Black Shampoo
Mr Jonathan (John Daniels) is a sexy hairdresser with a libido as big as his afro, who does more for his favourite customers than just their hair, presumably in violation […]
Tag Archives: Retro review
Video Nasty 59: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie is a Spanish-Italian zombie film from 1974. It has more than 15 titles internationally, including Don’t Open the Window (the film has literally nothing to do with windows) and The […]
The Invention of Lying
Set in a world where no-one can tell a lie, or, apparently, withhold their opinion at all, The Invention of Lying follows a failing screenwriter, Ricky Gervais, playing a failing […]
Der müde Tod
A young woman (Lil Dagover) bargains with Death to save the live of her beloved (Walter Janssen). She is sent to three historical periods where she is required to save […]
Showgirls
As Twin Peaks returns to the delight and confusion of viewers, let’s look back on Kyle MacLachlan’s career lowlight. And I’m not talking about How I Met Your Mother. This 1995 stripper […]
Battlefield Earth
To celebrate the release of Wonder Woman, the film that critics are already calling “a superhero movie with a woman in it”, let’s look back on another Warner Bros. landmark. It’s the year […]
Postcards from the Edge
Meryl Streep stars as Susanne, an actor approaching middle age and recently out of rehab, trying to navigate her way through the turbulent waters of the Hollywood film industry under […]
Christine (1983)
Not to be confused with the Christine Chubbuck biopic Christine (2016), Christine (1983) is a John Carpenter movie about an evil car. It sounds stupid, and it probably is, but Carpenter’s ability as […]
Death Line
We’ve all seen some scary stuff on the London Underground, whether it’s enormous rats, drunk people or a busker playing a particularly harrowing rendition of ‘Hallelujah’. Just yesterday I saw this […]
Possessed
Joan Crawford stars as Louise, a nurse looking after the sick wife of Dean (Raymond Massey). Meanwhile she enjoys a passionate affair with his business partner David (Van Heflin) who […]
Screen Goblin 