Sick of Christmas cheer? Then how about some Christmas FEAR! Luke Owen’s look back at the killer Santa franchise continues with a review of Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!… With Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 not really making any waves among horror fans (until the Garbage Day clip became a Youtube […]

Luke Owen looks at independent comic Super Mario Bros. 2… In 1993 Lightmotive Pictures released Super Mario Bros. The Movie, a live-action adaptation of the popular video game series. The film ended with a sequel hook which went unexplored — until now. Following discussions with original writer Parker Bennett, Steven Applebaum and Ryan Hoss have […]

Luke Owen reviews Sonic Universe #59 from Archie Comics… Brand New Story Arc! Jump aboard the action as we begin the ‘Shadow Fall’ saga! Team Dark is sent into the deep, dark depths of space to stop the approach of the Black Comet! It hasn’t even been fifty years! The Black Comet is home to […]

Sick of Christmas cheer? Then how about some Christmas FEAR! Luke Owen’s look back at the killer Santa franchise continues with a review of Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2… Yes, it’s the movie with the “GARBAGE DAY!” scene. If ever there was an argument as to why the Internet is a wonderful place, then […]

Sick of Christmas cheer? Then how about some Christmas FEAR! Luke Owen kicks off a look back at the killer Santa franchise with a review of Silent Night, Deadly Night… Released  on November 9th 1984, Silent Night, Deadly Night was a movie that was surrounded by controversy. The TV spots depicted a man dressed as […]

Big Trouble in Little China, 1986 Directed by John CarpenterStarring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong SYNOPSIS: An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown. Muscles, magic and a wonderful mullet, John Carpenter’s cult classic Big Trouble in Little China hits Blu-Ray for the first time today. […]

Luke Owen on the definition of a “Christmas movie”…. During the preparation for Flickering Myth’s on-going “My Favourite Christmas Movie”, the following discussion took place: Tom Jolliffe: I’ll take Rocky IV. Forgot that it was set at Crimbo.Me: Is Rocky IV a Christmas movie?Tom Jolliffe: The main fight takes place on Christmas day. A valid […]

Luke Owen looks back at the 1991 big screen adaptation of The Addams Family…. December 13th 2013 marks the 22nd anniversary (here in the UK) of Barry Sonnenfeld’s big screen adaptation of The Addams Family. It was a movie that, while not exactly ground-breaking, would spark a creative curve in Hollywood akin to X-Men’s impact […]

Luke Owen gives his thoughts on the first trailer for Gareth Edward’s Godzilla…. Having grown up a fan of kaiju cinema, the wait for the Godzilla trailer has been almost excruciating. While other movies coming out in 2014 were flaunting their bright and bombastic trailers and announcements of sequels, the Godzilla camp over at Legendary […]

Luke Owen reviews Greg Sestero’s memoirs of working on “the worst movie ever made”… The hilarious and inspiring story of how a mysterious misfit got past every roadblock in the Hollywood system to achieve success on his own terms: a $6 million cinematic catastrophe called The Room.Anyone who has seen Tommy Wiseau’s The Room will have had […]