Pigeon Shrine FrightFest UK 2024: Scarlet Blue (2024)
Alter Monrepos (Amélie Daure and Anne-Sophie Charron) has an IV dripping blue liquid into her body, lying on a medical table. Or maybe she’s throwing up. Or is she in hypnotherapy with the cave-dwelling Léandro Lecreulx (Stefano Cassetti)? She could also be hooking up with gas station attendant Chris (director and writer Aurélia Mengin) or […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Primitive Love (1964)
Johnny Legend’s Untamed Video (August 25 – 31) Welcome to the wonderfully wacky world of Johnny Legend’s Untamed Video! Take a walk on the wild side with troublesome teenagers, sleazy sex kittens, way-out hippies, country bumpkins, big bad bikers, Mexican wrestlers, and every other variety of social deviant you can think of. Luigi Scattini’s directing career […]
Pigeon Shrine FrightFest UK 2024: Children of the Wicker Man (2024)
This film comes direct from Justin and Dominic Hardy, two of the eight children of the director of The Wicker Man, Robin Hardy. For years, they’ve said that this movie destroyed their family, but now, they have decided to follow the path of the film and how it was made along with director Chris Nunn and […]
Pigeon Shrine FrightFest UK 2024: So Unreal (2023)
I’m obsessed by the idea of the ancient future, of movies that seem futuristic but were dated even at the time that they were made. Created by Amanda Kramer (Ladyworld) and narrated by Blondie’s Debbie Harry, this film ties together so many of the classics — and maybe not classics — of high tech films. […]
Pigeon Shrine FrightFest UK 2024: Happy Halloween (2024)
Last year, Hadley Briggs (Emma Reinagel) barely survived Halloween when her ex-boyfriend went on a killing spree. He’s been in a mental ward since then, but as her hometown prepares for both the holiday and its 300th birthday, the killings have started all over again, just days after she attempts to return to school. This […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Santo Contra los Zombis (1961)
Johnny Legend’s Untamed Video (August 25 – 31) Welcome to the wonderfully wacky world of Johnny Legend’s Untamed Video! Take a walk on the wild side with troublesome teenagers, sleazy sex kittens, way-out hippies, country bumpkins, big bad bikers, Mexican wrestlers, and every other variety of social deviant you can think of. Predating Night of the Living […]
Pigeon Shrine FrightFest UK 2024: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Upon watching this again for the first time in probably thirty years, I was struck by how European the movie feels. Perhaps it’s the color tones throughout, suggesting the patina of Italian horror cinema (both Fulci and Craven cite surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel as an influence). It could also be John Saxon having lead billing. […]
SHAWGUST: Crippled Avengers (1978)
Released in the U.S. as Mortal Combat and The Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms, this is the story of how Chu Twin and his son Chu Cho Chang have started a reign of terror. It all begins when Chu Twin returns home to find his wife murdered and his son critically injured, with his […]
SHAWGUST: Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Shimmy shimmy ya, indeed. If there’s one thing Hong Kong movies have in store, it’s always plenty of sequels. And yet, we welcome those here with open arms. Directed by Lau Kar-leung, this is the spiritual second film in a trilogy. Unlike the first and last movie in said triad, Gordon Liu does not play […]
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