Retro

Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 11 'Carnival of Souls'

October 12, 2014 Brian Dunster

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If you think drag racing is cool, well think again. It’s not cool, no matter how much James Dean makes it look appealing. Mary will tell you all about it. Oh, wait, no she can’t. SHE’S DEAD!… Or is she? CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962) A car goes off a bridge during a drag race and into […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 10 ‘Eraserhead’

October 11, 2014 Brian Dooley

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If I may be so bold and borrow a joke from the Simpsons regarding getting pregnant at a young age. “So You’ve Ruined Your Life.” It’s the perfect description which pretty much sums up this film: ERASERHEAD (1977) Henry (John Nance) is a printer in an industrialised world who knocks up his girlfriend Mary (Charlotte Stewart) and […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 10 'Eraserhead'

October 11, 2014 Brian Dunster

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If I may be so bold and borrow a joke from the Simpsons regarding getting pregnant at a young age. “So You’ve Ruined Your Life.” It’s the perfect description which pretty much sums up this film: ERASERHEAD (1977) Henry (John Nance) is a printer in an industrialised world who knocks up his girlfriend Mary (Charlotte Stewart) and […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 9 ‘Children of the Corn’

October 10, 2014 Brian Dooley

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Popcorn, Corn on the Hob, Candy-Corn. These are all the things you wouldn’t mind running into. What you wouldn’t like to run into is: CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984) In the small town of Gatlin, Nebrska, a child preacher orchestrates the murder of every adult in town. When a couple enter the town looking for a phone […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 9 'Children of the Corn'

October 10, 2014 Brian Dunster

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Popcorn, Corn on the Hob, Candy-Corn. These are all the things you wouldn’t mind running into. What you wouldn’t like to run into is: CHILDREN OF THE CORN (1984) In the small town of Gatlin, Nebrska, a child preacher orchestrates the murder of every adult in town. When a couple enter the town looking for a phone […]

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5 Bad Gamer Habits I Blame On My Younger Self

October 9, 2014 Declan Doody

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I’ve been gaming since as far back as I can remember some of my earliest memories revolve around temper tantrums because my grandmother refused to let me play Super Nintendo and screaming in the face until I was a darker shade of Kirby! I’ve a lot to thank baby gamer me for but I’ve also […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 7 ‘Re-Animator’

October 8, 2014 Brian Dooley

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Have you ever felt like cheating death? Well, think again. What if you didn’t fully come back? What if you were a brainless walking corpsical? If you’ve been dead for and suddenly find yourself screaming in agony, alive and confused, you just might have been reanimated. RE-ANIMATOR (1985) A Swedish (mad) scientist invents and serum […]

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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 7 'Re-Animator'

October 8, 2014 Brian Dunster

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Have you ever felt like cheating death? Well, think again. What if you didn’t fully come back? What if you were a brainless walking corpsical? If you’ve been dead for and suddenly find yourself screaming in agony, alive and confused, you just might have been reanimated. RE-ANIMATOR (1985) A Swedish (mad) scientist invents and serum […]

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Boss Rush: Resident Evil

October 8, 2014 Declan Doody

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Hypochondriacs you should probably step out (and I should probably stop writing because my skin is beginning to crawl)! When you think zombies and video games chances are you’re going to think of the Resident Evil series from Capcom. The company not only put their mark on the genre, they revolutionised it in 1996 with their […]

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Forgotten Childhood – The Secret of NIMH

October 2, 2014 Thérèse Lyons

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Do movies from our childhood captivate us now as they once did? If so, is it for the same reason? We explore this is The Secret of NIMH THE INITIAL RELEASE (1982) The year was 1979; frustrated with Walt Disney Studios, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy were determined to make strongly executed full-length animated […]

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