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Tag Archives: Halloween
Pete’s Peek | Sons of Anarchy meets The Shining in twisted supernatural horror The Violent Kind
From The Butcher Brothers, who gave us the festival favourite The Hamiltons, and the producers of Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre comes The Violent Kind, a home invasion horror with a supernatural kink that owes a big debt to … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | What makes a great horror movie?
I love horror films, but it really annoys me when I tell people this and they assume I’m into extreme slasher movies. This is clearly the fault of the contemporary ‘horror’ movie. You know the thing – sick, twisted, limb-cracking, … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss, Bride of Frankenstein, Cat People, Doctor Who, Halloween, I Walked With a Zombie, Psycho, Rosemary's Baby, Severance, The Fog, The League of Gentlemen, The Omen, The Orphanage, The Ring, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, The Wicker Man
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Great 70s movies that have stood the test of time
I had a reunion with a much-loved pair of flared jeans the other day while having a wardrobe spring clean. They’re not from the 70s – I was a kid then so I’d never fit into those. No, these were … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged 1970s movies, Annie Hall, Britt Ekland, carrie, clash of the titans, Dawn of the Dead, Diane Keaton, disco, Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, Edward Woodward, flares, George A Romero, Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jaws, Jodie Foster, Julie Christie, Nicolas Cage, platforms, ray harryhausen, Robert De Niro, Shelley Winters, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Sissy Spacek, Taxi Driver, the golden voyage of sinbad, The Omen, The Poseidon Adventure, The Stepford Wives, The Wicker Man, Woody Allen
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13 reasons to watch Friday the 13th
Couch Potato Pickings You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video 1. A group of teenagers get picked off by a killer at a lake where a young boy, Jason Voorhees, drowned years earlier. This 1980 … Continue reading
Pete’s pick of the Halloween horrors on DVD
For true connoisseurs of the cinema comes The Masters of Cinema‘s latest fantastic find, Phantom, from director FW Murnau (the man behind Nosferatu and The Last Laugh). Long thought lost, this surreal silent epic from 1922 is a brilliant surviving … Continue reading
Posted in DVD Releases, Pete's Peek
Tagged Brain Damage Films, Halloween, Phantom, Staunton Hill
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Triple Distilled Terror: Vincent Price is Mr Halloween
Who better to make your Halloween weekend than the one-and-only Vincent Price. Get a triple dose of terror from the Master of the Macabre tonight on Sky. Scream and Scream Again, Sky Classics, 10.40pm (Sky 308, Virgin 408) Over the … Continue reading
Posted in Films on TV, Pete's Peek
Tagged Halloween, Oblong Box, Scream and Scream Again, Tomb of Ligeia, Vincent Price
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Couch Pumpkin Pickings | Shaun of the Dead – perfect for undead make-up tips
With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, it’s definitely going to be a fun-filled day. My partner Sofa Spud and I are already wearing our costumes and getting into the mood. Because I’ll be getting up to all sorts … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV, Seasonal
Tagged Halloween, london zombie walk, Shaun of the Dead
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Couch Potato Pickings | Groundhog Day, and other seasonal films
The evidence that this is a great film – one of my faves of all time – is that the term Groundhog Day has now slipped into common vocab to describe any repeated scenario. However, the term Groundhog Day actually … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd February, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andie MacDowell, Autumn Equinox, beltane, Bill Murray, Candlemas, Christmas, Dancing at Lughnasa, easter, Easter Parade, Groundhog Day, Halloween, Halloweentown High, Hanukkah, hawthorn, Imbolc, Lammas, Lughnasa, Mara Wilson, may day, midsummer's day, midwinter, Miracle on 34th Street, passover, Samhain, spring, Spring Equinox, springwatch, St John, sumer, Summer Solstice, sutumn, The Wicker Man, winter, Winter Solstice, Yule
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Jaws and other well known movie themes
Couch Potato Pickings You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video That Jaws music has to be one of the best known film themes, what do you think? Here are some other classic movie themes: Psycho … Continue reading
Couch Potato has turned into a Pumpkin
I’m afraid I’ve grown rather attached to my Halloween costume so will be out of action for a few days. Once the novelty’s worn off, I promise to be back soon.
