Blu-ray & DVD: Blood Feast (1963) Herschell Gordon Lewis, AKA ‘The Godfather of Gore’, gave cinema studios a blood-soaked kick up the backside when Blood Feast was released in 1963. Far from shying away from when anyone was killed, Lewis made close-up voyeuristic looks at bodily dismemberment the raison d’être for the cinema audience to […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Looking For Infinity: El Camino (2017) Looking For Infinity: El Camino gives a fascinating insight into a 500 mile pilgrimage along Spain’s 1200 year-old ‘Camino de Santiago’, also known as The Way of St Jude. The documentary follows a diverse group of people, all at varying points in their lives, as they take […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Bushwick (2017) Lucy (Brittany Snow) arrives in the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Bushwick with the intention of visiting her family. However, when she emerges from the subway, she sees that the neighbourhood is under attack by an unknown military force. Taking refuge in the basement of a nearby building, she is physically threatened […]
DVD: The Return Of Captain Invincible (1983) WWII superhero Captain Invincible (Alan Arkin) is adored by the American public for his heroics in battling the Nazis. This changes rapidly not long after the war, when he is wrongly accused of supporting the communist party and being ‘un-American’. With his reputation in tatters he retires to […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Kill, Baby…Kill! (1966) It is the early 1800’s and pathologist Dr Paul Eswai (Giacomo Rossi-Stuart) is called to a remote Carpathian village by Inspector Kruger (Piero Lulli) to perform an autopsy on a woman who died in mysterious circumstances. The locals are convinced they are being haunted by the spirit of a […]
Grimmfest is now in its 9th year and this was my 2nd year in attendance (you can read all about my 2016 experience here) at this excellent showcase of fantastic films in Manchester, UK. Despite my best intentions, I was once again only able to attend for the one day. This is something I strongly […]
Blu-ray: Dark Age (1987) Park ranger Steve Harris (John Jarratt) and two aborigine trackers try to find a huge crocodile that has been killing the local population. One of the trackers has a psychic link to the croc and wants to restore it to its home breeding ground to live out the rest of its […]
In another of our Soundcheck interview shows, I’m joined by Jansen Press from Carousel Vertigo to chat about their recently released album ‘Revenge Of Rock And Roll’. Please like their Facebook page, follow them on Twitter: @CarouselVertigo and of course bookmark their website. Thank you for listening and if you enjoy any of the songs played in these shows, please […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Full disclosure to begin…I don’t like jazz music. I REALLY don’t like jazz music. So, can I survive a 140 minute movie focusing on a jazz musician? Mo’ Better Blues begins with Bleek Gilliam as a child, learning to play the trumpet at the expense of going out […]
Myself and Chris chat about what has entertained us over the previous month. Plus, we finally name our new segment! In this episode we chat about: VIDEOGAMES: Mantis Burn Racing: Battlers DLC Wolfenstein: The New Order (Make sure to download the Gameburst episode) EGX (Chris gives a quick rundown of a few of the games that […]
