WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I think we can all say that there are times that being a fan of someone can lead to feeling like you know them because you want to know everything about them. I know for a fact that was me as teenager, especially in terms of some of the …
2023
Galeophobia
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers OK, before you all jump on me saying I’ve already done this style of article with Get Out of the Water but that was a variety of things that make the water dangerous and only featured 1 Shark film. Well, here’s 6 more for you to sink your teeth …
John Wayne 1907-1979
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 26th May 1907 Died: 11th June 1979 (age 72) Born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa. As a child he was given the nickname ‘Little Duke’ and the name stuck, becoming known as ‘The Duke’ in later life. He played football at high School as well as being …
War Machine AKA Don Cheadle
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers OK, before anyone decides to mention it – I know that War Machine was originally played by Terrence Howard in Iron Man but he was never actually credited as such like Don Cheadle is for the second film. Additionally, Don is the one that continued the role through the …
Dennis Hopper 1936-2010
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 17th May 1936 Died: 29th May 2010 (aged 74) Dennis Lee Hopper showed his acting credentials at the age of 13 whilst at High School in California; his family moved there from Kansas where he was born. Art was, probably, his first passion having started attending art classes …
Funny Games 1997 vs 2007
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers As I mentioned previously in my Austrian Horror article, there would be two remakes produced from it. Here is the first, and in my opinion this is a pretty simple, but rather twisted story. Thankfully I don’t need to go into much detail as I have already filled you …
The Wicker Man 1973 v 2006
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I think the storyline to the films I am going to discuss is the epitome of elevated horror, before that term was ever even coined. Truthfully, for those who thought Midsommar was an original story, they clearly had never seen the original The Wicker Man. British vs American …
Austrian Horror
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers This week, our horror tour of the world brings us back to Europe. I’ll be honest, finding Austrian horror films was a lot easier than I expected as it seems a lot of the German-speaking films I found were from there instead of directly from Germany. Goodnight Mommy …
Black Widow AKA Scarlett Johansson
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers In case anyone is not aware, the films used in these articles were made before the first appearance of any actor credited as their superhero alias. I wanted to make that clear as I am fully aware that Natalia ‘Natasha’ Romanoff first appears in Iron Man, exactly the same …
Slumber Party Massacre 1982 vs 2021
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers When I first discussed Slumber Party Massacre in my ‘Death at the Party’ article, I honestly didn’t think I would be discussing it again. Low and behold, in 2022 it was decided that for some reason a remake was required – but at the moment what 70s or 80s …