Movies

Tim Thomerson has to be one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood. Born in 1946, and with his first appearance on screen in an episode of TV series Mannix in 1975, Thomerson has racked up [...]

I could just say it’s been a busy week and leave it at that. And I wouldn’t be lying either because it has been a very busy week. And an exciting one. But if I was to say, ‘I haven’t had time to [...]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: You kids, you just don’t know how lucky you are when it comes to entertainment these days. Especially when it comes to movies and television. You’ve got [...]

It all started with Jaws. Most things in my life start with Jaws. That film is a cornerstone in my life, seeing it for the first time was a watershed moment. I became obsessed with that film, [...]

Something happened last week. Something momentous. Now world shatteringly momentous, you understand. Not something that will impact the world, or make a huge difference in lives. But who knows? [...]

In 1974 James Ferman, secretary of the British Board of Film Classification attended a British Film Institute screening of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. At the film’s finish he is reputed to have [...]

For this week’s guilty pleasure in my back catalogue of ‘films I have watched but rarely mentioned in polite company,’ I’m going back to the 1970s again. But where Grizzly can bearely (geddit?) [...]

When it comes to films, we all have our guilty pleasures. Yeah, those films you know are rubbish that should not have passed the scriptwriting stage let alone gone into production. And I’m not [...]

My reading tastes are all over the place, much the same as my writing to be honest. Most of you coming here will know me through my Joe Coffin horror books, and some of you will know me through [...]

Back in the summer of 2014 I went with Thing One, Thing Two and Mrs Preston on a camping holiday in France. We stayed in a large clearing in a forest, at a basic, but absolutely wonderful, [...]