
News from Variety this morning involving half-man half-cliché Rob Zombie, and his attempts to “break out of the horror genre”…by remaking seminal horror The Blob…

News from Variety this morning involving half-man half-cliché Rob Zombie, and his attempts to “break out of the horror genre”…by remaking seminal horror The Blob…

Hi Kids! Eternally young batchelor boy of pop Sir Cliff Richard* here, just taking a quick breather from churning out Christmas number 1 singles to let you know that hey! Summer Holidays are almost over, but there’s still time to cram some smashing movie experiences into the last couple of weeks!
Based on Steig Larsson’s bestselling trilogy, Millenium: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is possibly the bleakest of his interwoven tales that began with The Industrialist, finally making it to these shores after wowing those critics with harder stomachs at Cannes, it kick-starts the trilogy – The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest to follow in the near future – in fine style. An uncompromising mystery thriller with some truly memorable – and disgusting – on-screen executions.
Shuan of the Dead made its inherent, twee middle-Englishness a strength, knowing it could never match the apocalyptic imagery of zombie Ravaged American cities of its US counterparts.