Devil in Disguise: Lovely Jon’s Oliver Reed Top Five
To accompany Alan’s wonderful Ken Russell piece, we thought we’d get our good friend Lovely Jon to select his five favourite Oliver Reed films. As one of Uncle Ken’s most celebrated collaborators, the great man doesn’t really need an introduction but here’s LJ with a couple of lines… [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – Death Proof (Quentin Tarantino, 2007)
It took me a long, long time to get round to watching Death Proof, and to be honest with you, that was probably largely down to the fact that I haven’t been overly impressed with the general output of Quentin Tarantino in this century… Don’t get me wrong, both Kill [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – Daughters of Darkness (Harry Kumel, 1971)
Vampires, eh? Those guys will never go out of fashion, it seems. Surely the man on the street’s bogeyman of choice, even if they are more likely to be found sulking in their bedrooms a la the Twilight kids or getting their heads kicked in by Wesley Snipes these days… [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – Let’s Kill Uncle (William Castle, 1966)
Yes, Morrissey fans this is where he got it from… Although quite what the Salford warbler’s feelings are about director William Castle, have sadly never been put on record. As for me, I happen to think that Herr Schloss (to use his original, German birth name) is the quintessential “Halloween” filmmaker because, if you think about it, October 31st stands [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – Tam-Lin (Roddy McDowall, 1970)
One of the segments I enjoyed most during Mark Gatiss’ recent History of Horror series was when the erstwhile League of Gentlemen man set about championing a peculiar subgenre often referred to as Folk Horror. Films that belong to this stable are notable for incorporating spooky British folklore into the horror mileu, often [...]
Listomania!: The Top 10 Greatest Zombie Films of All-Time!!!
“In your head… In your head… Zombie… Zombie.” – Cranberries’ Woman, 1994. And she was right, too. Zombies are in your head! And my head! In fact, zombies are in all of our heads! These heaving, crumbling, flesh-eating corpses are right up there with vampires, werewolves, and any other mankind-bothering monster you care [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – Theatre of Blood (Douglas Hickox, 1973)
Vincent Price is without doubt my absolute favourite of all the great horror actors. Lee, Cushing, even the earlier Lugosi and Karloff, none of the others can hold a spooky candle to him in my eyes. It is now generally accepted, and quite rightfully, that Price gave his best ever dramatic performance [...]
Frightenin’ 45s: A Number Of Names – Sharevari (instrumental)
The sophisticated gentlemen pictured above has nothing to do with this Frightenin’ 45 but I thought it was would be nice to have a picture of a skeleton going out on the town rather than some ‘orrible Halloween picture. Look! He’s got a top hat! Anyway, here’s an oldie but [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – Spirits of the Dead (Roger Vadim/Louis Malle/Federico Fellini, 1968)
Why, what do we have here; a horror anthology film directed by three of the most famous continental film directors of the 50s and 60s? Well, yes… And as you might well expect, Spirits of the Dead is a rather classy affair. Released as Histoires extraordinaires (or “Extraordinary Stories”) in France and [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – The Flesh Eaters (Jack Curtis, 1964)
Did you ever hear about that American Film Institute poll where they voted the Nazis the best movie villains in the history of film? Well, as ever-so-slightly dubious as that is, they’ve sort of got a point… I wonder how many of you will feel a little burst of excitement when I [...]