Early Murnau: Five Films 1921 – 1925

Eureka Entertainment have just released five silent masterpieces by the director of Nosferatu, Friedrich Wilhem Murnau on Blu-ray as `part of their Master of Cinema series. And fascinating watching they make too, ranging from tragic melodrama to mysterious goings on at a creepy castle. In Schloss Vogelod (AKA The Haunted Castle 1921) a hunting party...

Man VS (2015)

Doug Woods is the star of reality outdoor survival TV show Man Vs, basically he's an economy Bear Grylls  who gets dumped out in the wild  and eats bugs for ratings. On the brink of a new network  deal Doug heads for an isolated island in the woodlands on Northern Ontario with only his cameras...

Leytonstone by Stephen Volk – Book Review

In 2013 the Hothouse joined the actor Peter Cushing as he attempted to resolve a case of child abuse while dealing with his own grief following the death of his beloved wife Helen, in Stephen Volk's novella Whitstable. Having spent a good deal of my early teens on the Kent coast I found Volk's evocation...