Horror is always difficult to do well, but when it is, the genre has the power to be one of the greatest vehicles for storytelling. Most people remember a well-told horror tale and its ability to sit lurking in the recesses of our minds for years to come, ready to resurface when next confronted with… Read More »The Magnus Archives, by Artemis The post The Magnus Archives, by Artemis appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

When you have over an hour-long commute to work every morning and back in the evening you soon learn to try and fill that gap with something to keep yourself amused. Initially being an avid reader and with a rapidly diminishing amount of time at home to keep up with the rapidly increasing pile of… Read More »Podcasts, by Artemis The post Podcasts, by Artemis appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

Here are a few things that have been on my mind. Take it or leave it as you like. Mark Kermode seems like a thoroughly nice sort of chap. I share much of his lefty politics. I admire and respect the huge effort he has put into studying film and there is no doubt that… Read More »Avatar: The Way of Criticism, the NHS, Podcasts, and thanks to Artemis. The post Avatar: The Way of Criticism, the NHS, Podcasts, and thanks to Artemis. appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

Hello readers, how’s your 2023 shaping up so far? Now that we’re past the consistently debunked notion of ‘Blue Monday’ (it was meant to be the 16th of January for anyone interested) and made it almost to Valentine’s Day, GG is back to give you a few viewing options as the year starts to stretch… Read More »Thirteen Lives, The Banshees of Inisherin and The Menu The post Thirteen Lives, The Banshees of Inisherin and The Menu appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

So, in roughly ascending order, here are Geek Graffiti’s films of 2022: Turning Red (GG review here) Forgotten by many, probably because Disney dumped it onto streaming with no fanfare. Maybe they were worried by the subject matter… its essentially about the tribulations of female puberty as made by Pixar. It has all the care,… Read More »The Geek Graffiti Films of the Year, 2022 The post The Geek Graffiti Films of the Year, 2022 appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

Smile is an American horror movie, released in the Autumn of last year and debuting on physical media on Boxing Day in the UK. It’s partly psychological horror, though is 18-rated and doesn’t scrimp on the gore in some scenes. It is – and I know this is a loaded word, but bear with me… Read More »Smile review The post Smile review appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

Today we’re carrying on, in no particular order, with the GG list of the best films of 2022. I will put them in (some kind of) order for you towards the end of these posts. For now, though, we’re just looking at them individually and exploring why they’re on the list at all. *** Top… Read More »Films of 2022: Top Gun: Maverick The post Films of 2022: Top Gun: Maverick appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

Taylor Hackford. Slightly unfortunate name for a film director, that. Very pleased to say that he’s certainly no hack and has one bonafide classic film to his name, 1982’s An Officer and a Gentleman, a romantic movie with genuinely wide appeal beyond a ‘traditional’ audience. Like that film, his 2004 biopic of Ray Charles, Ray,… Read More »Continuing the Halloween ‘Sprint’… Dolores Claiborne & The Devil’s Advocate. The post Continuing the Halloween ‘Sprint’… Dolores Claiborne & The Devil’s Advocate. appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

Continuing the heavily curtailed Halloween special this year, we take a look at found footage horror with The Blair Witch Project, REC, and REC 2. Regular readers likely already know my love for The Blair Witch Project. In my view, it remains one of the two scariest horror movies of all time, along with Ring/u.… Read More »2022 Halloween Sprint, Part Two. The post 2022 Halloween Sprint, Part Two. appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more

Hello! Happy Halloween… well… I’m writing this on the night itself, so you probably won’t read it until at least the day after…. hey ho. I’d been hoping to do another Halloween Marathon this year, but life, as the saying goes, gets in the way sometimes. This month we had my very much non-horror-loving Mum… Read More »2022 Halloween Sprint The post 2022 Halloween Sprint appeared first on Geek Graffiti ..read more