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Rainbow Rising: The Oddly Dour Children’s Folk Songs Of Telltale
The odd folk-rock soundtrack to the legendary children’s TV show is an odd mix of jollity and depression.
Austin Powers – A Man Of His Time
Looking back at the Austin Powers films, a series now almost as out of touch with modern sensibilities as the character himself. But does that matter?
The Video Nasties Documentaries
A selection of predictably hysterical and ill-informed British TV documentaries and discussion shows from the height of the Video Nasty moral panic.
Take This Job And Shove It – Actors Biting The Hand That Feeds
The curious habit that celebrities have of utterly hating the very thing that has made them rich and famous.
The Shame Of Punishing People For Their Childhood Mistakes
Ruining someone’s life because of the stupid things they said as a child does not seem a very progressive thing to do.
Boris Karloff’s ‘Mad Doctor’ Cycle: An Appreciation
Looking back at the short series of underrated and provocative films that Boris Karloff made for Columbia Pictures at the start of the 1940s.
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: A Stop-Motion Easter Special
A classic stop-motion animated Easter TV special starring Vincent Price.
The Unremarkable Nature Of The Serial Killer: Exploring Dennis Nilsen’s Autobiography
The book they wanted to ban turns out to be an unsettling look into the mind of a murderer – and just how ordinary he actually was.
Carry On, Emmanuelle – The Rise And Fall Of The Iconic Erotic Film Series
How one of the biggest movies of the 1970s was reduced to an endless series of disposable direct-to-video sequels.
Fractured Visions And The Cult Movie Market
The ins and outs of launching an independent cult movie blu-ray label in 2021.
Flirting With Flexi-Sex
From the days before phone sex and cam girls, the pioneering efforts to bring aural sex to adult magazine readers.