ANGELS WITH DIRTY FEATURES

A 1979 Smash Hits clipping, mercilessly defaced in somewhat poor taste. It's his Gran, ffs.

SOUTH SEAS SCIENCE

Try working topless and wearing flip flops in a laboratory type environment now, health and safety will shut you down like that - it's political correctness gone mad!

PULSATING / WARBLING

Firestarter, d. Mark L. Lester (1984)

Inspired by the great Stranger Things, I’ve been delving into the world of the 80s, a period that I have previously had little affection for, despite spending my formative years there. Firestarter is a film that I have never seen before, and was amazed how good it was. Fast moving, well-acted, choc a bloc with psychokinesis and death, and a mad, eclectic cast (Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen, George C. Scott, Freddie Jones) it’s a film where literally hundreds of people are burned alive by a nine year old girl and, for the most part, they absolutely deserve it. 

Aside from the relentless, pitiless violence, two things stand out for me: the portrayal of ‘The Shop’, the harmless sounding government department that specialises in making monsters; and George C. Scott’s performance as John Rainbird, a Native American assassin who nurtures a relationship with the little girl hoping that, one day, she will kill him.

HYBRID ART

Felix Labisse (1905-1982)

Bridging the gap between first wave surrealism and the sort of pictures people used to buy from Woolworths and put on the walls of their maisonettes in the 1970s.  

TORRID TIMES

Some of the feverish Biblical interpretations of Jack T. Chick.

SEXY SUMMER

The unexpected pleasure of buying some old copies of Smash Hits and finding that the previous owner has drawn tits and fannies on everyone. 

2016 FILM DIARY, PART SEVEN

From The Satanic Rites of Dracula

01.07.2016 - 31.07.2016

Head, d. Bob Rafelson (1968)
The Cycle Savages, d. Bill Brame (1969)
The Peace Killers, d. Douglas Schwarz (1971)
Deathmaster, d. Ray Danton (1972)
Cape Fear, d. Martin Scorcese (1991)
Moby Dick, d. John Huston (1956)
Blind Date, d. Joseph Losey (1959)
The Party's Over, d. Guy Hamilton (1965)
Spliffs, Joints and Pot, d. Tony Moussoulides (1965)
Rolanda Polansky, Sculptor, d. Lionel Niskin (1971)
Secret Rites, d. Derek Ford (1971)
Skinflicker, d. Tony Bicah (1972)
Manhunt, d. Peter Robinson (1974)
Discomania, d. Oscar Riesel (1979)
Knights Electric, d. Barney Broom (1980)
Shaun of the Dead, d. Edgar Wright (2004)
Dredd, d. Pete Travis (2012)
Evolution, d. Lucile Hadzihalilovic (2015)
The Last Boy Scout, d. Tony Scott (1991)
The Nice Guys, d. Shane Black (2016)
O No Coronado! d. Craig Baldwin (1992)
Aguirre, Wrath of God, d. Werner Herzog (1972)
Tighten the Drums, d. Chris Owen (1983)
Tribe of the Sun, d. Alan Sidi (1972)
The Valley, d. Barbet Schroeder (1972)
Wax or Discovery of Television Among the Bees, d. David Blair (1991)
Dream City, d. Johannes Schaaf (1973)
Trans-Europ-Express, d. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1966)
The Man Who Lies, d. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1968)
Eden and After, d. Alain Robbe-Grillet (1969)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, d. Adam McKay (2004)
Q: The Winged Serpent, d. Larry Cohen (1982)
Manhattan Baby, d. Lucio Fulci (1982)
Human Highway, d. Neil Young (1982)
The Decline of Western Civilization, d. Penelope Spheeris (1981)
Electronic Lover, d. Jesse Burger (1966)
Squatters, Cinema Action Production (1970)
Squatparty, d. Phil Munnoch (1981)
Another Bloody Sunday, d. Barry Cockcroft (1981)
End of the Pier, d. David Eadington (1983)
SOS: 20 Minutes To Go, d. Unknown (1990)
The Love Prophet and the Children of God, d. Abbey Nedick (1998)
The Light of the World, d. Jack Chick (2003)
Recorded Live, d. S.S Wilson (1975)
Hail, Caesar! d. Joel and Ethan Cohen (2016)
High Rise, d. Ben Wheatley (2016)
They Live, d. John Carpenter (1988)
Hell Comes To Frogtown, d. Donald G. Jackson and R.J Kizer (1988)
Star Trek: Into Darkness, d. J.J Abrams (2013)
The Blood Stained Butterfly, d. Duccio Tessari (1971)
The Designated Victim, d. Maurizio Lucidi (1971)
Eye in the Labyrinth, d. Mario Caiano (1972)
The Lorax, d. Hawley Pratt (1972)
Beauty to Last, d. David Bailey (1969)
Can I Have A Dragon, Please? d. Sue Lloyd (1983)
The Destructors, d. Charles Joy (1983)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula, d. Alan Gibson (1973)

WOULD YOU ADAM AND EVE IT?

Contemporary fancy dress. RRP £29.99. Apple and snake not included. Sample review - 'Cheap looking'.

2016 FILM DIARY, PART SIX

From Sadisterotica

01.06.2016 - 30.06.2016

Werewolf Woman, d. Rino Di Silvestro (1976)
Daughter of Dracula, d. Jesus Franco (1972)
The Perverse Countess, d. Jesus Franco (1974)
Vampyres, d. Jose Ramon Larraz (1974)
Shriek of the Mutilated, d. Michael Findlay (1974)
In The Shadow of Bigfoot, d. C. Thomas Biscardi (1977)
New Towns For Old, d. John Eldridge (1942)
Death Is A Number, d. Robert Henryson (1951)
Hands of Destiny, d. Anthony Young (1954)
The Black Scorpion, d. Edward Ludwig (1957)
The Flower in his Mouth, d. Luigi Zampa (1974)
The Left Hand of the Law, d. Giuseppe Rosati (1974)
Street Law, d. Enzo G. Castellari (1974)
The Anniversary, d. Roy Ward Baker (1968)
Village School, d. John Eldridge (1940)
When The Pie Was Opened, d. Len Lye (1941)
Listen to Britain, d. Humphrey Jennings & Stewart McAllister (1942)
A City Reborn, d. John Eldridge (1945)
What is a Group?, d. Ian F. Svenonius (2016)
Valhalla Rising, d. Nicolas Winding Refn (2009)
The Man with the Iron Fists, d. RZA (2012)
Santo and the Treasure of Dracula, d. Rene Cardona (1969)
Santo in Black Gold, d. Federico Curiel (1977)
Living at Thamesmead, d. Charmian and Jack Saward (1974)
The Salvage Gang, d. John Krish (1958)
Amelia & The Angel, d. Ken Russell (1959)
The Trial of Charles Peace, d. Norman Lee (1949)
The Liquidator, d. Jack Cardiff (1965)
Dark of the Sun, d. Jack Cardiff (1968)
The Warriors, d. Walter Hill (1979)
Escape From New York, d. John Carpenter (1981)
Wonder Women, d. Robert Vincent O'Neill  (1973)
Blood of the Vampire, d. Henry Cass (1958)
Blood Mania, d. Robert Vincent O'Neill (1971)
Fantastic Four, d. Josh Trank (2015)
The Night Visitor, d. Laszlo Benedek (1971)
The Serpents Egg, d. Ingmar Bergman (1977)
Went The Day Well?, d. Cavalcanti (1942)
The Heart of the Matter, d. George More O'Ferrall (1953)
Deadpool, d. Tim Miller (2016)
X Men Apocalypse, d. Bryan Singer (2016)
Straight Outta Compton, d. F. Gary Gray (2015)
The Thing, d. John Carpenter (1982)
Beat Girl, d. Edmond T. Greville (1960)
Gorgo, d. Eugene Lourie (1961)
Girl on Approval, d. Charles Frend (1961)
Dark Intruder, d. Harvey Hart (1965)
Incubus, d. Leslie Stevens (1965)

TWEET

Predrag Knežević, Ivana Stefanović, Marjan Radojičić: Bird Songs (1976)