I've just reviewed Snapshot that was cheekily renamed 'The Day After Halloween' to capitalise on the success of John Carpenter's masterpiece. I remember the first time I saw this was on a copy of the soundtrack that I saw whilst browsing for soundtracks in the mid 90's when I had moved to London to study …
I first learnt of this film as it was called The Day After Halloween and marketed as a sequel to John Carpenter's classic. It isn't. But it's still a really interesting movie. Angela (played by Prisoner Cell Block H's brilliant Sigrid Thornton) is persuaded to ditch her low paid hairdressing job and enter the world of …
The infamous video nasty that was banned in the SS Thatcher days of 80’s Britain. It’s a solid effort with great gore and decent suspense as two couples go to an island for a vacation. I loved the lead character who feels like she’s been having nightmares all her life about the place she’s just arrived at. …
I was looking forward to this movie. Someone who had seen it in the States said that it was 'grim'. Another said that it 'stayed with you long after you've finished watching it'. Having watched the movie I can now say that it is grim. But not in a good way. It's the most pretensious, …
Harry is on his way to a country holiday home with his new ex-model girlfriend, Diane when they cross paths with a rowdy car-full of drunken yahoos who try to intimidate them. After the couple run them off the road and ruin the suspension on their car, they are tracked to their country lair with …
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 …
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I love it when I know nothing about a film but then discover it on Netflix. Thats what happened here and I wasn’t disappointed. A deaf mute writer lives in her isolated home on the edge of a forest. And then a psycho nutjob comes her way. Its suddenly a case of do or die with …
A movie that goes one way but changes direction massively. In fact before the plot twist that occurs I thought this was a film about the most unlikable and privileged kids I'd ever seen on screen. In fact they're so privileged that when they got to college they would be the biggest social justice warriors, I …
I had the honour and privilege to be able to see Predator (1987) in 4K and on the big screen the other day. It felt like visiting an old friend. Predator belongs in Arnie's Imperial Phase, which, for my money, runs from the Conan films up until Red Heat. At this time, he was making …
There was a long standing tradition for Turkish remakes of huge Hollywood blockbusters. These remakes have miniscule budgets and are made quickly so that they can be released soon after the original. The Exorcist was remade in Turkey for a tiny proportion of the original’s budget. This means that we get hilarious special effects, truly …
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