Stephen King is undoubtedly one of, if not the King of horror, his books have terrified us for decades. So it is no surprise that those books have been chosen to be adapted for the big screen, to varying results. Yes, for a man prolific for writing horror novels, when it comes to the big screen, The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, both dramas and not horror novels, are … [Read more...]
We Suggest The Next Film To Hit The Stage As A Musical
We at Barking Mad About Films always keep an eye on all things film, and we have noted that of late, there is now a growing trend to take movies to the stage for plays or musicals. We always share news and offers for tickets when we see them on our facebook page. Fans of our page will have seen that most recently to our stage, we have had plays based on films ranging from … [Read more...]
Should You Grab(oid) At The Chance Of Seeing Another Tremors Movie?
We at Barking Mad About Films do love a creature feature, and one of the best, in our opinion was the 1990 film, Tremors. Directed by Ron Underwood, who would go on to direct the also excellent City Slickers. Also on his CV is Mighty Joe Young. Ron may be best known, however, for directing the huge Eddie Murphy box office flop: The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Ron now … [Read more...]
Surprises in film! BMAF loves a big screen cameo
The other day, flicking through the channels, not wanting something too taxing for the brain, we stumbled across Submerged! This was a typical straight to DVD action vehicle from Steven Seagal and also featured Vinnie Jones as a good guy! What really caught our attention was when Seagal was getting his team together, he called on Damita, a martial arts girl, played by Alison … [Read more...]
Krampus: A Christmas present to keep or discard?
We at BMAF made it no secret that we were looking forward to seeing Krampus, the long awaited new film from Michael Dougherty, director of Trick 'r Treat. So did it meet our expectation which were sky high when going into the cinema? The film opens on a shopping precinct having an equivalent of a Black Friday, the joy of Christmas is forgotten as shoppers push, punch and … [Read more...]