Category: Thriller
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The Big Combo (1955)
There are images in The Big Combo (1955) that are everything you want from a classic Film Noir. Opening with a woman stepping down a darkly lit corridor, backstage to a boxing match, pursued by suited figures. Later, a man in a suit wearing a hat emerges from the fog outside, stepping into a hangar to catch… Read.
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Nightfall (1956)
For a classic film noir, I settled upon Nightfall (1956) on a whim and the opening moments of Aldo Ray browsing a newspaper stand in the evening, and flinching when the streetlights came on overhead, that hooked me in. The city lights turn on and the title card appears with the woozy theme song. There’s something poetic and… Read.
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The Return Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995)
McConaughey voice: “Leatherface, you just gotta keep looking for those greenlights…” A video store staple is the cash-in ‘before they were stars’ release, particularly cheap looking DVDs with a badly photoshopped poster emphasising a big movie star in an early role. The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995), or as I saw it on video shelves, The Texas… Read.
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Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988)
The poster of Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988) makes me think of seeing it in video store magazines, or seeing it in VHS tape sales in the centre of a strip mall. Being a kid, scared of horror movies but kind of curious, and trying to understand the lore of “Michael Myers… Read.
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Burial Ground (1981)
As an Italian zombie flick, Burial Ground (1981) spends a lot of time with decaying zombie faces in close-up, crud-strewn make-up with maggots wriggling around. I couldn’t help but wonder… did the make-up artist apply the maggots carefully with a tweezer, or did they just dump a bucket upside down the zombie’s head and see… Read.
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