
Tobe Hooper 1943-2017 - A Retrospective
First Wes Craven, then George A. Romero, and now Tobe Hooper…having to write these types of article has unfortunately become a regular occurrence lately.

First Wes Craven, then George A. Romero, and now Tobe Hooper…having to write these types of article has unfortunately become a regular occurrence lately.

First things first, I don’t normally do the whole ‘celebrity death’ thing.

And so the struggle begins! How do I remain objective when I’m reviewing a movie from my favourite film franchise?

This is going to be a relatively similar to an article that I wrote just over a year ago, sorry!

So you may well be thinking to yourself “why the hell is an article about ‘wrestling’ appearing on Geek-Pride?!”

For a movie studio, having a successful movie with a multiple franchise sequels is like adding toppings on a pizza.

It’s a typically wet Irish Saturday morning in June, and after a 15min train ride from Belfast to Lisburn, I find myself boarding a shuttlebus into the unknown.

With the current Marvel cinematic saga entering its self-proclaimed ‘Phase Three’ with the recent release of the fantastic Captain America: Civil War, and now…

As geek-culture is finally being embraced on this side of the Irish Sea, and with even the local mainstream media taking an active (though admittedly still…

Wes Craven: The most influential horror director of the late 20th Century - in memoriam.

Its Saturday 10am on a typically rainy early May day, and in the leafy suburbs of South Belfast something strange seems to be happening.

So once again the best laid plans of a multi-billion dollar studio attempting to maximise the hype and anticipation around the release of a movie trailer…