With the release of Alexandre Aja’s Piranha 3D we thought we might as well jump on the band wagon and give our two cents on the original and some say them best fishy feature out there, Piranha by Joe Dante.
Riding on the coattails of what is the best fishy feature, Jaws; many film-makers tried to capitalize on the fear of the water. However, with Universal‘s army of lawyers ready to smack down any type of copy that pocked it’s head out the water many were caught and gutted like the sprats they were. Though one lucky fish managed to escape the net of the lawyers, with a bit of help from Spielberg himself and went on to become a cult classic, Piranha.
The dungeon this month look like an episode of Porridge, with all the inmates being very British; with hints of cockney gangsters and bent coppers filling up the cells.
Kim this month has picked a selection of 60s and 70s British cinema from the wrong side of town. With stories of sex scandals, murders and warnings of the decadence of London during the swinging 60s, London and Britain as a whole was one lawless place it seemed. But don’t worry; Kim’s Dungeon Breakout will have the streets cleaned up in no time, with one of the hardest brit cops going.
There are many other films that have been reviewed by Kim, which can be found in the September issue of Empire Magazine (uk).
For you lucky people in London, those great chaps over at Cigarette Burns Cinema have come up with two great screenings this coming September and boy are you in for a treat. Both from the glorious library of B-movie goodness, but both so different in style, story and excitement.
So take a look and find out more.
With the release of Piranha 3D this weekend (August 20th) it seemed only right for us here at ‘Attack from Planet B’ to list our top animal attack movies in recognition to those toothy blighters.
Nature is a harsh beast and will through anything at us to maim, kill or devour us. From giant killer snakes to rampaging bunnies, so here for all you nature lovers and try huggers out there here is our list of what nature really wants to do to you.
So enjoy, discuss, disagree and comment.
The head warden of Kim Newman’s Video Dungeon has yet again let some of the depraved and deranged of the ‘straight to DVD’ world to escape into the general populous.
We have offerings from the east, with the Japanese again supplying some top class dungeon fodder. From the states we have intergalactic shenanigans and buxom slave girls and from Europe we have Kim’s Dungeon Breakout release to make it a truly international affair.
There are many other films that have been reviewed by Kim, which can be found in the August issue of Empire Magazine (uk).
The inmates of Kim Newman’s dungeon for July are many and varied this month, from low grade sleuths and Italian looking German spies, to giant rapper attacking snakes and mummy zombie loving sons.
We have works from Enzo G. Castellari, the director that brought us the original Inglorious Bastards and Dexter Fletcher on the run from the undead and much more.
There are many other films that have been reviewed by Kim, which can be found in the July issue of Empire Magazine (uk).