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Review: Hellboy (2019)
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is my guy, my favourite comic book character of all time. I’m a fan. I loved that the Guillermo del Toro films hit the key beats of the mythology but remained first and foremost del Toro films. … Continue reading
Halloween Special 2014: Assorted Flavours of Horror
I wasn’t always all that into horror movies. I can’t say that I ever got a particular rush out of being scared when I was younger. I was a timid-ish child. But I’m a convert, and I now see the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Blade Runner, Chris Sharp, Dog Soldiers, Ellen Burstyn, Film, Halloween, Horror, IMDb, Jason Miller, John Brumpton, Kevin McKidd, Liam Cunningham, Linda Blair, Misery, Movies, Murder Party, Napoleon Dynamite, Neil Marshall, Robin McLeavy, Sean Byrne, Sean Pertwee, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist, The Loved Ones, William Friedkin, Xavier Samuel
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Review: Doomsday (2008)
DOOMSDAY is by far the weakest link in British writer-director Neil Marshall’s career so far. Following a pair of highly original horror films DOG SOLDIERS and THE DESCENT, Marshall endeavoured to continue his run of success, and sadly as soon as he brought sci-fi … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged 28 Days Later, Bob Hoskins, Centurion, Doomsday, Film, Game of Thrones, Horror, Mad Max, Movies, Neil Marshall, Resident Evil, Rhona Mitra, Robin Hood, Sci-fi, Troll Hunter
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Werewolves, Crawlers, Romans…Trolls
Neil Marshall is set to direct the American remake of André Øvredal’s Norwegian found footage horror TROLL HUNTER (2010), and pre-production is expected to begin shortly. The Brit is known for well-constructed and stylish genre films such as the mortifyingly claustrophobic … Continue reading
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Tagged André Øvredal, Centurion, Dog Soldiers, Film, Game of Thrones, Horror, Let Me In, Movies, Neil Marshall, Remake, The Descent, Troll Hunter
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What the Hell, Hollywood?
Last night the news came over social media and via press release that we were finally getting another HELLBOY movie. Settle down folks, it’s not the much-clamoured-for never-movie HELLBOY III. It’s going to be a reboot and Guillermo del Toro … Continue reading →