Film Torments: The Keep (1983)
IN THIS WEEK’S Torment, Dan examines what happens when an auteur and a studio clash over madness. Michael Mann, to this day, remains one of the most interesting directors to still be making a...
IN THIS WEEK’S Torment, Dan examines what happens when an auteur and a studio clash over madness. Michael Mann, to this day, remains one of the most interesting directors to still be making a...
ADAPTED from the works of the Neapolitan poet, courtier and folklorist Giamattista Basile (c.1565-1632) principally, his Lo Cunto de li Cunti, overo trattenemiento de peccerille- The Tale of Tales, or entertainments for the little ones,...
THIS WEEK on Film Torments, Dan takes a look at a slice of cheap and cheerless nonsense that’s, inexplicably, deeply dear to him: Corman-produced and brimming with 80s-sleaze, it’s Deathstalker. Deathstalker (not to be confused with...
HOUSE SCM MOTTO: What is spoiled may never be a spoiler. Before we begin, I want to ask, regardless of how good this episode was, does this season deserve a good finale? As fine...
BEFORE we say anything about Gods of Egypt and how bad it is, let’s address the controversy surrounding the film’s casting decisions. Much like the similarly Egyptian (cough) Exodus: Gods and Kings, the film was roundly condemned for casting...
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS, I’ve made them out of clay. spoilers spoiler spoilers, I’ve run out of Game of Thrones jokes. We’ve made it to Episode nine aka the one where something happens. As nice...
THE HISTORY of video game to movie adaptations has always been a mixed bag. For every Silent Hill you get a Hitman. For every Lara Croft: Tomb Raider you get a Prince of Persia. For...
SPOILERS BELOW: There is nothing to be Cle-gained by Mountain a complaint about it, you can Hound me all you want, I’ve already written them. So last week, I didn’t take time to...
SPOILERS ARE BELOW. I can’t be bothered to write a clever reference for you this week. So, at this point, what does death even mean? We’ve seen so many people die and quite a...
WHAT DOES A boy do? A boy has no name. A boy desires nothing but to warn you of incoming spoilers. So apparently you’re all still a lot more emotional about last week than...
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