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Notebook Reviews: PSYCHO

Gus Van Sant – 1998. It’s obviously nowhere near as good as Alfred Hitchcock‘s original, but Gus Van Sant‘s updating of Psycho isn’t too bad. This shot-for-shot remake could have been a total disaster, but it manages to [...]

October 30, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s THE FOG

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 15, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN

From the panaglide-shot opening, John Carpenter‘s 1978 horror film, Halloween is all about atmosphere. Carpenter creates tension as we creep through a family home, seeing through the eyes of a young Michal Myers. It’s an iconic moment and [...]

October 14, 2021

Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween

October is when the nights get darker and more mysterious. It’s the month where people like to delve deep into the horror genre and watch a variety of scary movies as Halloween approaches.  Movies In Focus has put together a [...]

October 2, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Freddie Francis’ 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 [...]

September 3, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Stuart Gordon’s RE-ANIMATOR

Stuart Gordon’s Re-animator is gloriously gory. The 1985 release is based on H. P. Lovecraft’s Herbert West Reanimator and Gordon’s film is a prime slice of ‘80s horror. It’s darkly comic, bloody as hell and totally over the top. You [...]

June 9, 2021

GREAT! More Movies

A brand new free-to-air entertainment network GREAT! is launching in the UK on Tuesday 25 May 2021. The GREAT! channel portfolio consists of GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, GREAT! movies classic and GREAT! tv. The new channels are owned by [...]

May 18, 2021

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