Most ghost movies usually rely on subtlety to give an audience a taste of what lurks on the other side – take Robert Wise’s work
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The Eagle Has Landed (1976) – Review
World War II men on a mission movies: we all know them and we all love them (the good ones, anyway) but sometimes, aside from
The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Review
Expertly panel beating the plot of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai into a shape that could comfortably sustain cowpokes instead of sword swingers, The Magnificent Seven
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) – Review
When you think about the origins of Hammer Films, your naturally brain naturally drifts to images of Peter Cushing’s Frankenstein staring intently from around a
Escape To Athena (1979) – Review
When you take a good, long, hard look at that much-loved sub-genre of the war film – the men on a mission movie – there’s
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) – Review
The only thing that was surprising about insanely influential screenwriter Shane Black making the long overdue jump to directing was that it took so bloody
Lust For A Vampire (1971) – Review
It’s not exactly ground breaking to declare that, compared to most other horror movies made at the time, Hammer Films’ output was noticeably hornier than
Dungeons & Dragons (2000) – Review
When news broke that a movie finally based on the legendary role playing game, Dungeons & Dragons was finally being made, there was debate between
Dark Star (1974) – Review
Everybody has to start somewhere and in the case of deliriously influential film director, John Carpenter, the start was a forty minute student film made
Ticks (1994) – Review
Of the many, varied projects (and I do mean varied) that sprang from the tireless funding of Brian Yunza during that horror-starved period known as
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968) – Review
For any long running cinematic character, staying relevant and fresh is the key to success. Take Hammer’s version of Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire Count Dracula,
The Lair (2022) – Review
When news broke that Neil Marshall was making a long awaited return to monster movie territory, I was understandably stoked. After all, the director kicked
Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022) – Review
Surely it’s about time we all start cutting James Cameron a little slack, right? Sure, he now releases movies at a rate that makes Terrence
The Last Stand (2013) – Review
After Arnold Schwarzenegger’s term as the Governator of California was at an end, it was only a matter of time before he found himself back
The Last Of The Mohicans (1992) – Review
Michael Mann is known as one of greatest directors of cops and robbers movies that’s ever set foot on a film set, and rightfully so
Kingdom Of The Spiders (1977) – Review
One of the more fondly remembered killer bug movies of the 70’s, Kingdom Of The Spiders is a film that, much like its eight legged
Village Of The Damned (1995) – Review
In 1982, John Carpenter made The Thing, arguably one of the greatest sci-fi remakes ever mounted that took both the original movie and fused it
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) – Review
If there’s something the Hammer series of Frankenstein movies has over the Universal series, it’s that the British studio opted to keep the films focus
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) – Review
Before the MonsterVerse, before Gamera, Hell, even before Godzilla there was The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, the 1953 creature feature based off the short story
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) – Review
In a decade known for absurdly swole action heroes recklessly turning nameless bad guys into human doughnuts with enough firepower to overthrow Cuba, Beverly Hills
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