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Okay, let’s clear one thing up. I’m going to go on the assumption that you’ve all seen the original Total Recall. Loosely based on the Philip K.Dick novel “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” and directed by Paul Verhoeven, the mad Dutchman that brought us the likes of Robocop and Starship Troopers and, of [...]
On this day in horror…
1928. Multi-award winning director Stanley Kubrick is born. Famous for his work on such films as Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick gave the genre the screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining.
1973. Kate Beckinsale is born. Beckinsale has starred in genre films such as: [...]
Based on sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s novel We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall was one of the seminal action films of the 1990′s. A bombastic mega-violent (and supremely quotable) action film starring the incomparable Arnold Schwarzenegger alongside Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside.
The remake has fans divided, but now, we [...]
On this day in horror…
1922 sees the German premiere of F.W. Muranu’s Nosferatu.The film gained notoriety for being an unauthorised film version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with many of the details changed in an attempt to camouflage this fact.
1973. Writer, director and producer Len Wiseman is born. Wiseman has contributed to the genre through his [...]
The remake of Total Recall is only months away but it’s only now that solid details regarding the plot have been revealed and it should come as no surprise that it’s more or less exactly the same as the original film. It gets us no closer to how this film is going to turn out [...]
It’s been a long week for me and Scotland’s winter is starting to kick in now… Thankfully, Kate Beckinsale’s return as vampire Selene in Underworld Awakening has perked me up somewhat!
The synopsis provided by the film’s own Facebook page is as follows:
“UNDERWORLD AWAKENING brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and [...]