Review: Prince Regent
DVD: Prince Regent (1979) Prince Regent from 1979 tells the story of George IV of Britain. In brief; George was the eldest son of George III and Queen Charlotte. The Hanoverian kings were notorious for having bad relations with their heirs, and George III and his son were no exception. George’s extravagant, and dissolute lifestyle caused his […]
Review: The Legend of King Arthur
DVD: The Legend of King Arthur (1979) Written by the BBC’s ‘go to’ history scribe Andrew Davies, and starring Emmerdale’s Andrew Burt as King Arthur, this series was shown on BBC1 in 1979. I (surprisingly) have no memory of it. It tells the iconic story of Arthur, how his mother was taken by Uther Pendragon […]
Review: Reptilicus
DVD: Reptilicus (1961) In all my years of movie watching, I’ve never watched a low budget, 1960’s Danish monster movie…until now. Thank you Fabulous Films. Directed by Sidney W. Pink, Reptilicus ticks all the check points in things that I love in these low budget movies, plus adds extra layers on top too. When copper miners […]
Review: Bella Mafia
DVD: Bella Mafia (1997) Sicilian Mafiosi Don Luciano (Dennis Farina) and his wife Graziella (Vanessa Redgrave) live in Sicily. Their son Michael (Michael Hayden) has an affair with Sophia (Nastassja Kinski), leaving her pregnant but unmarried. After Luciano refuses to traffic drugs, American mob boss Carolla (Tony Lo Bianco) has Michael killed. Based on Lynda […]
Review: Burnt Offerings
Blu-ray: Burnt Offerings (1976) College lecturer Ben Rolf (the irrepressible Oliver Reed), his wife Marian (Karen Black) and their son David (Lee Montgomery) rent a sprawling mansion for the summer at a very cheap price. Accompanied by Aunt Elizabeth (Bette Davis) they discover that the bargain they thought they had acquired is slowly turning into […]
Review: The Time Travelers
DVD: The Time Travelers (1964) Continuing my current run of reviewing sci-fi releases from Fabulous Films, next up is 1964’s The Time Travelers directed by Ib Melchior. Set in the year that it was made (1964), a group of 4 scientists are working on creating a screen that will allow them to see into the future. Things […]
The Beast With A Million Eyes
DVD: The Beast With A Million Eyes (1955) A huge carnivorous beast with one million eyes, a city in terror with the population fighting for their lives, an intergalactic spaceship that rivals anything in Independence Day, those are just a few of the things you WON’T see in Roger Corman’s 1955 zero budget sci-fi movie The Beast […]
Live Event: EuroGamer Expo – NEC Birmingham, September 22-25th, 2016
Eurogamer Expo 2016 (or EGX for short) returned to the NEC in Birmingham following a hugely successful show in 2015. As people will know I love EGX as it’s a chance to play the latest upcoming video game releases and more importantly, meet up with friends and have a laugh. My impression of the show […]
Review: The Man From Planet X
DVD: The Man From Planet X (1951) I love 1950’s sci-fi movies (along with 1930’s horror movies, 1970’s cop movies and 1980’s action movies) and it was with some surprise to discover that I had never watched The Man From Planet X before now. What better way though to watch it for the first time than with Fabulous […]
Review: Slugs
Blu-ray: Slugs (1988) I devoured books during my teens and twenties, the majority of which fell into the horror genre. I’d scan the shelves of my local bookshop looking for the latest titles by James Herbert, Stephen King, Dean Koontz and many more. Then one fateful day in 1982 I spied the cover of a […]