Tuesday, 31 August 2021

IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS (2019 - Documentary)

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 If I was an attorney defending 1980's horror movies on a charge of willful genre damage, I'm not sure I could save my client from t...
Thursday, 26 August 2021

CANDYMAN (1992 - Collector's Edition DVD)

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 In advance of seeing Nia deCosta's remake tomorrow, I thought I'd re-visit Bernard Rose's 1992 original - and a mixed blessing ...
Monday, 23 August 2021

SNUFF (1976)

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"The film that could only be made in South America... where Life is CHEAP!" shrieks the poster tagline. Not as cheap as the bid fo...
Sunday, 22 August 2021

HORROR NOIRE (Shudder Channel Documentary - 2019)

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  HORROR NOIRE (Shudder Channel Documentary - 2019) An excellent and long overdue examination of the black experience and talent representa...
Saturday, 21 August 2021

LAST CANNIBAL WORLD (1977) / EATEN ALIVE (1980)

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  LAST CANNIBAL WORLD (1977) Ruggero Deodato's opening move in the dubious game of Cannibal movie chess he played with Umberto Lenzi (se...

THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER (1972 - 88 Films DVD release)

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  Umberto Lenzi can lay claim to being the originator of the short-lived Cannibal horror sub-genre, though in the good-natured dispute with ...

EATEN ALIVE (1977 - Arrow bluray)

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 EATEN ALIVE (1977 - Arrow bluray) Tobe Hooper's next project after THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is a strange, stage-bound slice of misgu...

NIGHTMARE CITY (1980 - Arrow bluray)

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  NIGHTMARE CITY (1980- Arrow bluray). Not content with animal (and audience) cruelty with his cannibal movies, Umberto Lenzi gave us this h...
Thursday, 19 March 2020

EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977)

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EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (1977) In 1973 director William Friedkin shocked the world with THE EXORCIST. Four years later, John Boorma...
Wednesday, 4 March 2020

THE HISTORY OF HORROR CINEMA (podcast) - EPISODE 1: THE SHORT SHARP SHOCKS OF LAUREL & HARDY

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THE HISTORY OF HORROR CINEMA podcast) - EPISODE 1: THE SHORT SHARP SHOCKS OF LAUREL & HARDY Here's my first episode of studio a...

TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1991) + TETSUO II: BODYHAMMER (1991)

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TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1991) + TETSUO II: BODYHAMMER (1991) Shinya Tsukamoto's gloriously bananas vision of urban metal fetishism acro...
Friday, 3 January 2020

FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1990)

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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1990) - "They saved the best till last!". No it wasn't and no they didn't. I...

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 1 - 5 (1984 - 1989)

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No time nowadays to do in-depth writing on these but still  documenting what I've been re-watching. The first doesn't hold u...
Tuesday, 24 December 2019

THE HILLS HAVE EYES PART 2 (1984)

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At one point in  The Hills Have Eyes Part 2  (1984), blind girl in peril Cass (Tamara Stafford) cries out "Why?" Why indeed did ...

SWAMP THING (1982)

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Wes Craven continued his gradual rise through major studio associations with Swamp Thing in 1982. By now, he should have been enjoying t...
Monday, 23 December 2019

MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED (2010)

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From Mark Hartley, editor and director of the Ozploitation documentary  Not Quite Hollywood  (2008) comes another highly entertainin...
Friday, 20 December 2019

DEADLY BLESSING (1981)

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After the success of The Hills Have Eyes, Wes Craven truly began to gain ground as a mainstream Hollywood filmmaker. He  acquired union m...
Wednesday, 18 December 2019

THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977)

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From his origins Wes Craven (1939-2015) seemed the most unlikely of men to become one of the most famous directors and influencers in the...
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Monday, 16 December 2019

NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION! (2008)

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Boobs, bikers, burnings and botched stuntwork! Fans of exploitation movies in particular will love Mark Hartley's infectiously exube...
Friday, 13 December 2019

JASON X (2001)

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JASON X is a wildly improbable but enjoyable concept by director Jim Isaac and writer Todd Farmer. After pitching the still involved Exec...
Thursday, 12 December 2019

JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY (1993)

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On paper JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY promised to be a surefire misfire. With that preposterous title and a pedigree of eight ext...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN (1989)

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After seven installments, it was becoming clear that Sean S. Cunningham's FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise was running out of steam. Whilst ...
Tuesday, 10 December 2019

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD (1988)

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If the takings for JASON LIVES on its release had reflected its re-energising of the franchise, maybe FRIDAY THE 13TH could have confiden...