Continuing our Halloween-month exploration of Hammer Horror with the company’s sole Sherlock Holmes adaptation.
Tag: horror
The World’s Greatest Double Bills
A collection of irresistible movie pairings from the glory days of cinema.
Classic Albums Revisited: Ghost’s Infestissumam
The Swedish band’s irresistible collision of Satanic Metal and kitsch pop reaches the peak of perfection.
The Gothic Otherworlds Of Diary Of A Madman
Vincent Price stars in a Poe-flavoured adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s The Horla.
Adventures In Illegal Distribution: Gorotica
Remembering the oddball world of underground video production, tape trading and sexploitation splatter movies.
The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Miss Osbourne: Walerian Borowczyk’s Final Masterpiece
Walerian Borowczyk’s radical reinterpretation of the much-filmed horror story is a potent study in hypocrisy and liberation.
I Will See The Life Run Out Of You: The Curse Of Ghost Story
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.
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.
The Media Show Investigates Horror Films
Channel 4’s art show examines the appeal of horror films in a somewhat haphazard manner.
Andrea Ricca’s World Of Zero Budget Science Fiction
A collection of cheap but cheerful short sci-fi and horror romps.
Scream Greats: Fangoria Explores Satanism And Witchcraft
The horror movie magazine’s short-lived video series took a curious turn towards the Satanic in its second edition.
Woefully Misleading Movie Posters
A collection of movie posters that promised patrons something rather different than the film that they would eventually see.