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Category: Pretty Vacancy

Non-review based gabbing. Some words or ideas cobbled together and posted most likely to organise my own thoughts…

What About… The Rage: Carrie 2
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What About… The Rage: Carrie 2

First, lets get one thing clear; this piece isn’t about to throw unnecessary shade on Brian De Palma’s seminal adaptation … Continue reading What About… The Rage: Carrie 2

What About… Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
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What About… Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

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

What About… Barb Wire
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What About… Barb Wire

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

The Wonderful Weirdness of Tammy & the T-Rex
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The Wonderful Weirdness of Tammy & the T-Rex

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

An ode to Exeter Picturehouse
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An ode to Exeter Picturehouse

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

What About… House of Wax
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What About… House of Wax

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

What About… Prometheus
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What About… Prometheus

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

Stay-At-Home Film Festival: Found Footage
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Stay-At-Home Film Festival: Found Footage

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

Stay-At-Home Film Festival: Giallo
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Stay-At-Home Film Festival: Giallo

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

Is The Leftovers the show for the moment?
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Is The Leftovers the show for the moment?

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?

#OscarSoLocal – We Don’t Need Best International Picture Anymore
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#OscarSoLocal – We Don’t Need Best International Picture Anymore

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

The Straight Story and Slowing Down
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The Straight Story and Slowing Down

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

How Fetch: Mean Girls at 15
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How Fetch: Mean Girls at 15

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

The Sleazoid Life of Pets
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The Sleazoid Life of Pets

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

How Jaws 2 Addresses The Vietnam War
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How Jaws 2 Addresses The Vietnam War

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

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