John Carpenter’s original Halloween from 1978 is an iconic horror film because of its Hitchcockian suspense, clever use of creepy music and its memorable characters, particularly Jamie Lee Curtis’ heroine Laurie, Donald Pleasence’ hammy Dr Loomis and of course the indestructible, knife-wielding killer Michael Myers. While it didn’t originate the slasher genre it certainly set the modern template for it
Read moreGhost Stories is an effective horror anthology with touches of Edgar Allen Poe and the Twilight Zone but most notably, British films of the 1960’s and 70’s like Vault of Horror. There’s also a hint of Charlie Brooker’s acerbic and morbid morality tales. The film centres on Professor Phillip Goodman (Andy Nyman who also co-wrote and co-directs) a prominent TV
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Halloween is approaching and while it might have been pinched from Europe via the US on ‘Built For Speed’ we appreciate a celebration of spookiness. Accordingly, this week we pummel you with a selection of scary tunes from the likes of Danzig, Alice Cooper, Roky Erickson and many more. We also take a look at the sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic
Read moreDirected by Bradley Cooper and starring Cooper and Lady Gaga, this fourth film version of A Star is Born is an effectively raw if at times cliched take on what is both a doomed romance and cautionary tale about the price of fame. Cooper plays old school rock star Jackson Maine, a prodigiously talented singer/ song writer but also an
Read moreThe moon-shot movie has almost become a separate genre and with films the calibre of The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 and Hidden Figures, a consistently good one. Now, Academy Award-winning director of La La Land and Whiplash, Damien Chazelle has entered the space-race with First Man, the story of the original moon landing. Diverting from the slick style of most
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