WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I had to check before writing this article if these films were originally based on a book, but I think I may have been confusing them with The Haunting of Hill House which is something completely different. Obviously the main question of this article is which is better – …
Daredevil AKA Ben Affleck
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I want this article to act as a reminder that, like Chris Evans with Flame Boy and Captain America, Ben Affleck had pulled on the super-suit prior to becoming Batman. I’m going to be completely honest, I haven’t seen the Daredevil from beginning to end – I always seem …
There’s Something About the Babysitter
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Depending upon the generation reading this article right now I think there would be two different answers to the question – what/who do you think of when we say babysitter and horror? Some of you, like me, your first thought might be of Laurie Stroud, played by Jamie Lee …
Singer to Actress: Madonna
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I always thought that “Madonna” was a stage name that she had chosen. You know a little like Sting is actually Gordon Sumner or Elton John is Reginald Dwight. In Madonna’s case this is her actual first name and it seems she was named for her mother who was …
Bob Hoskins (1942-2014)
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 …
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 …