The Lair Of The White Worm (1988)

Ever since I read about a scout’s unfortunate end – his own ‘end’ separated in a bathtub by the fangs of Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe) – in a copy of Empire magazine as a wee slip of lad (I think as part of a weird section on unfortunate ends to male genitalia in the […]

Issue 18: Noir

Down these dark streets, a zine must go… Yes, VHS Tracking zine returns with a new issue all about Noir. An A5 fold-out double-paged zine of movie recommendations with risograph printing from Neighbourhood Press. Cover is by Heidi Baile based on The Third Man. Contributing writers include Heidi Baile, Dwayne Tillman, Libby Caldwell, Liam Dunn, […]

Deadstream (2022)

When the hapless Shawn (Joseph Winter) lets out a squeal at the sight of a shape in the woods, I knew I was into Deadstream (2022). A disgraced streamer known for his pranks and stunts, Shawn endeavours after a six-month internet ban to reclaim his followers and satisfy corporate sponsorship by spending one night in […]

House On Haunted Hill (1999)

The ghost of an ooky kooky spooky 1950s William Castle is haunting the set of the Nine Inch Nails ‘Closer’ music video (or vice versa). That’s the experience of House On Haunted Hill (1999), the first movie from Dark Castle Entertainment, a production company from Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver and Gilbert Adler, initially set up […]

The Tingler (1959)

I grew up with a copy of the Cinemania 97 CD-ROM as a kid, which featured a John Waters commentary all about 1950s filmmaker William Castle who was a great influence on Waters and other filmmakers (including Joe Dante who made a fictional tribute to the guy in the John Goodman comedy, Matinee). A sort […]