Continuing our Hammer retrospective with a look at what might be the studio’s most underrated film, one hamstrung by tradition and expectation.
Tag: occult
Halloween Hammer: The Devil Rides Out
Continuing our Hammer Horror month with a look at one of their most impressive films, adapted from the Dennis Wheatley novel.
Halloween Hammer: Rasputin The Mad Monk
Continuing our look at Hammer Films with their curious hybrid of historical biopic and gothic horror from 1966.
Halloween Hammer: The Witches
Continuing our Hammer retrospective month with a look at their uncharacteristic and underrated study of rural occultism.
Halloween Hammer: To The Devil – A Daughter
Continuing our Hammer Horror Halloween month with a look at the final horror film of the company’s Golden Age.
Classic Albums Revisited: Ghost’s Infestissumam
The Swedish band’s irresistible collision of Satanic Metal and kitsch pop reaches the peak of perfection.
The Catholic Church Vs Satanic Erotica
The power of Satan – or the power of a woman? A Hardline Catholic Bishop gives it all up for the love of a writer of occult-flavoured erotic fiction.
The Legend Of Spring-Heeled Jack
The fire-breathing, demonic monster that gripped the public consciousness in the 19th Century.
Here’s To My Sweet Satan (And Stairway To Heaven)
The continuing Satanic Panic and religious hysteria surrounding Led Zeppelin’s most famous recording.
Suburban Conformity: Looking Back At The ‘Burbs
Joe Dante’s most biting satire of suburban America sadly loses its nerve at the last minute and becomes as reactionary and curtain-twitching as its central characters.
Exorcism At The Home Depot
An attempt to deal with demonic lumber thwarted by the police.
The God Movie Makers: Exploring The Delirious World Of Jeremiah Films
The paranoid and conspiracy-driven films of America’s biggest fundamentalist production company.