Monthly archive December, 2012
My ever-improving relationship with Demons 2

My ever-improving relationship with Demons 2

There has been enough written about the Demons films to last a lifetime (or at least a solid month’s worth) of reading. Reviews for the film’s numerous DVD releases and Arrow’s problematic blu-ray release are a dime a dozen, so I’ve decided not to review Demons 2 (1986)… sort of. Instead, I’m going to attempt...
A Nightmare on Elm Street - Japanese poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street – Japanese poster

Now here’s a poster I’ve been after for a while… the Japanese poster for A Nightmare on Elm Street is in itself quite a nightmare. Colours, shapes and text all over the place, it takes a while for everything to sink in. The dated computery graphics would probably be more at home in an advertisement...
Business lunch turns sour

Business lunch turns sour

The last poster of the week was for Slugs (1988) – or Slugs: The Movie as it is sometimes (hilariously) titled – a masterpiece of trash and stupidity. Slugs has the uncanny ability to be both brilliantly dumb and genuinely repulsive. The scene below is one of my favourite examples of this.