The Film Canary

Since I've nearly finished Blogtober, the big day of Halloween is tomorrow, and the Justgiving page has been my most successful yet (BTW...

Remember the BBC's own horror host?  On Halloween night 1992, the same night that the legendary Ghostwatch aired, there was a horror nig...

I'm planning on a bunch of Doctor Who related blogs for next month, in time for its anniversary date on the 23rd, but for now I thought ...

It's safe to say that a lot of horror creators have not adjusted well to the existence of mobile phones , often trying rather contrived ...

I've been thinking a bit about cases of films and shows having similar titles recently.  A while ago at a pubmeet, someone mentioned lik...

I have been burned by the Terminator franchise before .  I saw this on the horizon, and whilst the trailers looked promising, my enthusiasm ...

This week, it's a trailer for a film I have an interesting history with.  I finally got to see it about this time last year for my Octob...

It's a free film recommendation today, for a new indie low budget horror project.  And when I say low budget, I mean a £200 budget.  Fro...

Something a bit different today, with a help from a few friends, I decided to put together a little compilation of terrifying/creepy/grotesq...

Real on the ball film criticism round here, getting to this a week after release!  I know, real life stuff and this whole challenge thing ge...

Woo, it's all done!  I've finished the whole Halloween franchise for the Challenge this year!  I have a complete view of this series...

Hey kids, COMICS!!!  Yeah, going a bit different today, talking about the funny books.  Now Rebellion, the current publishers of 2000 A.D. h...

Time for a little reel of extended trailers related to the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, as discovered by The Duke Mitchell Film Club ....

So one of the things I was wondering whether or not it would be pulled out of the Pumpkin for my horror movie challenge this year was in fac...

So I was cleaning up some stuff, getting ready another batch of things for my eBay, and I found this little thing. This is a classic Sci...

Well, I did it.  I kept the promise made when I started my fundraiser this year, and have sat through all five Twilight films.  I am still r...

As I speak, London Film Festival 2019 is wrapping up with the closing night film The Irishman.  I was tempted by that screening to the hones...

Well, my first podcast recommendations episode went down well, so here's a few more favourites.  This was definitely the plan all along,...

Oooh, something a bit different today, going a bit cultured with actual theatre, with real people in front of me and stuff!  Yep, a friend o...

I have strayed far from my roots, going for trailers that are far too respectable, we need something utterly ridiculous.  Help us out Kenny ...