DOM: Psycho (Hitchcock, US, 1960)
“I saw a film today, oh boy!” I would have loved to have been able to talk about my favourite film “Vertigo”, but Derek Malcolm got their first and this […]
Author Archives: Dirk
Dirk’s Five – Child Actors
One of the notable aspects of THE ICE STORM is the brilliant performances that Lee manages to get from his younger cast members. The film may not have launched the […]
Starburst Memories: Caroline Munro
For the record, I want it noting that this is not listed under the ‘Objects of Desire’ series of Starburst Memories. I am a ‘new man’ – Mrs Dirk said […]
CHRIS: The Ice Storm (Lee, US, 1997)
“Dear Lord, thank you for this Thanksgiving holiday. And for all the material possessions we have and enjoy. And for letting us white people kill all the Indians and steal […]
Starburst Memories: Objects of Desire Part Two: Star-torial Elegance
I didn’t read FAMOUS MONSTERS in 1980. I was too busy studying the classified ads in SMASH HITS. There were adverts for clothes that were impossible to buy from STOLEN […]
Friday Fives: Were-wide Web
The moon is waxing on the werewolf fortnight, this Friday Five rounds off the celebrations. Dirk has been away on holiday and has returned suitably refreshed with an overwhelming desire […]
DOM: An American Werewolf in London (Landis, UK, US, 1981)
An American Werewolf In London (GB1981, Landis), I have always been quite fascinated with lycanthropes in film, as was mentioned in an earlier article, the first horror film I ever […]
Dirk’s Five – Transformations
Since the dawn of language there have been stories about transformations. And from Ovid to Kafka, Western European literature has been fascinated with the literal and figurative change from humans […]
Starburst Memories: An American Werewolf in London
There was time when STARBURST was appealing to the FANGORIA market and the AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON issue (No. 40, Volume 4, Number 3, 1981) has a cover that is […]
CHRIS: An American Werewolf in London (Landis, UK, US, 1981)
There are several good reasons to stay with the closing credits of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF …:. There’s the dreamy, doo wap version of BLUE MOON by The Marcels, a couple […]
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