Film and TV

Blu-ray: Bob Clark Horror CollectionChildren Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (1972)Deathdream (1974)Black Christmas (1974)The latest (number 29) in 101 Films “Black Label” releases, the Bob Clark Horror Collection showcases the directors early horror output before he went on to more widespread acclaim with Porky’s (1981) and A Christmas Story (1983).I’d only ever watched Children Shouldn’t […]

Blu-ray & DVD: EO (2022)Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and inspired by Robert Bresson’s 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar, EO follows the life of donkey Eo and all the places he trots to, and the people he meets. An almost picaresque tale (without Eo being a rogue) or incidence and, yes, heartbreak and of course horror. Eo is a circus donkey […]

Blu-ray: The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)Adapted from the 1932 play by Ladislas Fodor and directed by James Whale, you can tell right from the start  that The Kiss Before the Mirror is pre-Hayes code, as we see Lucy Bernsdorf skip through the garden of her lover (a very young Walter Pidgeon) before being led into the bedroom […]

Blu-ray: State of the Union (1948)I’ve never been a huge Spencer Tracy fan. To me he always seems to play himself; a somewhat grumpy American middle aged male, and more or less overshadowed here by the talent of his ‘girlfriend’ Katherine Hepburn. Unfortunately I feel the same about his performance in Frank Capra’s State of […]

Blu-ray: Broken Lullaby (1932)Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) can’t overcome his grief of killing German soldier Walter during the First World War, so he travels to Walter’s home town to ask Walter’s family for forgiveness.Caught off guard when the grieving family assumes that he is a friend of Walter, they embrace him into their social sphere, […]

Blu-ray & DVD: The Invisible Man (The Complete Series) (1975-6) I was 10 years old when this was originally shown and I absolutely loved it, and while it may not have the same appeal now I’m considerably older, it was still an absolute treat to revisit this series that sadly only ran for just the […]

Blu-ray & DVD: Frankenstein – The True Story (1973)There have been many versions made of Mary Shelley’s literary classic over the years, but this 2 part mini-series has always been one of my favourites, with its 3 hour running time giving breathing space to expand upon the characters and their motivations…and what a great cast […]

4K UHD & Blu-ray: Martin (1976)Martin (John Amplas) is a young man who believes that he is a vampire (whether he is or not is left to you to decide when the end credits roll), not your usual “shy away from crucifixes, hide from the sunlight” vampire, rather one who hungers for blood and takes […]

DVD: The Borrowers (1997)Based on Mary Norton’s 1950’s novels of The Borrowers (basically just the size of the characters and the character’s name remains), but fear not reader, for this Hollywood make over is a delight to watch and very much one of those ‘family’ films of the 90’s.Moved from its original British setting to […]

Blu-ray: Bluebeard’s Eight Wife (1938)Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife is one of those 1930’s Hollywood screwball comedies that ping and zing with dialogue that can still make you chuckle 90 years later. On the French Riviera, Grumpy and wealthy businessman Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper, who is rather miscast in this role) wants to buy JUST a pajama top, as […]