When you think of 80s horror, chances are you’ll conjure in your mind one of the nearly endless string of slashers that dominated the start
Tag: Stan Winston
Pumpkinhead (1988) – Review
The name of the late, great Stan Winston is rightly etched into the legends of cinema thanks to the special effects alchemy he weaved over
Wrong Turn (2003) – Review
In the 2000s, horror found itself at something of a crossroads. Having being fairly dormant at the box office for most of the 90s, the
Top 5 Traumatic Trophies Claimed By The Predator
Since 1987, one irrefutable rule has stood tall within the realms of action/sci-fi/horror cinema that reads clearly: fuck with the Pred and you’ll end up
Hellraiser: Deader (2005) – Review
As we reach film seven in the Hellraiser franchise’s descent into an inferno far more upsetting than the one Dante went on about, the tears
The Relic (1997) – Review
Sometimes, nothing warms my cockles more than a good, old fashioned monster movie, and in the dying years of the 20th century I guess a
Lake Placid (1999) – Review
Compiling unofficial trilogies that contain unrelated movies is something my brain seems to do every now and then. Boasting connective tissue as thin as wet
The Monster Squad (1987) – Review
Acting like a brain damaging collision between The Goonies and Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Monster Squad is one of those films seemingly destined
Invaders From Mars (1986) – Review
Back in the 80’s, Cannon – the cash hemorrhaging super studio – offered horror director Tobe Hooper a lucrative three picture deal with the understanding
Jurassic Park III (2001) – Review
Back between 1993 and 1997, when the original Jurassic Park and it’s sequel burst into the public consciousness like a rampaging saurian ploughing through a
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) – Review
If you ever needed an example of how truly brilliant Steven Spielberg is you would have to look no further than 1993.Why is that year
Jurassic Park (1993) – Review
Steven Spielberg is rightly credited as birthing the modern blockbuster with the release of his toothy masterpiece Jaws, a film I personally hold as the
Leviathan (1989) – Review
Blatantly not to be confused with the 2014 movie about a Russian fisherman, Leviathan is an aquatic monster movie that had the amusing misfortune to
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) – Review
Pardon my age, but I actually remember when I first heard the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger was playing a GOOD Terminator in James Cameron’s whip-smart
The Terminator (1984) – Review
When you look at James Cameron’s recent work (if you can consider the fact that Avatar was released over 10 years ago, recent) it’s so
Predator (1987) – Review
Whenever anyone suggests a poll of the greatest action movie made in the 80’s, director John McTiernen must feel at least a little smug. You
Aliens (1986) – Review
Is there a more satisfying sequel than Aliens? Scratch that rhetorical question for a minute and let me fire off another. Is there a more
Predator 2 (1990) – Review
It’s tough being a sequel sometimes… It’s even tougher being a sequel to one of the greatest science-fiction action movies of all damn time, but
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