New horror analysis pocketbook by Rebecca McCallum available from 15 April A fresh, intellectual perspective on mother-son relationships in three essential horror films comes from author Rebecca McCallum in her pocketbook Mums + Sons: An Examination of the Child/Parent Relationship. McCallum’s analysis offers a detailed, insightful and critical examination of […]
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Postman Pat and the reboot for Late-Stage Capitalism (the 1980s/2008)
‘Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his alienated cat…’ You might think that using Postman Pat as a focal point for examining socio-economic changes over the last 40 years is an unlikely choice for an article. And you’d be right. But in this essay – sorry, article – I […]
Classic Film Kid Vs. Doctor Who Flux (2021)
Hello everyone, it’s the Classic Film Kid back again to talk about the most recent series of Doctor Who, titled Flux! MILD SPOILER ALERT In the weeks running up to Christmas, Whovians sat down to watch the final full series for the current doctor, Jodie Whittaker, and showrunner Chris Chibnall, […]
Horror Channel celebrates Sci-Fi B-Movies with a second Classic Sci-Fi Weekend in April
It’s back to terrify once more! Horror Channel once again celebrates the Sci-fi B-movie world of strange creatures, alien invaders and weird science with CLASSIC SCI-FI WEEKEND 2, a follow-up TV special to the popular Classic Sci-fi weekend broadcast in April 2020. The fifties are acknowledged as the Golden Age […]
Glasgow Frightfest 2022 – A Film Festival in Review
Glasgow FrightFest 2020 was one of the last film festivals to take place in BC (Before COVID), and the subsequent two years saw film festivals along with so much more turn online. In March 2022, FrightFest Glasgow returned with a vengeance, screening 12 films over three days at the beautiful […]
UPDATED Glasgow FrightFest 2022 Programme
Following certain world events, FrightFest has changed its line-up slightly. Here is the revised line-up, offering even more ghoulish delights! THURS 10 MARCH – GFT Screen 1 21:00 NIGHT’S END (UK Premiere) Director: Jennifer Reeder. Cast: Geno Walker, Kate Arrington, Felonious Munk, Michael Shannon. USA 2022, 81 mins, 18. WORLD PREMIERE FrightFest favourite […]
Slasher: Scooby-Doo, with more blood and guts
I love a good mystery. Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Scooby-Doo – anything where the central premise is uncovering the identity of the dastardly villain, or villains, behind it all. And I know I’m not alone. Mysteries have been popular ever since Edgar Allan Poe’s story ‘The Murders in the Rue […]
Signature Brings the Horror to Glasgow Film Festival!
Dark and intense Scottish thriller A Banquet plays on 5/6th March at the GFT for the Glasgow Film Festival, before going to cinemas and digital platforms on 11th March. Review coming soon Cert 15, 97mins Synopsis: A Banquet is an unsettling, thought-provoking and hyper-tense psychological thriller from director Ruth Paxton. The film stars Sienna Guillory (Resident Evil franchise, Luther), Jessica […]
Killer Thriller Week on the Horror Channel this March!
Back in the day, reviews described thriller films as CHILLER DILLER. Such comments will be fitting for Horror Channel’s KILLER THRILLER WEEK in March. This white-knuckle week includes the UK premiere of Mena Suvari-starring mystery thriller PARADISE COVE as well as the channel premiere of road thriller COP CAR, as Kevin Bacon […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 announces bumper Glasgow Film Festival line-up
It’s back! After being one of the last stages of normalcy before Covid, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival returns to the Glasgow Film Theatre. This frightfully fantastic venue has been FrightFest’s second home for 17 glorious years has been, and now it returns as part of the […]