An obscure one — I’d never heard of MADNESS OF THE HEART until I stumbled across it. It has no reputation, but it does have points of interest: it’s written and directed by Charles B… more →
shadowplaywrote 2 weeks ago: I previously posted about the BFI Gothic season ‘The Dark Heart of Film’ which is due to … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Last night at a special screening at BFI Southbank marking Peter Cushing’s centenary, Heather … more →
wrote 4 months ago: It’s February – Women in Horror Recognition Month – and I can’t help but thi … more →
wrote 5 months ago: It has been just over a week since the passing by of December 21, 2012, and the whole world well and … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Way back in May I wrote about one of my favourite films Night of the Demon, (see here) based upon th … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Informed that Karswell is leaving London by train, Holden, convinced now that he must return the par … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Night of the Demon is a 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Remember how excited we were when September yielded to October and Halloween was 31 days away? Now i … more →
wrote 8 months ago: CAT OF THE DAY 004: NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) “Ooh, claws and teeth! Did you bite the man? Oh, … more →
wrote 8 months ago: It’s Horror Night tonight. I, and two or three friends with a love of the genre, regularly meet in a … more →
wrote 8 months ago: * * * * (Out of * * * *) 1. Cat People (1942) 2. I Walked with a Zombie (1943) 3. The Leopard … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Read more Video Nasties News at MelonFarmers.co.uk See Night of the Demon trailer from youtube.com S … more →
wrote 11 months ago: A few notes on some recently released films: Prometheus Prometheus (Ridley Scott, U.S., 2012): So mu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: To be quite frank I really tracked down Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Gone to Earth … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I have been reading the Collected Ghost Stories of MR James this week, as research for a feature I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: What’s the point of this film? Seriously, someone tell me, why does this film exist? The origi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: We’re on vacation at Budget Rock this weekend and have a gift for those of you that long for y … more →
wrote 1 year ago: An obscure one — I’d never heard of MADNESS OF THE HEART until I stumbled across it. It … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Sunday night I watched a double bill of spooky old horror movies. The Spiral Staircase (1945) More A … more →