The world is pretty dark right now, but once you’ve filled your understairs cupboard with cans of baked beans, plus that Long Life UHT milk that come the Apocalypse no one will actually drink (“things are bad enough, I’ll have that cold coffee black if you don’t mind”), you’ll need something to fill the time before the… Comfort Blanket Movies For When The World Is Going To Hell In A Handcart (i.e. Now) Read More
An American Werewolf In London 4.5 stars
There is, apparently, a remake planned. I don’t usually mind remakes – the original film still exists, after all. And at least with American Werewolf In London mobile phones haven’t made the plot obsolete (you think I’m kidding? Have you ever tried getting a phone signal up on Britain’s remotest, werewolf-ridden moors?). But if you haven’t seen the… An American Werewolf In London Read More
Places I Can’t Go Because… HORROR FILMS!!
Please, please, PLEASE no one EVER make a horror film set in Waitrose!* One of the reasons I don’t watch horror films that often is that they stay with me afterwards (not literally I say as I check the closet / under the bed /crucifix on the wall / all the locks twice). I can’t just… Places I Can’t Go Because… HORROR FILMS!! Read More
Scary Movies Not Including Scary Movie
See also: Places I can’t go because… Horror Movies! Cabin in the woods borrowed from an absent cousin – check. Stormy night – check. Power lines down – check. New bikinis to try on – check. Hazardous waste facility nearby – check. Ancient cat graveyard – check. Simon Pegg – check. Calling from inside the house – actually that doesn’t really work any… Scary Movies Not Including Scary Movie Read More