Year: 1975 Director: Norman Jewison Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams Themes: Death sports, Dystopian society, Individualism vs. collectivism The year 2018: the world is ruled by huge corporations and the biggest mindless distraction for the masses is Rollerball-… Read More ›
sci-fi
The Boy from Space (1971/1980) (UK DVD Review).
The year 1982, I was eight years old. I wasn’t one of those kids that ‘got’ school, for the most part I felt it constraining. I could be usually found staring out the window during lessons, daydreaming while wrapped up… Read More ›
Night of the Big Heat (1967) (UK blu-ray review)
Year: 1967 Alternate Title: Island of the Burning Damned (US) Director: Terence Fisher Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Patrick Allen, Sarah Lawson, Jane Merrow Themes: Low-budget sci-fi, alien invasion If there is one thing that can always be relied upon… Read More ›
Dr. Catsu Reviews Under the Skin (2013).
Year: 2013 US Release: 15th July 2014; available VOD UK Release: 14th July 2014; 7th July 2014 VOD Director: Jonathan Glazer Cast: Paul Brannigan, Scott Dymond, Krystof Hadek, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Moreland, Adam Pearson, Jeremy McWilliams Themes: alien, beauty, deformity,… Read More ›
Dr. Catsu Reviews Almost Human (2013).
Review of ‘Almost Human’ (2013, release unconfirmed) Alien abduction movies are an interesting sub-genre within horror. They are one of the most popular with low-budget filmmakers, after the slasher and haunted house niches, and as a result there are an… Read More ›
12 hours with Ted V Mikels- Mikels movie marathon madness.
In honour of cult UK label 88 Films releasing two Ted V Mikels films in the same week, The Doll Squad and The Corpse Grinders, I woke up with possibly one of my most inspired/ or silliest (depending on what… Read More ›
Shameless Presents: The 10th Victim, La decima vittima (1965)
Shameless are back with another classic release to DVD/ Blu Ray Combi, Elio Petri’s The 10th Victim; a film which literally radiates 60’s retro sci-fi cool, celebrates pop art visuals and satirically stabs into the heart of media culture. The… Read More ›
Stiggy’s Film of the Day Scream and Scream Again (1970).
Scream and Scream Again (1970). The story. The title Scream and Scream Again is particularly misleading, when also factored in the joining of three horror icons as the stars of the show, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price and Peter Cushing, as… Read More ›
Arrow Video presents: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (review).
Plot. A strange alien plant life floats down to earth and starts replace human lifeforms with body doubles which are born from large pods, and able to attack their ‘hosts’ while they sleep. Health inspector Matthew Bennell and his friend… Read More ›
Planet of the Vampires aka Demon Planet (Terrore nello spazio) (1965)
Plot. When the spacecraft Argos and Galliott recieve a distress call from the planet Aura they follow it to find a strange and unexplored planet which seems to harbour a maligant force that can turn crew members against each other… Read More ›
Vicious Lips (1986).
Plot. All girl band Vicious Lips have just been given the gig that could break them into stardom, there are just two problems, their lead singer is dead, and the venue is on the other side of the galaxy. Cue… Read More ›