Tag Archives: Vincent Price

Pete’s Peek | Lost Horizons: Beneath the Hollywood Sign – a darkly comic memoir

From Universal’s classic monster movies of the 1930s to the fleshpot romps of Russ Meyer in the 1960s, and the European arthouse antics of Fellini and Visconti in the 1970s, cult movies have become part of the fabric of contemporary … Continue reading

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The Tingler screams into Birmingham’s Shock & Gore Fantastic Film Festival in July

The Electric Cinema in Birmingham (the UK’s oldest working cinema) is renowned for its monthly cult film nights. Now the Electric is hosting its very first Shock & Gore fantastic film festival (Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July) featuring … Continue reading

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From golden oldies to cult classics, Odeon Entertainment is an Aladdin’s cave for film fans

For fans of vintage Hollywood and British movies, Odeon Entertainment is a great place to hunt down old favourites and undiscovered gems. The Hollywood Studio Collection is bursting at the seams with classics from the 1940s and 1950s, including Robert … Continue reading

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Stoke Newington celebrates the life and legacy of the master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe on June 4

Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe used to live in Stoke Newington, north London? Well, in honor of the former N16 resident, a day of celebrations is being held on Saturday June 4 to coincide with the Stoke Newington … Continue reading

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Who won our While the City Sleeps competition?

Our competition to win a DVD of the newly restored and remastered film noir classic While the City Sleeps is now closed. Thanks to Exposure Cinema for supplying the prizes and well done to all the entrants who answered correctly … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | The phantasmal 1960′s masterpiece Spirits of the Dead comes to Blu-ray

In an era long, long ago, a group of celebrated actors and directors pooled their collective talents to create a haunting homage to the work of Edgar Allan Poe. To top it off, that master of the macabre, Vincent Price, … Continue reading

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Competition time | Win the gritty film noir classic While the City Sleeps on DVD

This competition has now closed While a sex maniac dubbed The Lipstick Killer prowls the streets of New York, media tycoon Walter Kyne (Vincent Price) pits his three top newsmen against each other to scoop the story, but in the … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Fritz Lang’s remastered film noir classic While the City Sleeps

Having established his noir credentials with the 1940’s films Ministry of Fear, Scarlet Street and The Woman in the Window, director Fritz Lang (the visionary behind the 1930s classics M and Metropolis) stepped back into the shadows for 1956’s pulp … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Argento and Romero’s Two Evil Eyes is still a classic

Finally getting a proper DVD release, 1990′s Two Evil Eyes re-unites horror genre directors George Romero and Dario Argento (they worked on Dawn of the Dead back in 1982) in an adaptation of two Edgar Allan Poe stories – previously … Continue reading

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Veteran stars Bette Davis and Lillian Gish together in The Whales of August

This is a little gem from 1986 about two elderly sisters living on an island off the coast of New England. Not only was director Lindsay Anderson to be congratulated on making one of his finest films, but also in … Continue reading

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