While Stuart Gordon’s 80s horror output had the sense of the comic book absurd about them, it seemed like the man wanted to approach the
Tag: Lovecraft
Suitable Flesh (2023) – Review
I’ve never wanted to be one of those people who declares their generation’s movies the best simply because they are incapable (or unwilling) to move
Glorious (2022) – Review
Whenever a movie decides to riff heavily on the works of literary genius/bigoted weirdo H.P. Lovecraft, the filmmakers usually tend to ramp up the dread
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Season 1, Episode 6: Dreams In The Witch House (2022) – Review
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times before, if Cabinet Of Curiosities reminds me if anything, it’s the 2005 Showtime anthology show Masters Of Horror
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities – Season 1, Episode 5: Pickman’s Model (2022) – Review
Perhaps it’s no real surprise that when given the chance to shepherd an anthology series on Neflix, Guillermo Del Toro took this as an opportunity
Necronomicon (1993) – Review
While there has been many adaptations filmed from the eldritch works of Rhode Island’s grumpiest son, H.P. Lovecraft, possibly one of the most deranged may
The Resurrected (1991) – Review
Notorious horror author H.P. Lovecraft and sreenwriter/director Dan O’Bannon both had a lot in common; not only did both men change the very face of
City Of The Living Dead (1980) – Review
I’ve often found it a little frustrating that the old school maestros of Italian horror such as Argento, Bava and Soavi are hailed for their
Beyond Re-Animator (2003) – Review
Sometimes, just sometimes, even the decline in quality of a genre franchise isn’t enough to keep you away from a world that you enjoy spending
Bride Of Re-Animator (1989) – Review
Sequels to genuine horror originals are a predictably mixed bag and surely only a madman would attempt to follow up the late Stuart Gordon’s magnificent
Color Out Of Space (2019) – Review
I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this site about the difficulty hollywood has had in trying to visualise the unearthly works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (H.P. to
Re-Animator (1985) – Review
Sprinting into the horror genre with all the deranged energy of a cocaine addicted cheetah, Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator turned heads and stomachs in equal measure
From Beyond (1986) – Review
In the annals of H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, there surely isn’t a movie more fucked up than From Beyond. Oh sure, Re-Animator is fucked up –
Dagon (2001) – Review
Believe it or not, the release of Dagon back in 2001 should have been a briny and salty big deal and yet I’m wagering that
In The Mouth Of Madness (1994) – Review
There’s a difference of opinion on what exactly John Carpenter’s last great movie was. Some believe that it was class-based, sci-fi satire They Live while
The Void (2017) – Review
Horror flicks these days have cottoned on that that a 70’s and 80’s style of prolonged dread makes for a better film than merely a
The Mist (2007) – Review
Frank Darabont is famously no stranger to Stephen King, but an argument could be made that his superlative adaptations of both The Shawshank Redemption and
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