The newly-made follow-up – in name only – to the notorious Video Nasty is not an enjoyable viewing experience.
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An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Faust Revisited
F.W. Murnau’s interpretation of the classic moral fable cops out at the end but remains a fascinating study of idealism gone wrong.
The Enduring Pleasures Of The Cat and The Canary
Revisiting the classic 1939 version of the much-filmed murder-mystery story.
“I Want To be A Sailor, Sailing Out To Sea” – The Timeless Pleasures Of The Thief Of Bagdad
The classic fantasy film of the 1940s remains as wonderful and engaging now as it ever was.
Halloween Hammer: Quatermass And The Pit
Continuing our Hammer Films retrospective with a look at the folk horror science fiction classic.
Halloween Hammer: The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Continuing our Halloween Hammer Horror exploration with a look at one of the company’s lesser-known titles from their early ventures into the gothic.
Halloween Hammer: The Mummy
Our series of Hammer Horror film reviews for the Halloween season begins with their radical reinterpretation of the most moribund series in the Universal Monster canon.
Bambi Meets Godzilla: The Clash Of The Titans
The cult underground cartoon of the 1960s that paired two pop culture icons – and the various sequels and remakes that followed.
Is Nothing Sacred? Faces Of Death Is Being Remade
The most notorious shockumentary of the 1970s gets an unexpected Hollywood makeover.
The Magnificent Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa’s action movie masterpiece remains one of the most thrilling movie experiences ever made.
Britcoms Down Under
The odd world of Australian continuations of British TV sitcoms that had already run out of steam back home.
They’re Coming! The Seventies Paranoia Of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
The 1978 collision of science fiction, body horror and conspiracy thriller is as potent an experience now as it ever was.