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WHO? (1973) - released as THE MAN IN THE STEEL MASK on UK DVD
I've updated my review of Who? to include this new region 2 Pal DVD release for the UK. It's probably a repackaged version of the 2010 US release, but without any of the extras (namely commentary...
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DAY OF THE ANIMALS (1978) - Leslie Nielsen in the follow-up to GRIZZLY
DAY OF THE ANIMALS(1977, USA)When animals attack... and keep on attacking!A large group of happy campers prepare for a long trek in California's High Sierras. But after they're dropped off high on a...
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ISLAND OF TERROR (1966) - remastered and coming to DVD and blu-ray
ISLAND OF TERROR(1966, UK)Just when you think an old film is out-of-print and likely to be forgotten, it gets digitally remastered and struck on blu-ray! Odeon Entertainment are releasing Island of...
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Judge Dredd speaks! (1985)
The first time ever I heard Judge Dredd...Judge Dredd has always been coy about showing his face. In the early years, 2000 AD comic fans of all ages would send in drawings of what his face might look...
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DEADFALL (1968) - Michael Caine heist before THE ITALIAN JOB
DEADFALL(1968, UK)Very sixties, very glossy, very repressed...Michael Caine plays a jewel thief, drawn into an ambitious heist from a well-protected estate on the Spanish island of Mallorca. But the...
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FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969) - the doctor driven to new depths
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED(1969, UK)The apex of the Hammer Studios' Frankenstein series...Baron Frankenstein's latest experiment has been found discovered by the police. He has to leave town...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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