Umbrella Entertainment has announced a new 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition release of Andrzej Zulawski’s 1981 psychological horror Possession which is set to go on sale this October; check out the cover artwork and details below… Notorious for the demands it placed on its stars, Isabelle Adjani”s searing performance earned her the Best Actress award […]
Sarah Michelle Gellar: The Horror Icon’s Journey from Buffy to Wolf Pack
EJ Moreno on Sarah Michelle Gellar’s horror career and impending return in Wolf Pack…. If you were a pop culture lover from the 90s or the 00s, you knew the power of Sarah Michelle Gellar. She was your first crush, hero, fashion icon, or all mixed together. One group of fans got to appreciate Gellar […]
The Art of Giving Film Recommendations
Tom Jolliffe on the art of giving film recommendations… You’ve got to see The Matrix! You have to! It’s 1999, and there’s a distinct transition between the recommender of The Matrix as being ahead of the curve, to a couple of months down the line when such a recommendation is lost in a cacophony of […]
Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession gets a 4K restoration trailer and poster
Andrzej Zulawski’s acclaimed psychological horror Possession is receiving a brand new 4K makeover courtesy of Metrograph Pictures, and ahead of its premiere at Fantastic Fest next month we have a new poster and trailer for the restoration’s release; check them out here… Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s stunningly choreographed nightmare of […]
Let’s Get Weird! Cinematic Oddities
Tom Jolliffe looks at the weird wonders of cinema… There are pretty standard films when it comes to cinema. It could be straight horror (masked killer stalks teens) or Die Hard formula (terrorists take over something, everyman hero stops them). Sometimes a film lowdown tells you everything you need to know about what you’re about […]
Movie Review – Possession (1981)
Possession, 1981. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski Starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill. SYNOPSIS: A man returns after working away for an extended period of time to find his wife wants a divorce. She won’t say why, and he is determined to find out the truth. So he has her followed. But as he learns more, […]
Cinema’s Most Awful Adverts for Marriage
Tom Jolliffe looks at cinema’s most awful depictions of married life… With your best Peter Cook impression, repeat after me…’Marriage (or mawiage)…’ That holiest of unions where a couple ties the knot and themselves together, in theory, for the rest of their days. There has been many a depiction of marriage in the entertainment industry. Al […]
It’s Time to Give the Horror Genre More Respect
As Halloween approaches, Tom Jolliffe looks at the Horror genre, and why it needs more respect… As a movie lover with a wide ranging taste in films I’ve long been fairly open to an array of genres. It was recently though, and perhaps in part this stems from writing a few horror features of late, […]
The Disturbed Outsider: A Cinematic Pathway Leading to Joker
In the wake of Joker’s success, Tom Jolliffe looks at similar cinematic examples of the disturbed outsider… With a quarter billion in takings and counting, as well as divisive reviews, media attention up the wazoo, and a status (particularly among the 18-30 viewers) as a cinematic masterpiece, Joker’s depiction of disturbed isolation and disconnect from […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 4 – Possession (1981)
Possession, 1981. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennet, and Johanna Hofer. SYNOPSIS: Mark, an international spy, returns home from his latest mission to be confronted with a demand for a divorce from his wife Anna after she admits to having an affair. This marital spat, however, is merely […]
