home. I was 12 years old. Them were the days. After the camp of Part 3 this film gets back on track and is resplendent with really …
Continue reading Day 13- 31 Days of Halloween- Friday the 13th Part 4- The Final Chapter
Just made a video of my Top 10 Horror Movies from the 70s. The videos HERE. Do you agree? Get discussing horror fiends 🙂 Either leave a comment under the video or join the Meathook Cinema Facebook page.
Here are the Phantasm Remastered Bluray specs courtesy of the preorder at Diabolik DVD- Phantasm (Remastered) (Blu-Ray) BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURES: **New 5.1 Surround Sound **Original Mono Track **Audio Commentary with Director & Writer Don Coscarelli, Michael Baldwin (Mike), Angus Scrimm (The Tall Man), and Bill Thornbury (Joan) **Graveyard Carz Episode **Interviews from 1979 with Don …
An American diplomat adopts an orphaned child whose mother died at birth unbeknownst to his wife, who has just given birth to their (supposedly) stillborn son. Their new child, however is the Antichrist. Hilarity ensues. Just kidding. This film is perfect in many ways. Direction, cast, cinematography, music, screenplay. If ever it feels like the …
Continue reading The Omen (1976) – Day 18 – 31 Days of Halloween
This film should be filed under 'Uncategorisable Gem'. Lead character is twelve year Jamie. Hes obsessed with sex, his only friend is an evil teddy bear and he knows if a pit inhabited by a pack of mutant trolls called trolologs. Just your average movie plot. This movie is so brilliantly written complete with quirky …
Continue reading The Pit (1981)- Day 5- 31 Days of Halloween
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