In this new regular series of reviews, I'll be watching films that are hated by many. Do these films deserve their bad reputation or do they deserve reappraisal? First up is Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning. Beware- there are spoilers ahead. I remember hearing about the film being in development when it …
Continue reading Is It Really That Bad?- Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
One of my earliest memories involves the film Friday the 13th (those who know me are rolling their eyes and thinking 'This doesn't surprise me!') I'm 5 years old and I'm running towards my local cinema, The Odeon in York. I regularly go there when my family ventures into town as there are posters and …
Continue reading ‘It’s Got A Death Curse!’- Taking A Deep Dive Into Friday The 13th (1980)
It was in 1986 when I discovered Fangoria Magazine. A comic book store in a beat up shopping arcade in York in the UK had started stocking it on import from the US. I instantly began buying it and fell in love with the publication. There was a brief time after that that Fangoria couldn't …
Continue reading Book/Publication of the Week- Fangoria Magazine
I often think about my love of cinema, where it began and the influences on it, both film-based and what was going on around me. I was born in February 1975. My arrival into the world coincides with the day on which Stephen Murphy, the BBFC's secretary, first saw a new independent film called The …
With the news that Female Trouble, John Waters' meisterwerk and design for living is being shown, my noggin got a joggin'. I started thinking about the films that I've been lucky enough to watch on the big screen and with an audience. My favourite filmgoing experience has to be when I got to see a …
Continue reading Excursions Into Hell: My Favourite Filmgoing Experiences
Cropsey, a summer camp caretaker is burnt alive as an unfortunate consequence of a prank that goes horribly wrong. After five years he returns to the summer camp with vengeance in mind. This is the slasher movie that helped form Miramax Films and gave a young Harvey Weinstein a career as a film producer. The …
Continue reading Day 10- 31 Days of Halloween- The Burning (1981)
This film is basically Jason in Space. This movie massively divided fans. Some loved the innovation but some hated it to such an extent that they viewed it as the worst in the series. Yes, they even hated it more than Part 5: A New Beginning. But I loved this movie. I even went to …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 18- Jason X (2001)
I remember going to see this back in the day and walking out halfway through. Will I make it through this film this time? Will I feel the same as I did back in 2003? Well, yes I did (somehow) watch it all the way to the end. And yes, I feel the same as …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween- Day 16- Freddy Vs Jason (2003)
This is basically Never Sleep Again but for the Friday the 13th films. And that's perfect. Each film gets talked about by cast and crew regarding how it was made, the ongoing battle with the MPAA that blighted the series later on and how well the films fared when released. It's always a joy to hear …
Happy Friday the 13th! I've been digging through copies of my local newspaper The Yorkshire Evening Post and have exhumed some amazing ads for some of the exploitation films that perverts like me love so dearly. One series of movies that played well in Leeds was Friday the 13th. And the newspaper ads certainly don't …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Films Original Leeds Newspaper Ads
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