Way back in 1984, I saw a film that I loved called Ghostbusters and 5 years later, it spawned a sequel, which whilst I didn’t enjoy as much, it was great seeing those characters again. In fact so much so, I intend to give Ghostbusters II another viewing soon Now in 2016, the inevitable reboot is gearing up for release but the bile that has been said about it without even … [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...]
BMAF Review: Scouts Vs Zombies for gore and laughs
With some spare time on our hand, we headed out to the cinema but found not a lot to choose from, so we went for a gamble and headed into Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse. Although we must admit we prefer the original title of Scouts Vs Zombies. With the success of the likes of TV show The Walking Dead and the film 28 Days Later, Zombies are hugely popular at present, … [Read more...]
The Creature from the Black Lagoon who gave Frights in Black and White
Universal Studios to this day, have given cinema some of the greatest monsters and creatures to hit the big screen. This year, they took us back to Jurassic Park and made millions alone! Whilst they have not been making monster movies since the Jurassic Era, they have done since as early as the 192o's Giving us the likes of the famed Universal Monsters: Dracula; … [Read more...]
Victor Crowley: One of our favourite Halloween Movie Monsters
There is a long history of movie monsters such as the Hammer Horror classics of Dracula and Frankenstein, to name but 2, but in 1978 an iconic movie monster would hit the screen’s in John Carpenter’s Halloween. That would be the unstoppable killing machine that was Michael Myers, and unlike the 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a franchise started immediately with Halloween 2 … [Read more...]