THEY LIVE ***** USA 1988 Dir: John Carpenter. 95 mins Carpenter’s most enduring sci-fi movie is this frighteningly prescient Reagan-era political satire, following drifter Roddy Piper, who believes in America and is happy to follow the rules. He joins a working homeless community incorporating Carpenter regulars George “Buck” Flower and…
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PRINCE OF DARKNESS **** USA 1987 Dir: John Carpenter. 97 mins Considered the middle part of an “apocalypse” trilogy bracketed by THE THING and IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, this was Carpenter’s return to low budget filmmaking after several years of working for Hollywood studios. A mature and unfashionable 80’s…
A BLACK VEIL FOR LISA **** Italy / West Germany 1968 Dir: Massimo Dallamano. 95 mins A pre-Argento giallo influenced by Hitchcock, the German “krimi” cycle and American film noir, this largely lacks the more overtly horrific elements that would rapidly redefine the genre in the wake of THE BIRD…
Following its highly acclaimed Limited-Edition release in 2018 WHEN A STRANGER CALLS/WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK is set for its Standard Edition Blu-ray release complete with a slew of fantastic special features from Second Sight Films this summer. ‘Agonisingly tense…The caller’s words, with their insistent reference to the children’s safety, cut to a deep…
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS MEET THE WOLFMAN *** USA 2000 Dir: Kathi Castillo. 77 mins Those squeaky voiced critters known as The Chipmunks return for another direct-to-video film and this time they will meet another classic monster…the wolfman. After watching monster movie marathons Alvin begins to have trouble sleeping and…