Category Archives: Horrors

Chloë: Cameo Queen

Posted on 10/04/2013 by

I’ve enjoyed Chloë Sevigny’s contributions to a lot of great films over the years (Trees Lounge and American Psycho being two personal faves), but now I’m a little scared that she’s started stalking me through my TV screen, by taking … Continue reading →

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Paranoia & Pants

Posted on 17/03/2013 by

[Contains soiled-underwear-flinging SPOILERS] Although their first album sold like hot-cakes, Kula Shaker were a frequent target for mockery, thanks to their conspicuous co-opting of Indian music, culture, and mysticism… but as a white Britisher intent on misappropriating Indian mythology in … Continue reading →

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Baby Wants To Kill

Posted on 09/03/2013 by

[Contains gratuitous go-go dancing SPOILERS!] Although they both deal with hateful babies intent on destroying their mothers’ lives, there is a world of difference between We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Monster (aka I Don’t Want to Be … Continue reading →

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The Young Offender’s Mum

Posted on 03/03/2013 by

[Contains nappy-crapping SPOILERS] Despite being an avowed Tilda Swinton fan, I was wary about watching We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), because I’d assumed from the serious subject matter that it would be a rather dreary and depressing experience. … Continue reading →

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Necrophiliads

Posted on 26/02/2013 by

Watching ITV2 last night, I was disturbed to discover that the late Audrey Hepburn had been digitally disinterred to shill for Galaxy chocolate, twenty years after her death. Shudder. The soul-crushing clip stars a preternaturally young A-Hep sat on a bus that’s … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Season

Posted on 13/02/2013 by

A friend of mine recently purchased an iPad, and was bragging about all the TV shows he was able to watch on it, via various digital services. While Ch4 offer a pretty impressive backlog of their old programmes through 4oD, … Continue reading →

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Home Of The Brave (And Of The Dead)

Posted on 16/01/2013 by

The screenwriting book I’m working through at the moment claims that aspiring writers should focus on knocking out scripts for TV shows rather than films, because there’s more space to be filled in the TV schedules, and therefore more of … Continue reading →

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The Thrill Kiss Kult

Posted on 06/01/2013 by

Screenwriting books insist that you should never switch genres halfway through a script, because you run the risk of confusing and annoying your audience. I don’t have a problem with that sort of track-switching in theory… but I usually end … Continue reading →

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Spirit Killer

Posted on 20/08/2012 by

[Caution: Sweary, self-righteous ranting ahead!] I watched Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) last night… thankfully it was on TV, so I didn’t have to spend a penny on the worthless, misogynistic, homophobic piece of shit. On a purely technical level, the … Continue reading →

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Clink Clown Calamity

Posted on 16/07/2012 by

[Contains fame-seeking SPOILERS!] I think The Task (2011) has a genuinely intriguing premise, and a talented cast, but it buries all that good under so many layers of bad, that the net result is a weary shrug. As the old … Continue reading →

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