WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I believe I’ve spoken before about directors having trademarks, Tim Burton with his black and white stripes for example, or dropping easter eggs in their films – however some directors have a go-to actor, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, Guillermo Del Toro and Ron Pearlman. In the case of …
Horror Directors: Stuart Gordon
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers With a lot of the other articles regarding horror directors where I had already seen some of their work. However, when it comes to Stuart Gordon, it was all new to me. Having said that, I had seen one of his films without knowing it was him, Space Truckers, …
Horror Directors: Eli Roth
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It’s very rare that I’ll say I have a favourite director but in horror I definitely have a few and Eli Roth is one of them. There’s not a film of his that I haven’t enjoyed which I’m sure you’ll notice as you read through this article that I …
Janet Leigh (1927-2004)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 6th July 1927 Died: 3rd October 2004 This would be ‘Scream Queen’ was born Jeanette Helen Morrison, a single child raised by parents Helen and Frederick Morrison in Stockton, California. She studied hard and graduated at the age of 15. It was while she was studying music and …
Horror by Numbers pt2
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’ll be honest, it is actually really hard to recommend any of the films below to those of you reading this. You will probably notice as you go through that I possibly enjoyed 2 of these films maximum! Let’s hope things get better in part 3… The Man in …
Speak No Evil 2022 vs 2024
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers This is actually the first time in recent history that I will be covering a remake of a film where the original was only made two years ago prior! I had been meaning to watch the Danish original for a while but the remake gave me that push (Thank …
Patrick Swayze (1952-2009)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 18th August 1952 Died: 14th September 2009 (aged 57) Powerhouse of talent, Patrick Wayne Swayze was born to a choreographer and engineer in Houston, Texas, yet his paternal heritage dates back to an Englishman, John Swasey, from Dorset who migrated to New England in the 1600s and it …
Actor to Singer: Oscar Isaac
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers As you will go on to discover, I never actually planned on writing this article. I had seen very few of Oscar Isaac’s work so was unaware that the man could even sing. Its funny how writing one article, can lead you into writing another isn’t it? 10 Years …
Star Lord AKA Chris Pratt
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Here’s something I didn’t know – in Guardians of the Galaxy, the writers had actually changed Peter Quill’s (AKA Star Lord) backstory. In the films, he is the son of Meredith Quill and Ego (who later tries to use his son to carry out his evil plan) but in …
Charles Bronson (1921-2003)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 3rd November 1921 Died: 30th August 2003 (aged 81) Charles Dennis Buchinsky was one of fifteen children born to Mary and Walter Buchinsky, both of Lithuanian descent. Walter was a coal miner and after he graduated high school (the first in his family to do so) he also …