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1985 Director: Lamberto Bava Starring: Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Karl Zinny, Fiore Argento, Paola Cozzo, Fabiola Toledo, Nicoletta Elmi, Stelio Candelli, Nicole Tessier, Geretta Geretta, Bobby Rhodes, Guido Baldi, Bettina Ciampolini Words – Oliver Innocent. By the time Demons was unleashed in 1985 Italian horror… Continue Reading “Demons (1985)”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1985, Argento, Bava, cinema, classic, cult, Dario, Demons, feature, film, genre, giallo, horror, Italian, Lamberto, movie, retrospect, retrospective, review, theatre, zombie, zombies
2011 Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Ron Pearlman Words: J. Senior It seems surreal to be talking about Drive, now over a decade on from its original release, as it still feels… Continue Reading “Drive”
Category: In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 10, 10th, 2011, 2021, 2022, 4k, Albert, anniversary, best, Brooks, Bryan, Carey, Christina, cinema, classic, Cliff, Cranston, cult, decade, director, Drive, edition, film, Gosling, Hendricks, Isaac, Martinez, movie, Mulligan, Nicolas, Oscar, Pearlman, Refn, release, restoration, retrospect, retrospective, review, Ron, Ryan, score, Winding, year, years
2003 – 2021 Words: Oliver Innocent. In 1996 Wes Craven’s hip teen meta slasher Scream became a box office smash. Following in its wake came a slew of films seeking to capitalise on Craven’s winning formula. Entries like I Know What You Did Last… Continue Reading “Wrong Turn – A Trilogy of Backwoods Terror”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 2002, 2021, cinema, classic, film, Finger, franchise, genre, horror, movie, review, sequels, series, slasher, teen, Three, Turn, Wrong
Posted on November 2, 2020
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1980 Director(s): Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi Starring: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo, Tokio Oki Words – Nathan Scatcherd. The kind of bloody, balletic Samurai film you rarely see made anymore, Shogun Assassin stands as perhaps one of the finest examples of the Jidaigeki… Continue Reading “Shogun Assassin (1980)”
Category: Cult Corner, In Retrospect, Japan, Reel Steel, World CinemaTags: 1980, 2020, 40th, Akihiro Tomikawa, and, anniversary, Assassin, cinema, classic, Criterion, Cub, cult, feature, film, Japan, Japanese, Kenji Misumi, Lone, movie, release, retrospect, retrospective, review, Robert Houston, Samurai, Shogun, Shogun Assassin, Toho, Tomisaburo Wakayama, VIPCO, Wolf
Posted on October 24, 2020
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1978 Director: George A Romero Starring: Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross, David Emge, Scott H. Reiniger, David Crawford, David Early, Richard France, Howard Smith Words – Oliver Innocent In 1968 director George A Romero rocked the horror genre with his zombie classic Night of the… Continue Reading “Dawn of the Dead (1978)”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1978, A, cinema, classic, cult, Dawn, Dead, feature, film, Foree, Gaylen, genre, George, horror, Ken, movie, of, original, retrospective, review, Romero, Ross, Savini, The, Tom, Trilogy, zombie
Posted on October 24, 2020
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1985 Director: George A. Romero Starring: Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Terry Alexander, Sherman Howard Words – Oliver Innocent Quite possibly the most revered independent horror film of all time, George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) laid down the blueprint for a… Continue Reading “Day of the Dead (1985)”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1985, A, Bub, Cardille, cinema, classic, cult, Dawn, Day, Dead, feature, film, George, horror, Joseph, Living, Lori, movie, Night, of, Pilato, retrospective, Romero, Savini, The, Tom, Trilogy, zombie
Posted on September 1, 2020
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1968 Director: George A. Romero Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley Words – Oliver Innocent. Night of the Living Dead (NOTLD) is a key piece of ‘60s American cinema that ushered in a new wave of horror.… Continue Reading “Night of the Living Dead (1968)”
Category: BAME Cinema, Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1968, A, America, American, Black, cinema, classic, commentary, Dead, Duane, feature, film, First, George, horror, influence, influential, Jones, Living, movie, Night, of, original, race, retrospective, review, Romero, social, socio-political, The, Trilogy, zombie
1992 Director: Bernard Rose Starring: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, DeJuan Guy, Marianna Elliott, Ted Raimi, Ria Pavia Words – Oliver Innocent. Touted as the heir to the throne of Stephen King, Liverpool-born horror novelist Clive Barker came to… Continue Reading “Candyman (1992)”
Category: BAME Cinema, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1992, Adaptation, Barker, Bernard, Black, Blood, Books, Candyman, cinema, classic, Clive, cult, DaCosta, feature, film, Forbidden, Homepage, horror, Jordan, Madsen, movie, Nia, of, original, Peele, release, remake, retrospect, retrospective, review, Rose, sequel, The, Todd, Tony, Virginia
1954 Director: Akira Kurosawa Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Kosugi, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Inaba Words – Christian Abbott All great films can be traced back to other works of… Continue Reading “Seven Samurai”
Category: In Retrospect, Japan, Reel Steel, World CinemaTags: 1954, 2020, 7, Akira, BFI, cinema, classic, feature, film, Japan, Japanese, Kurosawa, Magnificent, Mifune, movie, review, Samurai, Seven, The, Toshiro, Western
Posted on February 26, 2020
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1989 Director: Shinya Tsukamoto Starring: Tomoro Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka Words – Christian Abbott “Your future is metal!” This line hits two-thirds into the film, and after a series of deliriously disturbing sequences, you believe it. It’s hard to… Continue Reading “Tetsuo: The Iron Man”
Category: Cult Corner, horror, Japan, Reel Steel, World CinemaTags: 1989, cinema, classic, cult, feature, film, horror, Iron, Japan, Japanese, Man, metal, movie, retrospect, retrospective, review, Shin'ya, Tetsuo, The, Tsukamoto
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Posted on September 1, 2020 by reelsteelcinema
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1968 Director: George A. Romero Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley Words – Oliver Innocent. Night of the Living Dead (NOTLD) is a key piece of ‘60s American cinema that ushered in a new wave of horror.… Continue Reading “Night of the Living Dead (1968)”
Category: BAME Cinema, Cult Corner, horror, In Retrospect, Reel SteelTags: 1968, A, America, American, Black, cinema, classic, commentary, Dead, Duane, feature, film, First, George, horror, influence, influential, Jones, Living, movie, Night, of, original, race, retrospective, review, Romero, social, socio-political, The, Trilogy, zombie