Our resident artist Rick Melton has been called rude, cold, self-centred and arrogant. But we don’t care what his wife thinks of him just as long as he keeps educating us to the delights of such unsung classics as Blood Surf
Calum Waddell meets exploitation legend Fred Williamson, who had three rules for his movie career: “The first is that youcannot kill me, the second is that I have to win all of my fights and the third is that I get the girl at the end.”
Cult King John Waters talks dog poop, Divine, stand-up comedy and capital punishment with Calum Waddell
Now free from the spectre of Michael Myers, director Rob Zombie talks to Calum Waddell about taking on The Lords of Salem
Uwe Boll plays a German George Bush in a gory new flick from the guys who brought us Eaters. Lorenzo Ricciardi interviews its directors, Marco Ristori and Luca Boni
Ian McCulloch might not be a fan of the genre but he’s starred in three much loved films from the golden era of Italian splatter.
Denis Meikle presents a potted history of British-based Planet Film Productions, who gave us some memorable 60s horror and sci-fi movies before fading into obscurity.
Madeleine Swann meets legendary horror actress Linda Hayden, who starred as Angel Blake in the Tigon cult classic, Blood On Satan’s Claw.
Out Now. Mediumrare. Certificate: 18. Death, destruction, cruelty, murder, madness. Not the impending results of the Tories’ planned NHS reform, nothing that apocalyptic. Rather a prophecy from a sightless seer for troubled times. As this is ‘un film de Jess…
Out Now. Network. Certificate: PG. Following hot on the heels of Network’s awesome Edgar Wallace Mysteries comes this equally treasurable selection of cosy crime dramas from the 50s and 60s. Shot like the Wallace shows as cinema support features at…
Out Now. 101 Films. Certificate: 15. The Lodge was made back in 2008 and the fact that it has only just been released over here might make you think it’s a bit of a turkey. But while the fim may…
Out Now. Universal Pictures Certificate: 18 Body modification would seem a plum choice for a genre movie. Makeshift, underground surgery to achieve, amongst other things, semi-bestial metamorphoses, performed in a torture chamber of gratification with further offers of voluntary amputation…