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BEST OF BRITISH CULT MOVIES: 20 – 11

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November 4, 2011

Continuing my list of the fifty Greatest British Cult Movies, here is my selection from 20 -11:

 20. KES  Ken Loach (1969)

One the most remarkable screen performances by a child actor. David Bradley plays Billy Casper, a bright, scrawny 15-year-old kid who is frequently bullied at home and at school but finds an outlet for his frustrations by keeping a pet kestrel. Based on a novel by Barry Hines, it is a moving and brilliantly observed study of hope amid the drabness of  working class life in Northern Britain.

19. SHAUN OF THE DEAD  Edgar Wright (2004)

The definitive modern day zombie movie with a fine comedy duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.  Good jokes about struggling to tell the real zombies from the ‘normal’ brain-dead citizens with plenty of surprisingly gory splatter effects. Continue reading →

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HALLOWEEN VIEWING FOR CHEAPSKATES

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October 31, 2011

Entertaining the guests in The House On Haunted Hill.

If you’re looking for a scary Halloween movie but are broke then you should check out the 40 best free to download movies listover at Tech.Blorge blog. Ten of these are in the Sci-Fi/Horror category and include cult classics like George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi.

I intend to work my way through this list (not all in one night!) and I began with a 1959 classic: House on Haunted Hill directed by William Castle.  This is  the story of a wealthy man who offers to pay $10,000 each to a select group of people if they can survive a night in his haunted house. It stars Vincent Prince being suavely sinister as only he knows how. His cunning plan is to prove his wife is cheating on him.

If you’re wondering where the script writers of Scooby Doo got some of their ideas you should check this out. There are skeletons on puppet strings, severed heads in suitcases, freaky looking ‘caretakers’ and ‘ghosts’ that glide by as though on roller skates. Great fun!

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