John Landis

Schlock (1973)

Schlock (1973)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 7, 2012Missing Link Comedy/Genre Parody
The very first film from John Landis, a rather amusing spoof of revived caveman films, As with many of Landis's films, has a substantial level of playful in-joking and genre in-referencing. Mostly, it plays out with an appealingly nonsensical absurdity
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Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 7, 2000Modernised Hansel and Gretel/Juvenile Delinquent Drama
Matthew Bright's even better sequel to Freeway where he conducts an outrageous and quite brilliant modernisation of Hansel and Gretel now recast with two juvenile delinquents on the run
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 7, 2026Director William Castle Documentary
A documentary about William Castle, the horror director of the 1950s/60s who specialised in sensationalistic promotional gimmicks. This does an excellent job in telling Castle's story and those behind his films
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 20, 2024Ray Harryhausen Documentary
A documentary devoted to the life and films of stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen whose films, which include the Sinbad films and Jason and the Argonauts, have gained a cult following
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