“The Eighties….,” I sigh with wistful nostalgia. The decade that was so maligned for the twenty years that superseded it. The decade of big hair, mad fashion, cheesy pop…
Author: John Clarke
Movie Retrospective: “An American Werewolf In London”
One of the first retrospectives I did for Readers Digested was The Howling, a contender for one of my favourite werewolf movies ever made. The…
Movie Retrospective: – Poltergeist (1982)
In the UK we do not have the PG-13 certificate. Up until 1989 we had U, PG, 15 and 18. When Tim Burton’s Batman was…
Movie Retrospective “A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
What is the difference between a remake and a reboot? A reboot is when a franchise erases some or all of it’s previously established…
Movie Retrospective: “Freddy vs Jason”
I should note early on that is part of my Elm Street Retrospective series so will lean slightly…
Movie Retrospective: “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare”
Despite featuring in three more movies after this, Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare really does represent the last solo appearance of this incarnation of Freddy Krueger…
Movie Retrospective: “A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 5: The Dream Child”
Before I continue my journey through the Elm Street movies, I was reminded of a very salient point while watching this fifth entry in the series.…
Movie Retrospective “A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: The Dream Master”
In 1988, the fourth instalment in the Elm Street series hit screens around the world and became the highest grossing entry in the series until…