For the ITV network, situation comedy was always something of a challenge. While not the comedy wasteland that is has sometimes been made out to be (the network did, after all, have the likes of ‘Rising Damp’), the various regional broadcasters that made up the network would often struggle to come up with anything that […]
One-time sideman of musical nuisance Trevor Horn’s The Buggles, Hans Zimmer is now a byword for Hollywood movie scores and is credited with revolutionising the art form, a feat achieved by using modern technology and synthesizers alongside more traditional instrumentation and arrangements. I can scarcely think of anything less necessary. There used to be two […]
What a joy this is – a concept album based on an episode of The Twilight Zone, constructed entirely by one guy using loops, samples and eerie bloops. The chap in question is Dominic Francisco, a prolific producer of eulogies to places and times past, with the kind of skill and reverence seen in collectives like […]
Acromegaly: noun (Derived from the Greek words “akros“, extremities, and “megas“, big) A medical disease in which the bones of the head, hands, and feet grow larger than normal, caused by the pituitary gland producing too much growth hormone Rondo Hatton was born with the genetic condition acromegaly which affects the pituitary gland. Like all sufferers, there were few, if any signs, when he was young, the effects only becoming more obvious […]
Like most bands, The Electric Mayhem has experienced more than a few ups and downs nearly 50 years since its inception. That they are all still alive to tell the tale says much. But what skeletons lurk in the closet one of the tightest bands in showbiz? Dr. Gerald Teeth Jr, D.D.S. Coming from an […]
*Contains spoilers* Of course, it’s not just this review that contains spoilers – ultimately, that’s exactly what the film is. The much-heralded ‘In a Violent Nature’ looks to turn the slasher film on its head by telling the story from the killer’s perspective, giving us an insight into not just his motivation but the methods, […]
“It is the 31st Century. Ulysses killed the giant Cyclops when he rescued the children and his son Telemachus. But the ancient gods of Olympus are angry and threaten a terrible revenge…” Japanese pop culture had been seeping into European minds with increasing stealth in the late 70s and early 80s. Feigning to be children’s […]
Born Angelo Salvatore Rossitto in February 1908, his humble beginnings led to a sixty-year acting career and an indelible imprint on popular culture…yet few know his name. One of five children, his parents had settled in Omaha, Nebraska after relocating from Sicily, Angelo was born with dwarfism, growing to only 2’11, though he became one […]
Baron Samedi (the slightly less impressive Baron Saturday, translated into English,) and also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi, is one of the Loa (or Lwa) of Haitian vodou, the spirits of the dead. Samedi is a Loa of the dead, along with Baron’s numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix, and Baron […]
This interview dates back to around 2012. Michael Berryman is one of the most recognisable faces in horror films. This is due to several reasons, not least because he was born in the right part of America to become part of the film industry but also because he was born at the right time. […]
