Archive: Tony Hancock, Haunted Genius
The spring of 1965 found Tony Hancock attempting to relax at the lavish Beverly Wiltshire Hotel, located in an historic suburb of Los Angeles southwest… Read More »Archive: Tony Hancock, Haunted Genius
Archive: Tod Slaughter, Newcastle’s Forgotten Horror Star
The advent of talking pictures saw a steady stream of theatrically-trained British actors quitting these shores for the warmer climes and potentially more lucrative prospects offered in California, Read More »Archive: Tod Slaughter, Newcastle’s Forgotten Horror Star
Archive: The Legions of Entropy
What exactly is the appeal of the zombie in contemporary cinema? Be they the brain-famished cannibals of Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, the shambling lost souls of Tourneur’s I Walked With a Zombie or the crazed killing machines of Boyle’s 28 Days Later, there seems no end to the march of the resurrected across our cinema screens. Read More »Archive: The Legions of Entropy
Review: Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Just as there are times when random elements magically combine to produce a classic movie (Casablanca being perhaps the most famous example), there are many more occasions where the ingredients simply fail to ignite and the project is left languishing on the launch pad. Read More »Review: Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Review: Swamp Thing (1982)
The opportunity to write and direct a screen adaptation of the Len Wein / Bernie Wrightson horror comic came at an interesting juncture in Wes Craven’s career. Read More »Review: Swamp Thing (1982)
Review: Voodoo Man (1944)
The last of Bela Lugosi’s films for “Poverty Row” studio Monogram, Voodoo Man reunited the fading horror legend with William Beaudine, who’d directed him in the previous year’s The Ape Man. Read More »Review: Voodoo Man (1944)
Ol’ Red Eyes is Back
My friend Chrissie Harper has begun posting art videos on her Patreon page, the latest of which is Let’s Draw Darkseid in 15 Minutes (Approx). It’s free to view, so enjoy! Read More »Ol’ Red Eyes is Back
Hazard Warning
I’m currently working my way through the first four volumes of Pacific Comics’ Johnny Hazard by Frank Robbins, which reprints the daily newspaper strip from its launch on 5 June 1944 (the morning before D-Day, in case anyone needs reminding). Read More »Hazard Warning
Bay City Roll-Up
In a previous post, I mentioned my regret that I have only a handful of Rockford Files movies left to watch. Well, I’m currently one episode away from completing a re-run of all four seasons of Starsky & Hutch, and that will leave me not so much mourning the series that was but more the one which might have been. Read More »Bay City Roll-Up
The Doctor is Out
A curious trend has developed in the Entertainment Industry, whereby entertainment is no longer prioritised and the chief elements of normal industry — productivity and profit — are cast aside in favour of short-term political goals. Own-goals, in most cases. Read More »The Doctor is Out