Film of the Day – Footprints on the Moon (Luigi Bazzoni, 1975)
Q: When is a giallo not quite a giallo? A: When it’s as strange and beguiling as Footprints on the Moon! It’s not that there aren’t many other giallos that are strange and beguiling, it’s just that today’s Film of the Day is the most atypical and off-the-wall of the lot. Owing less to [...]
What’s “Surreal”, Man?
Surreal. Surreal. It’s one of those words, isn’t it? It seems to me that often people aren’t 100% sure of what it actually really means exactly, but it still gets used an awful lot. A bit like “ironic”. However, a quick glance in the dictionary tells us that surreal means: 1. Having qualities attributed to [...]
Ghoulish Delight #11: Ghostwatch
When I talk to people who haven’t seen Ghostwatch (either because they were too young, or they were watching something else at the time), I sometimes feel like the deranged stereotype of a Vietnam veteran; “YOU WOULDN’T KNOW, MAN! YOU WEREN’T THERE, MAN!” I holler upon recalling the horror (and yes… the horror) of [...]
Ghoulish Delight #10: Creepshow (George A. Romero, 1982)
Films based on comic books. There’s a few too many of ‘em about these days. And what’s worse is that they all seem determined to sap everything that’s remotely fun out of comic books in their transition from page to screen. Take that new Batman franchise, for example. It’s all so [...]
Ghoulish Delight #4: Trog (Freddie Francis, 1970)
Halloween, eh? It’s all about the silly masks. And they don’t come much sillier than the frankly abysmal mask the poor actor (one Joe Cornelius) playing the title creature of this 1970s Britsploitation “classic” was lumbered with. Trog is of course short for Troglodyte, a prehistoric man, and that’s exactly what scientist [...]
Censors’ Working Overtime
What’s your favourite trilogy? Is it Star Wars? The Godfather? Or Days Are Numbers three part investigation into the history of film censorship in Britain, Banned for Glory (parts one, two and three)? My favourite is most definitely the latter. Only joking, of course! (Or am I?) But overwhelmed as I [...]
(Rel)Ode to Moviedrome
Good evening, and welcome back to Moviedrome… Sort of, anyway. As part of our ongoing anniversary celebrations here at Days Are Numbers, we’re casting our mind back to an earlier blog about BBC2′s legendary late night cult film strand, Moviedrome. Between the years of 1988 and 2000, Moviedrome was just about the only [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Cat o’ Nine Tails (Dario Argento, 1971) So what’s been happening since the last time I did a Morricone Monday? Well, Michael Jackson died, of course. You may have noticed that this website was probably the only media outlet in the world that didn’t register some kind of tribute to [...]
Scene of the Day – Death Line (Gary Sherman, 1972)
Couldn’t find a UK poster for Death Line anywhere, so unfortunately the visual accompaniment above is the poster for it’s US release, under the rubbish title of Raw Meat. Given the sheer scope for subterranean transport-based terror, I think it’s a crying shame that there isn’t a truly classic horror [...]
Record of the Day – Hot Blood – Disco Dracula
Slightly keeping with the vampire theme of yesterday (ahem) today’s newly formed RECORD OF THE DAY was simply too good for a Single of the Day’ accolade. Why? Well read on my friend! The majority of blogs normally post Hot Blood rarities around Halloween time (for the obvious reasons) but since a one-off [...]