RAW MEAT
This subway tunnel-set shocker is one of the most respected British horror films of the seventies, and the acclaim is largely justified
PHALLIC FRENZY: KEN RUSSELL AND HIS FILMS
This isn’t the first book about the English cinema’s premiere enfant terrible Ken Russell, but it is very likely the best
THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE
Originality is an increasingly rare commodity in today’s horror movie scene, which is why you’ve got to admire something like THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE
DARK CORNERS
An above-average British-made mind-bender starring the terrific Thora Birch (AMERICAN BEAUTY, GHOST WORLD)
CRIMETIME
A strikingly weird British made entry in the media satire craze of the 1990s, though not a very successful one!
THE CORMORANT
A very good, chilly and disquieting BBC telefilm, adapted from the popular novel by Stephen Gregory and starring a young Ralph Fiennes
CINEMA MACABRE
Getting a bunch of novelists to write horror movie commentary is frankly a pretty dodgy proposition
BLADE RUNNERS, DEER HUNTERS, AND BLOWING THE BLOODY DOORS OFF
A likeable and enjoyable memoir by Michael Deeley, a prolific British movie producer whose films have nearly all attained cult status
IMMORTALITY
An interesting British made take on vampirism, with an impressive Jude Law as a suave bloodsucker on the hunt for a romantic partner
HEARTLESS
Fans of Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman should enjoy this odd and fascinating evocation of supernatural shenanigans in modern-day London—if, that is, they can forgive the film’s many clumsy and misguided elements