Human Centipede 2 banned in the UK
So yup, there it is – the Human Centipede 2 has been refused a certificate by the BBFC. In effect, this means that the film cannot be legally distributed in the UK. A while back I posted a bit of … Continued
Film
Trawling the aether: Cannon Fodder
[UPDATE: Since yesterday(!) the clips of Cannon Fodder have been removed from Youtube due to a copyright claim. This is a shame as far as I'm concerned; without wanting to go into a huge discussion, Youtube clips of copyrighted content … Continued
Trawling the aether
It’s been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I’d take some time out to share a couple of interesting things I stumbled across whilst roaming the gloaming. Well, Youtube… After Beardsley I’ve been seeing a lot of … Continued
Horror in The Thing & Alien
Awhile back, I went on a bit of a rant about coprophilic torture-fest The Human Centipede, which segued somehow into a brief bit of theorising about the different types of horror. I called these body horror and sublime horror. My … Continued
The Secret of Kells: the circle and the serpent
A couple of nights ago my girlfriend and I watched The Secret of Kells. I’d been alerted to this film by Craig Smith’s blog awhile back. It looked like a good film (plus I’ve always been a sucker for animation) … Continued
Terror and Horror
I was watching You Have Been Watching… last night – Charlie Brooker’s brilliantly ascerbic quiz about the pap that passes for British TV these days. One of the rounds was about a film that’s coming out soon, called The Human … Continued