Retro Review: Zombies Ate My Neighbours
Zombies Ate My Neighbours Released: 1994 Platform: Super Nintendo Publisher: Konami Developer: LucasArts What do you get when you cross Science Fiction and Horror Movies with video games? The answer is one of the best games to appear on consoles from the 90’s. Zombies Ate My Neighbours caused a bit of a stink when it was […]
Review: Space 1999 – The Complete Series 2
Blu-ray: Space 1999 – The Complete Series 2 (1976) I will give full disclosure at the start of this review and state that I have been a fan of Space 1999 since it first aired on UK television back in 1975. As a 10 year old boy I had already discovered Star Trek, Dr Who, […]
Review: Madman
Blu-ray: Madman (1982) Arrow Films presentation of notorious video nasty ‘Madman’ is finally here on Blu-ray. As a horror film buff I must admit I was never really a big lover of this film (apologies to any fans). It is, however one of the most loved and most fun of the early 80’s slasher films. The ‘Cropsy’ […]
Review: Turbo Kid
Streaming: Turbo Kid (2015) Turbo Kid appears to be one of those independent films that actually had a LOT of people working on it (scratches head), however, that’s not the point, the POINT is; what’s it like? I can’t put it any more succinctly than IMDB – “In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a comic book fan […]
Review: Mississippi Burning
Blu-ray: Mississippi Burning (1988) Agent Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and ex-sheriff and now agent Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) investigate the disappearance and possible murder of 3 civil rights workers in 1960’s Mississippi. Written by Chris Gerolmo and directed by Alan Parker, Mississippi Burning is loosely based on the FBI investigation into the murders of three civil […]
Review: The Krays – Kill Order
DVD: The Krays – Kill Order (2015) Hot on the trail of Brian Helgeland’s ‘Legend’ comes this documentary by Christopher Matthews. It gives a thorough look at the twins origins and contains many ‘talking head’ interviews with a lot of their contemporaries, including Frankie Fraser, Eddie Richardson, Maureen Flanagan and Billy Frost. Although most of the interviewees […]
Review: The Decline of Western Civilization Collection
Blu-ray: The Decline of Western Civilization Collection (1981 – 1998) Good god where do you start with this documentary!? To write a full review of it you’d have to discuss politics, youth culture, feminism, poetry… you’d end up writing a bloody book about it. To say that Penelope Spheeris’ documentary about the Punk and Rock […]
Retro Review: Robocop versus The Terminator
Robocop versus The Terminator Released: 1993 Platform: Sega Megadrive Publisher: Virgin Interactive Developer: Virgin Interactive Feverish fanboys have often debated which of their favourite characters would win in a fight; Freddy vs Jason, Alien vs Predator, we’ve all done it at some point in our lives. The upcoming movie version of Batman vs Superman shows […]
Review: Videodrome
Blu-ray: Videodrome (1983) Max Renn, owner of a schlock shock independent TV channel is on the lookout for new content to broadcast. Coming across a programme/video called Videodrome, he becomes embroiled in a sado-masochistic dream-like alternate life. Is it real? Is he bonkers? Only David Cronenberg knows. Ah yes, that sounds like a bit of […]
Retro Review: Desert Strike
Desert Strike Released: 1992 Platform: Sega Megadrive Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Electronic Arts Video games sometimes blur the lines between fiction and reality, or at the very least they can take inspiration from the current events of the day. It’s hard to conceive that games would be released based on wars that are still being […]
