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February 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: I Used To Be Scared of Horror Films So I Watched Every Single One From The Local Video Store And Now I’m Cured

When I was a kid a rather stupid movie had a deep impact on me. It’s called Alligator. It’s from about 1980 – and I reckon we saw it just a few years after that. And in it, a pet alligator gets flushed down the loo. It ends up in the sewer where the bodies […]

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August 31, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Wes Craven

Sad news in just now that Wes Craven has died. He’s one of my heroes when it comes to the modern horror movie (his Nightmare on Elm Street series) – and then of course the meta-horror film (the hugely popular Scream series). I was such a Craven fan I even bought – and read (and […]

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June 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Godflesh: Decline & Fall

Godflesh Decline & Fall Avalanche Recordings Here’s a new EP from Godflesh – and it’s actually the band’s first new material in over a decade. Also it’s relentless and kinda wonderful straight away, a horror-movie grind pushes Ringer along with a slow-motion churning – big, huge riff right in the way of everything. Then it’s […]