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Midnight Movies – Kim Newman Introduces The Beast Must Die
When: Sunday 29th May, 10pm
Where: The Roxy Bar & Screen, London
This Sunday, Kim Newman will be introducing the 1974 cult classic The Beast Must Die, and celebrating the new edition of Nightmare Movies, his comprehensive guide to everything gruesome, ghastly and gory.
The epitome of cult cinema, The Beast Must Die will include the original theatrical release’s … read more
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Tagged British Cinema, cult classics, Horror Movies, Kim Newman
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Rubber DVD Review
2010
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Writer: Quentin Dupieux
Cast: Stephen Spinella, Roxanne Mesquida, Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Ethan Cohn, Charley Koontz, Tara O’Brien
A bespectacled man stands by a dozen or so wooden chairs on a desolate highway. A police car approaches, knocking down the chairs as though they formed a driving course, and halts. A lawman climbs from out of … read more
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged films / movies, Horror Movies, Independent Cinema, metafiction
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Caged (Captifs) DVD Review
2010
Director: Yann Gozlan
Script: Yann Gozlan, Guillaume Lemans
Cast: Zoé Felix, Eric Savin, Arié Elmaleh
Organ trafficking gets the Texas Chainsaw treatment in this Gallic horror, which sees a group of humanitarians captured in Eastern Europe and kindly alleviated of their burdensome components.
While this premise may sound like the set up for another torture-porn endurance test, director Yann … read more
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Tagged films / movies, French cinema, Horror Movies, world cinema
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Special UK Screenings for Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber
Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber has generated a fair bit of media attention recently, much of which is undeniably down to the movie’s plot — a sentient car tire, named Robert, goes on a killing spree.
This highly stylish trailer alone is enough to make it the cinematic oddity you just have to see for yourself:
Rubber may have straight-to-DVD written all … read more
In Their Sleep DVD Review
2009
Directors: Caroline Du Potet, Eric Du Potet
Script: Caroline Du Potet, Eric Du Potet
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Arthur Dupont, Thiery Fremont
You always love the ones you hurt in this intimateFrench horror, which sees a bereaved mother bond with a troubled teenager after nearly running him down on an unlit country lane. Covered in blood … read more
‘F’ DVD Review
2010
Director/Writer: Johannes Roberts
Cast: David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Ruth Gemmel, Roxanne McKee
11 months after a violent altercation with a pupil lead to his suspensions, Robert Anderson is burnt-out, separated from his family and drinking on the job. He’s also the only teacher at his comprehensive prepared for an attack from murderous youths in this horror movie that, following … read more
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction DVD Review
Released 18th October 2010 by Optimum Home Entertainment
Director: Kevin Hamedani
Cast: Janette Armand, Doug Fahl and Cooper Hopkins
Script: Kevin Hamedani, Ramon Isao
It’s probably best not to settle down to a film titled Zombies of Mass Destruction expecting Citizen Kane. Or even George A. Romero, for that matter. But this admirably earnest little horror movie, not to … read more
Secret Cinema Announces “Most Ambitious Event to Date”
Wow. Secret Cinema continues to grow, in the face of fears that cinema attendance will eventually succumb to cheaper DVDs and internet piracy. It’s a phenomenon that seems to have spread from word of mouth and movie mag mentions to national media attention in just over a year.
I for one am not surprised. Not only does Secret Cinema’s “live … read more
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