Out now: Michele Soavi’s ‘The Sect’ in blood-soaked High Definition
❉ Satanic sacrifice, face-ripping gore and a channel-hopping bunny!
CULT MOVIES
Christopher Lee in ‘Jinnah’ (1998) reviewed
❉ An epic biopic about the life of the man who founded Pakistan, with a career-best performance by Sir Christopher Lee.
Cuban masterpiece ‘Memories of Underdevelopment’ makes its Blu-ray debut
❉ Visionary Cuban director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s tour de force is out on Blu-ray 20 February 2017 in a stunningly restored version.
Cult Q & A: Laurence R. Harvey
❉ We’re asking, they’re answering. This week: Laurence R. Harvey – Martin from ‘Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)’.
‘Quatermass In Television and Movies’ free Kindle ebook offer!
❉ Mark F. Cain’s Quatermass compendium is free from 20 to 24 December 2016 as part of a festive promotion.
Mysticism in Film: ‘The Wicker Man’ (1973)
❉ We go inside The Wicker Man – one of the most iconic British films ever made, and an apex of the folk horror genre.
Coming Soon: ‘Spawn: The Album’ 20th Anniversary Edition
❉ Featuring tracks by Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Metallica, Korn, Prodigy, Moby, Crystal Method, Incubus, Atari Teenage Riot and many more.
Peccadillo Pictures’ ‘Theo & Hugo’ reviewed
❉ Nick Campbell praises a strikingly modern nocturnal romance. But does he believe in love at first sight?
Girl on fire: Edie Sedgwick in ‘Ciao! Manhattan’ (1972)
❉ Speed, Madness, Flying Saucers and a Drunken Beauty in a Drained Swimming Pool. ‘Ciao! Manhattan’ still stands up. Or perhaps more accurately, it leans, stumbles, shakes and lurches as if drunk.
American Mythology unleashes Adam Green’s ‘Hatchet’ in 2017
❉ Victor Crowley returns to comics in early 2017.