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Friday, 6 September 2019

Terror Train (1980)



Three years after a prank that went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train.

From memory: Above-average slasher made with some style and atmosphere, but never leaving the boundaries of the genre.

Halliwell (no star): "Shocks and blood in the Carpenter tradition, adequately mounted."

Maltin**: "Stylish photography - by John (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) Alcott, of all people - and novelty of killer donning the costume of each successive victim lift this above most of the others in this disreputable genre."

Sunday, 22 October 2017

A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)



The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.

Likable melodrama is a bit lightweight concerning the more serious topics it touches; that said, Bob the Cat is the true star of the show.