Remembering the king of low-budget, high-concept straight-to-supermarket British horror.
Tag: dvd
Adventures In Space And Beneath The Sea – Britain’s Forgotten Sci-Fi Dramas
The pioneering and popular British science fiction TV series that has become lost in time and space.
Jingle Balls! The World Of X-Rated Christmas Movies
A collection of festive movies that are most definitely on the naughty list.
The X-Rated Spider-Man Movies Of Axel Braun
The porn parodies of classic Marvel comics are at once overly ambitious and too stuck in adult movie traditions to fully work – but are nevertheless fun alternative versions of the web-slinging superhero.
The DVD Is Not Dead Yet
Let’s not write off old-school physical media just yet.
Sound Or Vision: The BBFC’s Audio Commentary Scam
Should option soundtracks on DVDs and Blu-rays be classified as separate video recordings? The censors claim they should – but they are wrong.
Supermarket Swept: The Demise Of The Impulse-Buy DVD
Does the decline of physical media sold in supermarkets also signal the end of the British ‘geezer’ movie?
CED – The Video Format That Was Dead On Arrival
RCA’s unique vinyl-based video format arrived on the market too late to have any chance of success – but remains an intriguingly unique system.
The Incomprehensible Appeal of The Cassette
Cassette tapes are having a rise in popularity and it makes no sense at all.
A Movie With Your Morning Paper
Remembering the time when tomorrow’s fish and chip wrappers contained yesterday’s films.
Guns And Noodles: Blood Simple, Chinese Style
The unlikely Chinese remake of the Coen Brothers’ noir classic is better than you may have been led to believe.
Roobarb and Custard – Bob Godfrey’s Cartoon Classic Remembered
The absurdist, rather hallucinogenic cartoon series remains a bizarre highlight of 1970s TV.