Blu-ray Out Now. Lionsgate. Certificate: 15. The Hammer Blu-rays are coming thick and fast now, and here’s one of the most eagerly awaited, the movie that really started it all. I have to admit that I am not so much…
I always thought that Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were the poor man’s Laurel and Hardy, but this classic horror comedy was most definitely their finest hour.
Some film makers vehemently dislike film critics, often regarding them as little more than failed and consequently frustrated film makers themselves. So it’s rare that the critic gets to put his head above the parapet and make the film they…
Zombies are having a bad time of late. In movie mash up terms they been pitted against both Abraham Lincoln and strippers. Rumour has it that Clive Barker is also working on a project where he intends to pit them…
With the studios putting out their scary movies in time for Hallowe’en it’s only fair that they terrify the kids too, and Sony and Disney ( who would think they’d get on this site?) wheel out their monster romps. Hotel…
As someone who remembers the furore surrounding the so-called ‘video nasties’ of the mid-‘80s, I was pleased to discover that Peter Normanton’s Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies goes into forensic detail on the subject. In an exhaustive introduction to the genre, Normanton…
To badly paraphrase any number of Bond villains, ‘Ahhh Mr Bond, after four years, we’ve been expecting you…’ And it has been a long four years, during which at one point it was even suggested that Daniel Craig’s future as…
How many times have you watched your favourite film? Twice? Three? Four or even more? The documentary Room 237 features five people who must have watched ‘The Shining hundreds of times. It’s arguable that the best films stand up to multiple…
The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies(RRP £7.99, Robinson, 2012) As someone who remembers the furore surrounding the so-called ‘video nasties’ of the mid-‘80s, I was pleased to discover that Peter Normanton’s Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies goes into forensic detail…
GOD OF VAMPIRES (2010) DVD Out Now Safecracker Pictures Certificate: 18 Blood fire extinguishers and authentic intestines. Sadly not items covered by Jeffrey Dahmer’s contents insurance, but gory instruments contributing to the special effects of God Of Vampires. It is…
Dark Side readers will certainly be familiar with Calum Waddell, who is one of our most prolific contributors. When he’s not writing articles for us or numerous other film magazines, Calum is filming ‘extras’ for DVD companies for his company…
Piranha 3DD – (2012) Blu Ray/DVD review Out Now Entertainment In Video. Certificate: 18 Horror in 3D has always had a bit of a chequered history having both embraced and exploited the latest gimmick. The 2010 remake had entertaining characters,…