http://www.blacklagoon.info Horror podcast brought to you by Matt Nida and Carl Swift of blacklagoon.info. In each show features an in-depth discussion of a group of linked horror movies. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:19:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pub quiz stalwarts will be familiar with the perennial question of which is the only band to have had a number one hit in every decade since the 1960s (answers on a postcard). Zombie film stalwarts are unlikely to need much prodding to point to George A. Romero as having ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/zombies/diary-of-the-dead-2008/ It’s a testament to how much of a bad rap the film Godzilla has received over the years that any discussion of the movie always has to start with a clarification of which film you’re talking about. No, it’s not the 1998 abomination with Matthew Broderick; no, it’s not the ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/monsters/godzilla-aka-gojira-1954/ Given that 1985 saw the release of both Re-Animator and Dan O’Bannon’s The Return Of The Living Dead, it’s a shame to reflect that the splatter horror has never really enjoyed a sustained level of output. Periodic stops and starts have whetted the appetite but have usually been followed by ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/zombies/re-animator-1985/ After the candy-coloured supernatural nightmares of Suspiria and Inferno, Tenebrae marked director Dario Argento’s return to the graphic murder mysteries with which he made his name as a director. It tells the story of American crime novelist Peter Neal, who comes to Rome to promote his latest book; soon after ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/classics/tenebrae-1982/ In the first Black Lagoon podcast, we'll be discussing Lucio Fulci's "Gates of Hell" trilogy - City of the Living Dead, The Beyond and The House By The Cemetery. Following the world-wide success of Zombie Flesheaters, Fulci tried to take the Italian zombie film into a completely new direction with ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/podcast/%c2%a0podcast-show-1/ The theme of the ‘common man’ is a recurrent one in poetry, the idea being that an untrained mind (as opposed to, oh, the massive genius of the poet let’s say) has a purer, more honest, richer and therefore more interesting experience than a mind bogged down by intellectual matters. ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/monsters/cloverfield-2008/ Phenomena remains one of Dario Argento’s most controversial films. Arriving in 1985, it sits on the cusp of the period when most viewers feel his directorial career went into terminal decline, and yet it arrived only three years after the masterful Tenebrae, his elegant and stylish return to the giallo ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/italian-movies/phenomena-aka-creepers-1985/ Viewed at the time of its release as among the better of the slew of low-budget horrors to emerge in the late 1970s, Phantasm continues to attract a cult following. If you’ve got £80 or so to spare you too could own one of Tall Man’s butchering orbs, surely one ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/series/phantasm-1979/ Confusingly, Return of the Evil Dead has nothing to do with Sam Raimi's trilogy of horror movies. Instead, it's the rather odd english title given to Spanish director Amando De Ossorio's follow up to his blind-zombies-on-horseback magnum opus Tombs of the Blind Dead. Made two years later, it's a rather ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/zombies/return-of-the-evil-dead-1973/ The Exorcist is that rare beast - a genre film that becomes a genuine cinematic and cultural touchpoint. A controversial phenomenon on its release - and banned in the UK until the late 90s - it achieves its unique power through William Friedkin's deliberate, un-flashy direction and author / screenwriter ... http://www.blacklagoon.info/movies/occult/the-exorcist-1973/