There’s nothing like a double feature, especially in the cinema or (if you’re lucky) at one of the few remaining Drive in Theatres. It’s something that most of us replicate at home, watching movies in endless succession as the very concept of sleep begins to elude you completely. No? Well, maybe that’s just me then. [...]
A wonderful talk by the delightful Neil Gaiman. It’s close to two hours long and so you might want to put the kettle on beforehand. Click the bottom right hand link for fullscreen. If it resizes and is removing some of the picture, escape and click the fullscreen link again. Enjoy.
Regular visitors to this site may have read the recent article about Roger Corman’s production company which was set up in the West of Ireland in the late 1990’s and ran until the early 2000’s. I am making it my mission to seek out as many of these disastrous movies as possible, watch them and [...]
Children are inherently evil. Creepy, short, all-knowing Hellspawn in colourful sweaters. Whilst Hollywood has chosen to portray them as angelic cherubs, in constant need of our protection and guidance, Horror has long acknowledged the fact that it’s us who needs protection from them. Look no further than Wolf Rilla’s ‘Village of the Damned’ (1960) (and [...]
Jamie Smart is without a doubt one of the finest comic artists in the business and one of my personal favourites. I have been reading and enjoying his work for many years now and he just keeps getting better. Unlike so many artists who create iconic characters, Jamie has moved on from the success of [...]
Last week I was up particularly early, which for me usually means around dawn. I wasn’t in much of a mood for going anywhere near the pc and allowing it to slowly drain the lifeblood from my body. Neither was I in the mood to write, draw, listen to anything or reattempt to teach the [...]
I will abstain from summarising the rest of the plot for you. This is a movie that you will most likely be aware of, but may not have yet seen.