My Thoughts While Watching… Men (2022) [Trigger Warning: Suicide, Violence & Nudity]

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read some a few years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what …

Dial M for Murder (1954) Review

This is my second favourite film with Grace Kelly, who was a frequent collaborator with Hitchcock, appearing in 3 consecutive movies: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). An ex-tennis pro named Tony invites an old acquaintance under the pretence that he is interested in buying a car …

My Thoughts While Watching… The Others (2001) [Trigger Warning: Mentions of Suicide & Child Murder)

I've seen plenty of Buzzfeed posts floating around where people write a list of thoughts while watching a movie. I read one years ago where someone watched all of the Harry Potter movies for the first time while live tweeting and writing a post per movie. I still quote a lot of what he said …

Inside No. 9 Review

Inside No. 9 is a British dark comedy anthology series which delves into various genres and themes while retaining a lot of its horror roots. Created by the League of Gentlemen (more to come from them) members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, who also star in most episodes, the show takes each episode into a …

The Others (2001) Review

In 1945 on a remote Channel Island, Grace and her two children live in a large house in the middle of nowhere. Her husband, Charles, has been missing since he left to fight in the second world war, and their servants seem to have disappeared in the night. When three strangers appear one morning claiming …

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) Review

Not long after Kirsty is terrorised by her uncle Frank and the Cenobites she is hospitalised in a psychiatric facility where she tells her doctor what happened. Then Julia returns. This is a pretty decent sequel. Ashley Laurence and Clare Higgins return as Kirsty and Julia respectively. Both seem to slip back into their roles …

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Review

This is undoubtedly one of best cult musicals of all time that still gets shown in theatres 45 years later. Cinemassacre. Newly engaged couple Brad and Janet find themselves in a strange series of circumstances over at the Frankenstein place after their car breaks down in the rain. Brad knew he should have had that …

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Review

Three orphaned siblings from London are sent to live in a small village to escape the blitz during World War II. They are placed with a woman, who they discover is a trainee witch who wants to use magic to help end the war. The only problem I have ever had with this movie was …

The Descent (2005) Review

Kill Count, Ending Explained, Cinemassacre. Six friends go on a spelunking expedition after one of them lost her husband and daughter one year prior. They end up in an unexplored cave, but they're not alone The female led cast makes this movie stand out from other modern day horrors, and the creature aspect and claustrophobic …

Asylum (1972) Review

Here we have the classic anthology film written by Psycho author Robert Bloch and produced by Amicus. Dr. Martin arrives at Dunsmoor, an asylum for the incurably insane, to attend a job interview. He is met by the wheelchair-bound Dr. Rutherford, who presents him with a challenge. The previous head of the asylum, Dr. Starr, …