THE MONSTER (aka I Don’t Want To Be Born) *** UK 1975 Dir: Peter Sasdy. 90 mins Memorably titled SHARON’S BABY in the U.S. (there’s no one called Sharon in the movie) alongside THE DEVIL WITHIN HER, this bonkers British entry in THE EXORCIST possession movie cycle throws in parts…
Browsing: The Monster
“There are some films that just defy description.” British Horror Films Joan Collins gives an instantly memorable performance as a stripper cursed by a dwarf to give birth to a demonic child in this classic ’70s exploitation horror directed by Hammer/Amicus veteran Peter Sasdy. Co-starring Eileen Atkins, Ralph…
THE MONSTER **** UK 2015 Dir: Bob Pipe. 15 mins Bob Pipe’s melancholic love-letter to old-school horror has a touching, dignified performance by Richard Glover as a veteran horror film actor who laments the loss of artful genre movies in favour of lowest common denominator shtick. The movie we see…