Monthly archive June, 2012
Godzilla: Shōwa and Heisei eras

Godzilla: Shōwa and Heisei eras

Wherever your preference lies - Shōwa, Heisei or Millennium - Godzilla fans should thank the great kaijū gods in the sky that we've been blessed with such an outrageous amount of excellent films!
Barbarella - Czech poster

Barbarella – Czech poster

Poland is famous for its mind-bending posters, but other Eastern Bloc countries have their own posters of equal weirdness and artistic brilliance. Czech posters are amongst my favourites, and this poster for 1968’s Barbarella is a stunning example. God, I wish I had a spare half-grand to buy this sucker. Movie: Barbarella Director: Roger Vadim...
Basket Case 3's police station massacre

Basket Case 3’s police station massacre

Note: I remembered after writing this that Matt’s clip of the week from last week was also from a Henenlotter film! Oh well, the more Henenlotter the merrier! Last week, Pierre and I watched Basket Case 3 for the first time. It was the last Henenlotter film I had to see from his frustratingly miniscule...
Shakma (1990)

Shakma (1990)

My obsession with Shakma began with a trailer – the greatest trailer I’d ever seen: I watched it over and over again – the screams of “Shakmaaaa!” haunting my dreams. Part of me wanted to see the film, another part of me was terrified that it would not live up to its unbelievably tantalising preview....