Funny bones: Ten Comedy Horrors first published by BFI, 3rd October 2024, occasioned by the 50th anniversary of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (1974) Includes capsules of: The Old Dark House, Blood Feast, Spider Baby, House (1977), An American Werewolf in London, Evil Dead II, Braindead, Gozu, Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil, Werewolves Within Focusing on…
Drag Me To Hell first published by Film4 Summary: Sam Raimi returns to his roots in this hyperbolic horror comedy where a banker for once gets just deserts. Review: With its resurrected corpses, revenant ghosts, skeletons in the closet, and endless remakes and sequels, horror is arguably the most nostalgic of genres, always looking back even as…
For the love of cheap thrills: gonzo auteurism and The Evil Dead first published by Little White Lies Although he had been making amateur Super-8 films for years with childhood friend Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi had only just turned 20 when he started shooting his feature debut The Evil Dead in late 1979, and was, in…
Darkman first published by FilmLand Empire Darkman is a film about transitions. Mild-mannered scientist Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson, showing early promise of the unlikely action hero he would later become) is trying to develop a synthetic skin to help burn victims, but has not quite achieved the breakthrough that will allow the engineered dermal cells…