by Martin | Oct 22, 2016 | movies, reviews
FURY OF THE DEMON On day two I returned unaccompanied to Shepherd’s Bush as Dave had to get up early on Sunday, but another recurring character in this blog – Michael Blyth, BFI cult film programmer – was sitting nearby for the first two screenings,...
by Martin | Sep 24, 2016 | movies, reviews
This year Frightfest disconcerted me by moving temporarily to the Vue in Shepherd’s Bush. I don’t like change. As we sat in the Pizza Express near Soho Square beforehand, which is where we always go on Frightfest Friday, Dave tried to reassure me by...
by Martin | Aug 14, 2016 | movies, reviews
The first thing I knew about photographer Cindy Sherman making a sort of horror film was when I saw that feminist film club the Final Girls were screening it at the Prince Charles; either that, or I did actually see it at the cinema in the 90’s and subsequently...
by Martin | Aug 7, 2016 | movies, reviews, Uncategorized
In the prologue to this plot-free Italian zombie opus, also known as The Nights of Terror, a professor raises the dead from an Etruscan tomb just in time for the arrival of a group of privileged merry-makers down for a weekend at the adjoining country house. With one...
by Martin | Jul 23, 2016 | movies, reviews
Sometimes all you need is a title – how can either of these films turn out to be anything other than disappointments? But this is the case with so much in life, and even before sitting down to watch them – in fact long, long before – I have already adjusted to...
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