The problems in adapting a complex story for the screen laid bare in John Irvin’s messy, compromised version of Peter Straub’s magnificent novel.
Category: Review
Rock Critic Confidential And The Rise And Fall Of Music Journalism
The self-importance – and actual importance – of the rock critic, and why collections of old rock star interviews still have value.
Experiments In Drinking: Northern Monk’s Northern Star
Savouring the hugely impressive chocolate, caramel biscuit porter from the craft beer favourites.
Not A Woman’s Picture! The Twisted Pleasures Of Corruption
Peter Cushing’s secret shame is a more interesting film than most people might expect.
Danger! Low Voltage – Electric Six’s Album Of Lacklustre Cover Versions
The disco-rock miscreants return with an album of other people’s songs that offers nothing new to the original versions.
The Counter Culture Meets Eighties Neo-Noir – Donald Cammell’s White Of The Eye
The maverick director’s collision of style, slasher and psychedelia remains a seminal moment in American cinema.
The Espionage Era: The Ipcress File
Continuing our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s with this classic ‘anti-Bond’ downbeat thriller that spawned its own franchise.
Lake Mungo – Cult Movies, Found Footage And Fake News
The mockumentary ghost story from 2009 has found a new audience – and new relevance in a world where no one knows what is real and what is fake.
Classic Albums Revisited: Bathory’s Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
Looking back at one of the pioneering moments in the Black Metal story.
Dracula’s 8mm Blood Lust
An unexpectedly impressive gothic horror from the makers of Britain’s most daringly explicit softcore 8mm movies.
Man Vs Machine: The Relentless Intensity Of Duel
Steven Spielberg’s debut feature, and the Richard Matheson short story that it is based on, remain masterclasses in paranoid terror.
The Espionage Era: Our Man In Marrakesh
Continuing our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s with a rather odd comedy-thriller from the Harry Alan Towers stable.