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Category Archives: Pete’s Peek
London’s Old Vic Tunnels play host to some Hammer horror classics | WIN! Hammer horror prizes
Fancy seeing a a host of Hammer horror in the dark dank depths of The Old Vic Tunnels in London? Well, starting Friday 10 February, theflickerclub.com and Hammer are presenting bloody classics like The Reptile, Frankenstein Created Woman and The … Continue reading
Posted in Pete's Peek, Special Events
Tagged Daniel Radcliffe, Dracula (1958), Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Frankenstein Created Woman, Hands Of the Ripper, let me in, Quatermass And The Pit, The Hound Of the Baskervilles, The Lost Continent, The Old Vic Tunnels, The Reptile, The Vampire Lovers, The Witches, The Woman In Black, theflickerclub.com, Twins of Evil, Wake Wood
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Pete’s Peek | The bodged boob job that was Frankenhooker explodes onto Blu-ray
Back in the 1980s, one of the best midnight movies doing the rounds was 1982′s Basket Case, a low-budget horror comedy about a teen and his monstrous half-aborted brother who seek revenge against the doctors who separated them. This deliriously … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, Pete's Peek
Tagged Arrow Video, Frank Henenlotter, James Lorinz, Jennifer Delora
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Pete’s Peek | Dario Argento’s lost masterpiece Four Flies on Grey Velvet gets a 40th anniversary release
For Dario Argento fans there’s really no need to review Shameless Screen Entertainment‘s latest release, because it’s destined to become a collector’s item. Practically unseen since the 1970s, Four Flies on Grey Velvet is being released for the first-time on … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Place your bets! Hostel: Part III is heading to Vegas – but it ain’t all fun and games
As the old saying goes, ‘Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer’? And, no truer words were spoken than in Hostel: Part III. Unlike the first two films, this latest instalment in the franchise has more in common with … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, Competitions, DVD Releases, DVD Reviews, Pete's Peek
Tagged Blu-ray competition, Hostel: Part III, Kip Pardue
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Pete’s Peek | 1970s road movie classic Two-Lane Blacktop is Top Gear for petrolheads and indie fans
Two-Lane Blacktop is one of the most celebrated road movies ever made and a key film of the 1970s’ New American Cinema. Made during a period when American cinema was experimenting with a series of counterculture offerings – most notably … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Christopher Lee goes for goth in the atmospheric 1960s horror Castle of the Living Dead
A hero dwarf, a scythe-wielding henchman, Christopher Lee playing a necrophile aesthete Count and a baroque setting that wouldn’t look out of place in a Tim Burton film makes for a fantastic voyage into vintage horror in 1964′s Castle of … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | British artist David Hockney makes a big splash at London’s Royal Academy and on Blu-ray
The vast new exhibition of celebrated artist David Hockney (which starts today at London’s Royal Academy) is devoted to his beloved Yorkshire Wold, with its colourful woodlands and richly patterned cornfields shown over the four seasons, and is set to … Continue reading
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Pete’s Peek | Two vintage swashbucklers from the classic Hammer studios get digitally restored on DVD
In director John Gilling 1965′s adventure The Brigand of Kandahar, it’s 1850 and the British Army are holed up in a fort in remote north-east India (actually Bray studios in Berkshire) protecting the Empire’s interests. When a mixed-race British officer … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Milla Jovovich can’t trust anyone in Canadian thriller Faces in the Crowd
From writer/director Julien Magnat comes the Hitchcock-inspired thriller Faces in the Crowd starring Milla Jovovich and Julian McMahon. Jovovich plays Anna, a school teacher who survives an attack by a serial killer known as Tearjerk Jack, but is left with … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Troll Hunter is monstrously good fun | Win exclusive designer t-shirt plus blu-ray
Although the found-footage genre is getting a bit tired, I’ve been looking forward to Troll Hunter, and I’m glad I saw it as its monstrously good fun. Three wannabe Michael Moore-type filmmakers find themselves joining Norway’s only troll hunter as … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, DVD Releases, DVD Reviews, Pete's Peek
Tagged Momentum Pictures, Troll Hunter
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