George Romero and Stephen King’s loving tribute to the glory days of EC Comics.
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We Don’t Need Another (Super) Hero
The case of the Phantom Patriot shows that Real Life Super Heroes are not something that we should be encouraging.
The Wild World Of Johnny Cougar
The wrestler from Tiger comic whose adventures sometimes went bonkers.
Noirvember: Youth Of The Beast
Continuing our crime movie season with a look back at what is perhaps the most outrageously delirious Japanese underworld film ever made.
The Naked Vampires And Ethereal Fantasies Of Jean Rollin
The hallucinogenic vampire cinema of French cinema’s most underrated fantastic film director.
Strung Up! The Golden Age Of Comic Book Bondage Covers
The outrageous kinkiness of classic comic books and their BDSM-inspired creators.
Halloween Hammer: Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter
Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at their swashbuckling, vampire-battling superhero.
Halloween Hammer: Dracula – Prince Of Darkness
Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the second film in the iconic Dracula series.
Monster Fun Rises From The Grave
The triumphant return of an iconic British comic book.
Kriminal – Italy’s Second-Best Costumed Anti-Hero
Sadistic and murderous, Kriminal was nevertheless a hugely popular comic book character in the 1960s.
The Condescending Sexism Of ‘Feminist’ Superhero Cinema
The constant implication in superhero films, that women are inherently powerless with their destinies shaped by the actions of men, does not seem a particularly empowering narrative.
Pirates, Brigands And Viking Queens: Hammer’s Swashbuckling Adventures
The family entertainment action-adventure films of the 1960s from Britain’s gothic horror specialists.