Do you remember VHS tapes? I do but then again I am old. For all those people born in the 2000’s it might be hard to believe but before films were on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray or some super quick downloadable format you can play on your phone, big chunky black video tapes ruled the […]
For lovers of macabre movies the names Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing evoke all sorts of images from a host of different horror films. Be it modern or classic collaborations, there catalogue of Hammer films together or even there most famous roles individually as theatrical duelling duos go Cushing and Lee are amongst the greatest.
Although it received seven Academy Award nominations the 1964 psychological thriller Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte may be more recognisable to recent audiences as part of American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy’s Feud series Bette and Joan which dealt with the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Dario Argento is a master of the horror genre, writing and directing films that seem torn straight from our nightmares filled with disturbing unhinged imagery that is as beautiful as it is terrifying.
Heralded by many as the greatest Film Noir ever made, Laura contains all the elements the genre is famous for including doomed romance, dark obsession, a no nonsense detective and a deceptive dame as well as plenty of twists and turns to keep even a modern audience entertained.
Everyone knows the urban legend; a baby sitter is taking care of a well to do parents kids when late at night she gets a phone call and all the voice says is “have you checked the children?” Many may know what comes next but few including myself have seen Fred Walton’s cinematic retelling from […]
