Gavin Baddeley – ‘The Horror! The Horror?’ © 2012 – Matt Hardwick As part of the ongoing partnership between the UK’s biggest film festival dedicated to horror, Frightfest, and one of the nation’s most prestigious publishers of cult film books, ...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire. After coming away from Céline Sciamma’s magnificent Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) it got me to thinking about women’s films in general. As a movement, or even a genre in their own ...

I guess I should open up this new feature by explaining the title: Confessions of a Cineslut. Well, maybe not, it’s quite self-explanatory. I am a total slut when it comes to cinema. High, low; old, new: I am completely ...

If matters had gone totally to plan O Animal Cordial (Friendly Beast, 2017) would not have been director Gabriela Amaral’s debut feature-length film. As it was, with her initial project held up in funding, the director turned her attention to ...

It occured to me last night —  during a discussion on an infamous film related Facebook group, where users are regularly shut down or booted out for daring to have an opinion on anything the admins don’t agree with —  ...

It’s that time of year again where tradition dictates that British Bank Holiday television will be awash with screenings of Carry On Films, and On the Buses. It’s a bizarre tradition when you think about it given how strange and ...

If you’ve ever watched the original series of The Office, the British one, you will probably remember Simon. Simon, the smug little computer nerd IT tech, whose entire sense of self importance is drawn from his ability to speak in ...

One thing that really annoys me when it comes to vampire cinema is the dominance of the male form when it comes to filmic interpretations of the myth. Don’t get me wrong, I love vampires in all guises, be it ...

When I wrote about Tinto’s Brass’ Deadly Sweet (1966) previously for this season, I mentioned at the beginning of that particular article that I had something of a penchant for early giallo films; specifically the ones that were made before ...

Stage Fright (1987) is a rare gem for its time and place; a slasher/giallo hybrid, which draws the best parts from both sub-genres, mixing in a large dose of the director, Michele Soavi’s flamboyant visual style. The film is a shining ...