Spice World (1997)
Sep 12, 2009The Spice Girls' Gonzo Escapades
The Spice Girls conduct their own version of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, a largely plotless film with them clowning around. Including appearances from aliens.
Claire Rushbrook
Doctor Sleep (2002)
Dec 12, 2004Hypnotist vs Occult Killer
Here Nick Willing makes an initially promising film but this becomes a disjointed muddle involving hypnotism, serial killers and occult conspiracy. Not to be confused with the Stephen King adapted film
The Fades (2011)
Jan 14, 2015Teen Can See the Dead/Apocalytic Resurrection
An underrated mini-series – sort of the anti-Supernatural. This creates a highly original afterlife mythology and some great characters arcs, while overspilling with wry nerdish in-humour
Requiem (2018)
Jul 28, 2019Abducted Child Mystery/Occult Conspiracy
This BBC tv mini-series starts out seeming a mystery about the disappearance of a child as the investigating heroine makes the jolt realisation that she is the missing child, before the show edges over into occult conspiracy. Very nicely written and beautifully directed with a line-up of standout performances