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BLACK RAINBOW: Out on Blu-ray on 6th July, courtesy of Arrow Video
Mike Hodges (Flash Gordon, Get Carter) wrote and directed this supernatural chiller as a meditation on the human race’s ability …Read More »
So Bad, They’re Good: Leprechaun
Leprechaun is a film that reminds us that horrific things indeed do sometimes come in small packages, and that Jennifer …Read More »
Short Film Review: Keep Mum
Writer / Director Luana Di Pasquale serves up a compact, clever and haunting little tale with Keep Mum. This psychological …Read More »
Book Review: 21st Century British Horror Films Vol.1
In his books 21st Century British Horror Films Vol.1: Dog Soldiers and Doghouses (2000-2011), author MJ Simpson does every horror …Read More »
Interview: ‘Victor Crowley’ Director Adam Green
Ahead of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of Adam Green’s VICTOR CROWLEY, the great director shares his personal tragedies, George …Read More »
Tag Archives: Ed Hartland
Short Film Review: Hard To Kill
Have you ever imagined what the lovechild of The Mighty Boosh and The Evil Dead would look like? No, neither have I — but I think it would resemble Hard to Kill, a short film from James Iles and Alastair … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Hartland, horror comedy, practical SFX, Short film review, short horror film
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FILM REVIEW: LOOK AWAY
What do you get if you take an alienated teenager struggling through vicious adolescent cruelty in high school and supernatural revenge? Carrie. And if you add in a snowy, isolated landscape? Let the Right One In. How about if you … Continue reading
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BOOK VS FILM: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
The Silence of the Lambs novel came out in 1988 and it’s been terrifying readers ever since. It’s our first look at Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter. The film adaptation followed in 1991. It swept up the major accolades at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hopkins, book vs film, Buffalo Bill, Clarice Starling, Ed Hartland, Hannibal Lecter, Hannibal Rising, Jame Gumb, Jodie Foster, Manhunter, Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris
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REMEMBERING: TOBE HOOPER
The first film magazine I ever bought featured a piece on a film I’d only heard about in hushed tones as a video nasty. A notorious work dredged from the depths of depraved and diseased minds. I had my first … Continue reading
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Tagged Eaten Alive, Ed Hartland, poltergeist, the texas chainsaw massacre, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Toolbox Murders, tobe hooper
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FILM REVIEW: ESCAPE ROOM
There is a moment in Escape Room which sees an ex-soldier (Deborah Ann Woll) dangling over a (unconvincing) massive drop, held only by the strength of a telephone cable. This is the moment I got on board with this ludicrous … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Ann Woll, Ed Hartland, Escape Room, film review, hellraiser, horror film
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