Non-review based gabbing. Some words or ideas cobbled together and posted most likely to organise my own thoughts…
Once the mildly campy opening narration is out of the way, Kim Henkel’s much-maligned 1995 effort Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The … Continue reading What About… Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
The mid ’90s were a strange place for celluloid feminism, especially if you dipped your toes in the still-murkier waters … Continue reading What About… Barb Wire
In the months following the release of Steven Spielberg’s world-conquering Jurassic Park, British director Stewart Raffill received a deeply unusual phone … Continue reading The Wonderful Weirdness of Tammy & the T-Rex
I first went to Exeter Picturehouse in the middle of 2000. I was a moody 17-year-old who had become partially … Continue reading An ode to Exeter Picturehouse
It seems churlish to say, but for a little while there in the ’00s, Hollywood horror movies got really… mean. … Continue reading What About… House of Wax
It was doomed, in a way. Having weathered the Grand Guignol misfire of 1997’s Alien Resurrection, and ran the gauntlet … Continue reading What About… Prometheus
Horror cinema’s least forgiving subgenre is the found footage movie. Shoestring budgets that often produce huge returns on minimal investments, … Continue reading Stay-At-Home Film Festival: Found Footage
Quick personal side note; I lost my job this week amid recession fears. While that sucks, I have been pushing … Continue reading Stay-At-Home Film Festival: Giallo
The world’s ending. Or, well, it can seem like it. Depending on where you are, measures to stymie the spread … Continue reading Is The Leftovers the show for the moment?
Last year, when the Parasite press tour was still gaining momentum, writer/director Bong Joon-Ho was asked his opinion of the Academy … Continue reading #OscarSoLocal – We Don’t Need Best International Picture Anymore
20 years ago this week, David Lynch’s atypical road movie The Straight Story debuted. It seemed like an outlier in … Continue reading The Straight Story and Slowing Down
Mean Girls hardly invented the high school movie, but in 2004 it came damned close to perfecting it. That certainly … Continue reading How Fetch: Mean Girls at 15
Stray dogs roam the Californian beaches. Among them strays Bonnie (Candice Rialson); a beautiful blonde, on the run from her … Continue reading The Sleazoid Life of Pets
This isn’t a contrary piece arguing in favour of Jaws 2 being anywhere near comparable to Steven Spielberg’s original blockbuster. … Continue reading How Jaws 2 Addresses The Vietnam War
Director: Olivier Assayas Stars: Connie Nielsen, Chloë Sevigny, Gina Gershon Having been wooed by Olivier Assayas’ recent output (Personal Shopper … Continue reading Time Capsule: Demonlover
The Lost Highway Hotel 