Following on from the 1940s and 1950s, it’s back to the swinging sixties as we look at ten essential films from the decade that you cannot miss… When you think back to key transitions in cinematic history there are a number of eras that saw an almost seismic shift in the kind of films being […]
The Essential Man vs Machine Sci-Fi B-Movies
Tom Jolliffe offers up a selection of low-budget B-movie gems and the theme of the day is man vs. machine… What’s going to wipe out humanity? Good question, thanks for asking. It’s going to be one of a few possibilities including alien invasion, mother nature, human stupidity (we are a world where you can buy […]
The Most Disturbing Horror Movies of the 1980s
EJ Moreno on the most disturbing horror movies of the 1980s… The 1980s is the prime time for horror films, but oddly, the decade’s movies aren’t as shocking as the 70s or even the torture porn era of the 00s. Hunting for the most shocking and disturbing movies of the decade wasn’t hard, but it […]
Peeping Tom: A Voyeuristic Masterpiece of the Slasher Subgenre
William Stottor revisits the classic British horror-thriller Peeping Tom… Before 1960, the Michael Powell half of Powell and Pressburger had enjoyed a commercially and critically successful directing career. Films such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and The Red Shoes (1948), which he directed with Emeric Pressburger, still rank amongst the greatest […]
The Kings of Cool
Who are the undisputed Kings of Cool? We take a look at the coolest actors to grace the silver screen… Some stars are pretty good at what they do. Maybe it’s hard work and in the case of being a tough guy, that means hours at the gym. Then there are gifts that just come […]
Asian Shock Horror Movies You Have To See
EJ Moreno on six shocking movies from Asia… Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite was an entry point into a different side of cinema for a whole generation of film lovers. Not only for South Korean cinema but the world of shocking Asian movies. Yet, it’s probably one of the more tame entries out there, especially when […]
Who is the Best Final Girl in Horror?
EJ Moreno looks at ten influential and badass final girls… Did Carol J. Clover think we’d have endless discourse around the term she coined in her 1992 novel Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film? God, no, but thankfully she’s given horror fans endless conversations about who is the real screaming queen […]
Overlooked Horror Actors and Their Best Performance
While these actors aren’t specifically known for horror, their work in the genre is easy to overlook… Within the horror community, we often focus our admiration and attention on some of the more iconic actors. If it’s classics like Bela Lugosi or Christopher Lee to modern icons like Sarah Michelle Gellar or Bruce Campbell, we […]
Exploring George A. Romero’s Non-Zombie Movies
EJ Moreno reflects on George A. Romero’s work outside of zombies… The late George A. Romero invented the modern zombie film and helped to redefine the rules of the sub-genre time and time again. It’s safe to say Romero is often looked at as just the zombie movie guy, but that’s limited the scope of […]
Ten Essential Films of the 1940s
Tom Jolliffe with ten essential films of the 1940s… We recently took a dive back to the 1950s in a quest to prove Quentin Tarantino wrong in his claim that it was one of the weakest decades for cinema. Sorry QT, but there are just far too many greats to come close to paling in […]
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