Month: May 2016

Suburban Parasitic Anxieties: David Cronenberg’s Shivers

On By C.H. NewellIn Body Horror, Canadian Film Development Corporation, David Cronenberg, Film, Horror, Sci-FiLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6B4oZhFaFI Shivers. 1975. Directed & Written by David Cronenberg. Starring Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman, Susan Petrie, Barbara Steele, Ronald Mlodzik, Barry Baldaro, Camil Ducharme, Hanna Poznanska, Wally Martin, Vlasta Vrana, Silvie Debois, Charles Perley, & Al Rochman. Cinépix/DAL Productions/Canadian Film Development Corporation. Rated R. 87 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ Even if I love Alien …

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Fear The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 4: “Blood In The Streets”

On By C.H. NewellIn Alycia Debnam-Carey, AMC, Cliff Curtis, Colman Domingo, Fear the Walking Dead, Frank Dillane, Kim Dickens, Season 2, ZombiesLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6w344Yoizw AMC's Fear The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 4: "Blood In The Streets" Directed by Michael Uppendahl Written by Kate Erickson * For a review of the previous episode, "Ouroboros" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Captive" - click here Nick (Frank Dillane) has swam onto a nearby shore …

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Don’t Go In The House: The Death of Disco and A Mother Too Far

On By C.H. NewellIn Dan Grimaldi, Film, Horror, Joseph Ellison, SlasherLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuDc7Bn7iM Don't Go In The House. 1979. Directed by Joseph Ellison. Screenplay by Ellison, Ellen Hammill, & Joe Masefield. Starring Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Osth, Dennis M. Hunter, John Hedberg, Ruth Dardick, Johanna Brushay, Darcy Shean, Mary Ann Chinn, & Lois Verkruepse. Turbine Films Inc. Rated R. 82 minutes. Horror ★★★★  Still …

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Skinhead Subculture vs. White Nationalism in This Is England

On By C.H. NewellIn 2006, British Film, Crime, Drama, Film, Racism, Shane Meadows, Stephen GrahamLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqjEYfslwpA This Is England. 2006. Directed & Written by Shane Meadows. Starring Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joseph Gilgun, Rosamund Hanson, Andrew Ellis, Perry Benson, George Newton, Frank Harper, & Jack O'Connell. Warp Films/Big Arty Productions/EM Media. Unrated. 101 minutes. Crime/Drama ★★★★★  Shane Meadows is a British National Treasure. His …

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