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Zombie! Catastrophe! Freaks! - 1970s' movie books from Lorrimer
GENRE MOVIE BOOKS FROM LORRIMER PUBLISHINGHow to get a teenager's attentionOne of the easiest ways to recommend movies is to use photographs and posters. All it takes to sell a movie, even if it's...
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QUATERMASS AND THE PIT - the BFI Film Classics book
BFI Film Classics: QUATERMASS AND THE PITBy Kim NewmanJust rewatched QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (1968) and read Kim Newman's book-length essay on the film and the Quatermass genre.His research on early...
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Flashbacks - 1983 and beyond
A last look at my old movie magazine shelf...While my collection of horror and sci-fi books and mags is another matter, this shelf of general movie magazines has a wider appeal and proved very popular...
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Bela Lugosi was here - a look round his old mansion!
Through a series of unrepeatable, lucky coincidences, I recently found myself standing in Bela Lugosi's bedroom. He may not have lived here for long, but just walking around one of the houses he owned...
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BLIND TERROR / SEE NO EVIL (1971) - CD soundtrack release
I've updated my review of Blind Terror (UK title) / See No Evil (US title), Richard Fleischer's 1971, blind woman vs psychopath thriller starring Mia Farrow. Unexpectedly, Elmer Bernstein's rousing and...
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The Making of George A. Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD - a new book!
I wish all my favourite movies had a book like thisGeorge Romero's 1985 Day of the Dead now has a brand new making-of book, full of never-before-seen photos and recent interviews with the cast and...
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Underrated Action Adventure movies - my guest post
Just had an article published on another movie blog. So if you go visit...Rupert Pupkin Speaks - Underrated Action Adventure... you can read my short list of action adventure movies through the...
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Flashbacks 1982 - Blade Runner, Tron, Poltergeist...
1982 was an incredible year for new movies. But at the time, I was buying fewer of my usual, general film magazines. Here are the only highlights, plus a look at the more specialised publications I was...
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THE UFO INCIDENT (1975) - the mother of alien abduction stories
THE UFO INCIDENT(1975, U.S. TV movie)First recreation of a reported alien abduction - never been on DVDThis a compelling, well-produced TV movie that features an early conception of what 'grey'...
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MONSTER MAG rises from the grave with two new issues!
MONSTER MAG!It's Back! Bloodier Than Ever!The goriest movie magazine of the 1970s - a cover gallery including the brand new issues...Of the few horror movie magazines available in Britain in the 1970s,...
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DRAKULA HALALA (1921) - a Dracula movie before NOSFERATU
THE DEATH OF DRACULA(1921, Hungary, Drakula halála)So you think you know the history of horror films? I don't!There I was, thinking Nosferatu (1922) was the first ever Dracula film. It was a surprise...
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KONGA returns! Paul Stockman - the man behind the masks
Out of the Konga suit and into Doctor Blood's Coffin! You may have seen Paul Stockman's most famous roles, but not his face. He played the undead occupant of Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) and the giant...
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MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (1933) - an early 'modern' horror
MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM(1933, USA)Unique two-strip Technicolor horror is grossly distorted on DVDI love Wax Museum because the humour is modern, the colour scheme almost unique and that it can still...
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BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS (2013) - intense adaption of Frank Miller's...
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS (2013, USA)An animated Batman for adults!There's a new problem in Gotham City, an army of mutant criminals on a worsening crimewave. Just as Commissioner Gordon finally...
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THE LODGER (1927) - Hitchcock's riff on The Ripper...
THE LODGER(1927, UK)Alfred Hitchcock's earliest thriller is far from silent in this new restoration While Alfred Hitchcock's earliest films as a director have recently been restored by the BFI, fans...
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Flashback 1981 - FLASH! CLASH! SLASH!
A selection of pages from British movie magazines of 1981. The highlight of 1980's Christmas holidays was easily Dino De Laurentiis'Flash Gordon, which didn't need much advertising with Queen's theme...
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WENT THE DAY WELL? (1942) - what if Germany had invaded?
WENT THE DAY WELL?(1942, UK)Home invasion horror... in wartime EnglandAn English village surrounded by countryside. The middle of World War II. A regiment of German troops secretly parachute down,...
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PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) - De Palma's rock horror show
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE(1974, USA)Another review from Brian De Palma's decade of horror.Another favourite of mine - its images, dialogue and music are scored into my memory. I don't tire of it and I...
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THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO and THUNDERBIRD 6 - blu-ray double-bill
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO,THUNDERBIRD 6(1966, 1968, UK)Both on one limited edition blu-ray from Twilight TimeGerry Anderson's many series have been a lifelong obsession of mine. But of all the times I've...
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MISSING (1982) - a true story of modern horror
MISSING(1982, USA)When the law means nothing any more, just obey the guys with guns...A young American journalist (John Shea) gets cut off from his wife (Sissy Spacek) during a violent military coup in...
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