Book Review: Werewolf By Moonlight by Guy N. Smith

This is the second book by Guy N. Smith that I've read this year, having really enjoyed Night of the Crabs, This book is another fast moving, pulpy horror novel, but does have a major flaw. Namely, the hero of the story Gordon Hall. He's not the most likeable bloke, and while some of this …

Book Review: Cell by Stephen King

I've seen the movie version of this, so I knew what this was about and there was a risk of it being "old man fears technology" but it's actually a very well done and clever thriller, with King showing his skills at building tension and a sense of growing unease. The plot is simple, while …

365 Film Challenge Part 31: Werewolves Special

Film #86: An American Werewolf in Paris John Landis' 1981 film An American Werewolf in London is widely regarded as a classic, a darkly comic horror film about an American tourist having a mixed time on his trip to the UK (sleeping with Jenny Agutter probably doesn't quite make up for getting savaged by a …

365 Film Challenge Part 27: Finishing Series

The three films featured are all the missing pieces in their series for me. Film #100: X-Men: Dark Phoenix As Deadpool says, these timelines are confusing. In the last of the X-Men films, we're back to the '80s to see Jean Grey go crazy and die. But, I mean, she's going to come back? So …

Book Review: Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith

I only became aware of this book because a Twitter account I follow posted a couple of the author's covers as part of a tribute to him following his death just before Christmas. After seeing this I went on a Wiki search and discovered that Smith was a hugely prolific pulp horror writer and this …

365 Film Challenge Part 20: Vampires Special

Film #68: Priest Paul Bettany is the title character here, a vampire killing warrior who now lives in obscurity within a walled city run by the church. Haunted by his failure to save his allies on raid, and disillusioned with his life. He's drawn out of retirement when his brother's home is attacked by vampires …

365 Film Challenge Part 19: Slashers

It's the slasher genre's turn this time around. Film #76: Friday the 13th The slasher genre has a big three of franchises- Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street and the series that followed this movie. Of the three, this is the one I'm least familiar with, having only seen Freddy vs Jason and about ten minutes …

Book Review: The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft

Lovecraft is one of those names I've been aware of for a long time and yet I've never actually read any of his stuff until now. This book is wonderfully creepy, told by a narrator who visits a town to survey for a new reservoir and discovers an eerie atmosphere around a piece of land …

365 Film Challenge Part 1: Not the best start

This idea was floated on the Mark Kermode Appreciation Society group on Facebook and the idea is to watch 365 films you haven't seen before in a year, so between May 18th 2020 and the same date in 2021 I'm going to try and do that, and I thought I'd write about the movies I …

Top 5 Supernatural Season 3 Episodes

As a result of the writer's strike in 2007/08 this season is shorter than the others, with only 16 episodes, and the whole thing feels a little rushed in places. The supporting character Bela, for example, isn't really developed properly or given a particularly satisfying story, in fact her pay off feels a tad rushed …