Nightmare Alley (1947)

All I really knew about Nightmare Alley (1947) was that it was a classic film noir, it’s currently being remade by Guillermo Del Toro and it’s another film I’d not seen that was covered in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 2. That, and it had something to do with carny life. This is definitely a case […]

Curse Of The Demon (1957)

“It’s in the trees! It’s coming!” A familiar sample from the start of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’. Where it’s taken from is the British horror movie, Curse Of The Demon (1957) also known as Night Of The Demon, another entry in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 2 that I’d never seen. I remember seeing the […]

Cast A Deadly Spell (1991)

I remember Cast A Deadly Spell (1991) being advertised in a comic book as a kid and getting it confused in my memories with CD-rom PC games with film noir/movie elements like Under A Killing Moon. Cast A Deadly Spell has been written about as a horror neo-noir, a post-war detective story in a parallel […]

Friday Night (2002)

I remember SBS programming Friday Night (2002; Vendredi soir) when I was younger and I was intrigued to see it even though, at the time, I didn’t have much awareness of who director Claire Denis was (or had to see Beau Travail at the very least). The sound of the plot – two people meeting […]

All-American Murder (1991)

“Any more surprises? Before I open the oven and find my Aunt Harriet?” I distinctly remember hearing that line from Christopher Walken’s character, detective Decker, in the video ads for All-American Murder (1991), a direct-to-video thriller that soon became a cult favourite to me for only one scene. That scene is when Walken’s character is […]