History of Horror: How Universal Studios Created Movie Monsters Tori Brazier December 26, 2020 Behind The Curtain, Features, Stories from the Set What immediate associations pass through your mind when you hear the name Frankenstein? Or Dracula? Is it an image of a flat-headed, neck-bolted green giant? Does Dracula swish around in a cloak and white tie,...
85 Years Later, The Bride of Frankenstein Still Fascinates Katy Moon May 6, 2020 Analysis, Features, Love Letter Horror sequels are no new phenomenon. Returning four years after the original Frankenstein, 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein was early proof that it takes more than an angry mob to keep a good Monster down....
Ma – Review Jack King May 31, 2019 Reviews There's no prerequisite suggesting that a film must have something to say for it to be good. There are plenty of brilliant movies with the density of styrofoam. The realm of the genre flick, however –...
Your Week In Film: Did Somebody Call For A Plummer and More! David Brake November 10, 2017 News Well, we back together to look over another week in film. It's not pretty is it? The last seven days has seen even more allegations arise for Kevin Spacey, Jeffrey Tambor, Louis C.K. and beyond. It makes for...
The Mummy – Review Bertie Archer June 11, 2017 Reviews Disjointed as a severed arm, The Mummy has a tangled knot of a plot. Its story is as confused as its grasp of mythology and geography, yet still it survives. The key to this life among certain death is,...
A Love Letter to… Jaws (40th Anniversary Edition) Eddie Falvey June 18, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Did Steven Spielberg ever make a more important film than Jaws? Whether or not he has made a greater film is open to (a no doubt heated) debate, but what remains is the fact that cinema would look quite...
The Purge Anarchy – Review David Brake July 26, 2014 Reviews Sequels usually have to tick three boxes: darker, grittier and bigger, and The Purge Anarchy excels on all these fronts. The lean, mean flick adds further credence to this low-budget, high-return...
Best Films Never Made #3: Neill Blomkamp’s Halo David Brake October 21, 2013 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 10 Comments In amongst the dusty annals of the best films never made, one blockbuster lies atop the pile. Widely known and anticipated for the last eight years, the ultimate videogame film adaptation, and the one film...