Review: The House That Dripped Blood
Blu-ray: The House That Dripped Blood (1971)Amicus portmanteau movies were a staple part of my horror viewing while I was growing up, so it was great to see this fantastic Blu-ray release of The House That Dripped Blood by Second Sight Films drop through the letterbox here at 60MW Towers.Written by renowned screenwriter Robert Bloch, […]
Live Event: Danny Vaughn, The Tivoli, July 20th, 2019
I’ve been a fan of Danny Vaughn since first hearing him with Waysted back in the 1980’s, and it’s been a pleasure following him since then across all of his different projects. Myself and Thom recorded an interview show with Danny for our podcast 80’s Picturehouse back in 2014 (this will be available once again […]
Review: Hold Back The Dawn
Blu-ray: Hold Back The Dawn (1941) Back in 1941 when we were balls deep in WW2, America was making romantic dramas like Hold Back the Dawn, to alleviate the…you know…. guilt. Told in flashback to a Hollywood producer (stay with me…), Charles Boyer is Georges Iscovescu, a Romanian gigolo who is trapped in Mexico waiting […]
Review: FM
Blu-ray: FM (1978) Films always reflect the time in which they’re made, and FM has to be top of that list. Q-SKY radio station manager Jeff Dugan (Michael Brandon) employs an eclectic bunch of ‘kooky’ DJ’s. He soon finds that corporate management expects Jeff to use the station’s position at the top of the ratings […]
Review: Gwen
Cinema: Gwen (2018) Writer/director William McGregor (in his first full length film) gives us an eerie foray into the dark industrial revolutionary Hills of North Wales in Gwen. Set in 1855, Elen (Maxine Peake) and her daughters Gwen (Eleanor Worthington-Cox) and Mari (Jodi Innes) work the small holding up in the Snowdonia Hills while dad […]
Review: Nintendo Switch
I’ve had my Nintendo Switch since day one (only the 2nd day one console purchase I’ve done, with the Playstation Vita being the other) and I love it, being able to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the go is awesome. I was the first (and probably the oldest) to pre-order […]
Review: Year of the Rabbit
DVD & Digital: Year of the Rabbit (2019) Detective Inspector Rabbit (Matt Berry) is a foul mouthed ‘copper’ in Victorian London. His penchant for ladies and alcohol often gets in the way of his police work, so thankfully his is joined by his new partner, Strauss (Freddie Fox); a young hapless detective whose reserved demeanour […]
Review: The Legacy
Blu-ray: The Legacy (1978) Margaret Walsh (Katherine Ross) is mysteriously called across to the UK from her home in America on an undisclosed architect project. Accompanied by her partner Pete Danner (Sam Elliott), things begin to go awry from the moment they set foot in the UK. A motorcycle accident finds them both ‘rescued’ by […]
Review: Call Me By Your Name
Yes, I will admit that I did watch the film before reading the book. Heck, I had never even heard of the book until I had seen the film, but I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with that. The film makes you feel like you’re sunbathing on a warm summer day on the shores […]
Review: Double Face
Blu-ray: Double Face (1969) I can forgive Klaus Kinski anything, no one does deranged quite like him. On seeing Werner Herzog’s ‘Aguirre, Wrath of God’, then Fitzcarraldo, and then Crawlspace, I knew here was a man who, not unlike Dennis Hopper and Oliver Reed, was rather bonkers, but had the saving grace of being able […]