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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Watching Donald Pleasance In The Halloween Films
Donald Pleasance in those Halloween films, hanging on every line chewing the scenery and spitting out clichés, doing the best he can to be so bad Michael Myers walks so slowly that even with that big knife you could just break into a wee jog, a tiny sweat and be done with it all. But […]Archive
September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies: Halloween – Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies Halloween: Expanded Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sacred Bones John Carpenter’s original score for the original Halloween movie is what saved it – the low-budget movie which is legendary now for its kickstarting of a new strain of horror films and for its pioneering indie film spirit was […]Archive
September 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Horror Movie Scores: Some Favourites
On a big horror kick right now. I feel like I have been on a big horror movie kick since I was 13. That’s when I conquered any fear of being frightened by overdosing on horror films. The good, the bad, the ugly. Now I’m catching up on some classics I haven’t seen – or […]Archive
March 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Getting Ready For Freddy
A Nightmare On Elm Street was the one that cured me from getting scared – or worried at all – by horror films. The entire franchise, I mean. Not just the first film. But certainly the first four are the ones I adore. Well, number two is a bit shit (sorry!) But it gets a […]Archive
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 […]Archive
October 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Daughters of Darkness (October 29)
The Wellington Film Society is back tonight – after last weekend’s pause for Labour Weekend. Here we are now with Halloween almost at the doorstep, as it were. And so…to Daughters of Darkness. Re-released more than a decade after its 1971 debut, Daughters of Darkness has lost none of the eerie, subterranean fascination it held for its […]Archive
April 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Hush: Film
Hush Director: Mike Flanagan Intrepid Pictures/Blumhouse Productions/Netflix Hush is being praised, and deservedly so, for being a trim, taut horror-thriller. There’s nothing new in the story – a stalker/home-invasion set-up with a remote location. But this doesn’t rely on being some overt homage either. There are nods – the film opens with a shot that […]Archive
November 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1248
V/A, The Godfathers of Psychobilly (2012) You too can build your own Tarantino-esque soundtrack/comp with something like this – a pretty cool double album; a few things I know quite well already and a few I hadn’t heard – the perfect thing then. Played a few of these as part of my Halloween DJ set […]Archive
October 31, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: Halloween – Motel Bar, Thursday, October 31, 2013
Had a great night playing records at Motel Bar last night for a special Halloween theme. There were some great costumes, the bar staff were all dressed up as Rocky Horror Picture Show characters and the bar was decked out in cobwebs, spiders and the usual Halloween paraphernalia. It was a long set – seven […]Archive
October 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Halloween
With Halloween around the corner I asked the good folk who visit the Blog On The Tracks Facebook page to help out with some suggestions for a playlist of Halloween-themed tunes. Ask and they shall provide… So here is the Halloween playlist. Enjoy.Archive
May 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman