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Listen To How Bernard Herrmann Inspired Danny Elfman’s BATMAN Theme

Having enjoyed Bernard Herrmann‘s score for the 1972 mystery Endless Night, I was once again reminded of how Herrmann’s score for Journey To The Center Of The Earth(1959) inspired Danny Elfman‘s brilliant soundtrack for [...]

April 1, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Classic Amicus Horror Films THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD & ASYLUM

The House That Dripped Blood Asylum Amicus Productions is often seen as the poor cousin of Hammer Films. The Shepperton Studios based production company churned out a selection of modestly budgeted (but rather successful) horror films throughout the [...]

July 22, 2019

Book Review: ALFRED HITCHCOCK – THE COMPLETE FILMS

The mighty Alfred Hitchcock is one of the all-time great directors. The Master of Suspense had as much knowledge of what the audience wanted to see, as he had with understanding the art and mechanics of cinema. Paul Duncan’s Alfred Hitchcock: [...]

April 1, 2019

Review: John Carpenter’s THE FOG Is A Classic Ghost Story

After taking a break from horror to make Elvis in 1979, John Carpenter returned to the genre with The Fog, an atmospheric ghost story set in the fictional Californian town of Antonio Bay. When The Fog starts rolling-in, so does the crew of [...]

October 16, 2018

Blu-ray Review: MISS LESLIE’S DOLLS Is An Oddball Grindhouse Horror

A truly bizarre slice of grindhouse exploitation, Miss Leslie’s Dolls is so out-there that it needs to be seen to be believed. A sort of twisted Psycho remix, Joseph G. Prieto’s horror sees three University students and their teacher [...]

September 2, 2018

Notes On John Carpenter’s THE FOG

Movies In Focus introduced The Fog (1980) at Nottingham’s National Justice Museum as part of a John Carpenter Season (find out more). Guests were treated to a foggy display in the Shire Hall (see below) and a ghost tour before watching the [...]

March 12, 2018

Movies In Focus’ Top 20 Horror Films

It’s very difficult to distill something into a list of ‘bests’. However, sometimes it’s good to take stock of something and evaluate the quality, trying to understand what it should or shouldn’t be. I’ve been writing about films for a [...]

October 30, 2016

Blu-ray Review: RE-ANIMATOR Is Alive And Well With This Great Blu-ray Package

Stuart Gordon’s Re-animator is gloriously gory. The film, based on H. P. Lovecraft’s Herbert West Reanimator, is a prime slice of the ‘80s horror scene. It’s darkly comic, bloody as hell and totally over the top. You have to accept it for [...]

March 21, 2016

Blu-ray Review: Peter Cushing And Christopher Lee Tackle THE SKULL

They don’t make movies like The Skull anymore. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee top-line this 1965 British horror that sees Cushing’s occult collector acquire the skull of the Marquis de Sade – but the evil relic soon takes on a life of [...]

October 18, 2015

DVD Review: Tom Holland’s TWISTED TALES – Bite Sized Tales From The Crypt For The 21st Century

The horror genre has seen many anthology tales over the years and Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales is yet another entry into the time honoured tradition. Clocking-in at almost 2 1/2 hours, Twisted Tales brings together a selection of nine bite-sized [...]

June 14, 2015

John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN Comes Back To The Big Screen For One Night Only

A restored and remastered digital print of John Carpenter‘s Halloween will play on big screens across the globe on Halloween night. SpectiCast (an event cinema marketing and distribution company) has joined forces with Compass International [...]

September 16, 2014

Blu-ray Review: SISTERS Synthesises Brian De Palma’s Career

Brian De Palma has been compared to Alfred Hitchcock throughout his career. However, he has never been more Hitchcockian than he was with Sisters. It plays like a greatest hits package of the Master of Suspense’s finest moments as De Palma [...]

April 27, 2014

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