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 [...]
Director of the Month: Roger Corman
Hello and welcome to Director of the Month, your cut-out-and-keep guide to the very finest auteurs in filmland… This Month: Roger Corman Nationality: American D.O.B: 05/04/1926 Years active: 1955 – 1971, 1990 Number of films (as director): 50 Do say: “Wow! You’re the undisputed Godfather of Modern American Cinema. And [...]
It’s STILL Halloween!
Hello boys and ghouls. It’s actually not still Halloween, of course. But, for the purposes of finishing our rundown of the top 13 horror films of all time, we’re going to pretend it is. Hope you all had a spooky one and enjoyed yourselves. You didn’t just stay in watching Halloween 2 on BBC1, [...]
“It’s Halloween…”
“… It’s Halloween. It’s time for scares. It’s time for screams. It’s Halloween It’s Halloween. It’s Halloween” – So sang the best-worst band of all time, The Shaggs. And today, at least, they’re absolutely spot on. And what better way could there possibly be to commemorate the scariest, spookiest, most [...]
More to life than Dys?
The future, eh? It ain’t what it used to be. There was a time when the world gazed dewy eyed onto the horizon and dreamily mused over what delights the dawn of a new age would herald. Food in pill form, perhaps? Flying cars, you say? What’s that? You believe [...]