WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 26th October 1942 Died: 29th April 2014 Robert William Hoskins was born to a nursery teacher and bookkeeper in Bury St Edmunds but was raised and educated in London. He left school at the age of 15 with one O-Level and went on to do various jobs, including …
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Isolation
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I think I have said this several times before in other articles but one of the key tropes for any horror film is isolation! Like the fear of the unknown, the idea of no escape is terrifying. Probably the most common display of this is with the old cabin …
Actress to Singer: Zooey Deschanel
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I wasn’t too sure which had come first, Zooey’s acting or her association with She & Her, the band she formed with M. Ford. It turned that she actually started acting in 1999 and the band didn’t form until 2006. As she did not start singing in films until …
Mystique AKA Jennifer Lawrence
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I was really hoping that as part of this article I was going to be able to talk about Jennifer as Katniss Everdeen but it turns out she actually played Mystique in X-Men: First Class before taking on the role in The Hunger Games. I honestly feel that she …
Western European Horror
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers As many of you may be aware, I have already covered a few countries of Central and Western Europe individually – Austria, France and the Netherlands to name a few. Unfortunately, it is a lot harder to find enough films for each of the remaining countries so I felt …
Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 16th April 1921 Died: 28th March 2004 (aged 82) Born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov in Belsize Park, London, to Jona Freiherr von Ustinov, a German diplomat and journalist (who worked for MI5 during the German Reich), and Nadezhda Leontievna Benois, an artist and theatrical designer. His heritage …
Thor AKA Chris Hemsworth
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I just wanted to make you all aware that there will be no honorary mentions at the end of this article. These films mentioned here are the only films Chris Hemsworth made before taking on the role of Thor, so you can basically say that the MCU is where …
Piranha 1978 vs 1995
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Here’s something funny and more specifically something I learned while writing this article and that is that I didn’t realise this remake even existed – only that it was remade in 2010 in 3D. On top of this, and a slightly more interesting fact, is that the original film …
Female Led-Horror
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’m going to be honest, thanks to a little film known as The Descent along with Ten that I discussed in a previous article – I have very little faith in all female horror films. Now, that probably doesn’t sound great for an Independent Women’s Day article but I …
Horror by Numbers pt.3
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I mentioned in the last article of this kind that I hoped the films for part 3 would be better than those for part 2 as I was unable to recommend any of those from before. Well, thankfully I got my wish as there’s not a single film below …