In the first of what could become a regular thing here on Is There Food, I wanted to bring to your attention a few TV shows that might be of interest. First off, and starting tonight, is Apparitions. Martin Shaw plays an exorcist in what could be a great new horror series from the BBC. [...]
Any regular reader of this site will know that I’m a big fan of zombies. Even if you’re not a reader, the blog’s name might ring some bells if you’re a fan of Romero’s zombie trilogy – or more accurately his zombie quintet/quintilogy. It should come as no surprise that I was massively enthusiastic about [...]
Today is Blog Action Day ’08, which I’ve known about for a while, and kind of figured I ought to write something for, but didn’t really know what. After having a look around on the Blog Action Day site, and reading their “keep it on topic” recommendation, I had a burst of inspiration: I’d put [...]
The Frightfest coverage continues! The last film of Sunday night, but the next film I’ll mention here, was one that I’d been looking forward to since I saw the trailer. It could all have gone horribly wrong. Pulling of this sort of tongue in cheek comedy horror isn’t easy, and the results can be absolutely [...]
I’m leaping perilously out of chronological order here, because I want to get the reviews of the films that I didn’t enjoy out of the way first. Which is a bit foolish, because it’s often easier to find something to say about something you didn’t like than something you did. And I didn’t like The [...]
This year’s Frightfest experience started with 3:10 to Yuma cinematographer Phedon Papamichael’s supernatural thriller. On a day that promised Swedish Vampires (Let The Right One In) and a film touted as “the most extreme film ever” (Martyrs), I had relatively low expectations for From Within. Elizabeth Rice plays Lindsay, a teenager in a small religious [...]