@HellingsOnFilm checks out Penny Dreadful - Memento Mori...Morning comes and Lily (Billie Piper) is in bed, kissing a man’s chest and telling him how silly it is that boys grow up. This ‘boy’ won’t. It’s the man she strangled in last week’s episode. Dressing, she deliberately knocks over the house of cards on a table,... Continue Reading →
Now on Netflix – Recap: Hannibal S3 E03 – Secondo
Finding a whole new audience with the Netflix streaming means that there is a new audience of fans who don’t immediately love the third season and I say, “Stick with it.” Hannigram is deserving of a little indulgence with over the top beauty.
TV Review: The Spider
@HellingsOnFilm takes a look at the series The Spider...Copenhagen 1949. When young, idealistic journalist Bjarne Madsen (Jakob Cedergren) receives a tip-off about organised crime and black marketeering on a grand scale he decides to unravel the threads of the extensive network and work his way to the “Spider” himself. A highly esteemed crime reporter tries... Continue Reading →
TV Recap/Review: Penny Dreadful – Glorious Horrors – S02 E06
@HellingsOnFilm finds this episode of Penny Dreadful a marked improvement...Contains FULL SPOILERSA maid finds the dead body of Sir Malcolm’s estranged wife Gladys, throat cut, after her Madame Kali induced suicide last week. Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) awakes to see Lily (Billie Piper) making breakfast after their night of lovemaking and there is a rare... Continue Reading →
TV Review/Recap: Penny Dreadful Season 2 Ep 05 – Above The Vaulted Sky
@HellingsOnFilm gives us a recap/review of Penny Dreadful - Above the Vaulted SkyCONTAINS FULL SPOILERSAt the house of Madame Kali (aka Evelyn Poole played by Helen McCrory), the woman herself is tapping away in a ritual on one of her clay figure ventriloquist dummies (there’s the one of Vanessa close by also), breaking open the... Continue Reading →
TV Recap/Review: Penny Dreadful – Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places S2 EP04
@HellingsOnFilm recaps and review the latest Penny Dreadful - Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places...CONTAINS FULL SPOILERSVanessa Ives finishes telling the story of the tragic demise of the Cut Woman (from last week’s episode) to Sir Malcolm, Ethan Chandler, Victor Frankenstein, Sembene, and the spy in their ranks Ferdinand Lyle. They now know that the Nightcomers,... Continue Reading →
RIP: The Following
@HellingsOnFilm bids adieu and eulogises The Following...Goodbye The Following. After three seasons, the network has done to you what Joe Carroll could never find it in his heart to do to Ryan Hardy: killed you dead.Sure, it was a plot that was probably only good for one season at best. Sure Season 2 lost that plot... Continue Reading →
TV Review/Recap: Penny Dreadful S2 Ep03 – The Nightcomers
@HellingsOnFilm takes a look back at Penny Dreadful S2 EP3 - The Nightcomers...CONTAINS FULL SPOILERSVanessa Ives (Eva Green) finds Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) studying the scorpion sign of blood on the upstairs wooden floor, at Sir Malcolm’s, that Eva had created previously. Ethan understandably wants to know what it is, only to be met with the... Continue Reading →
TV Recap/Review – Penny Dreadful S2 Ep02 – Verbis Diablo
@HellingsOnFilm recaps and review Penny Dreadful S2 EP2...CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS.A scared Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) reveals to Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) that the previous night ‘The Nightcomers’ (the witches serving Madame Kali) visited her and that even her dreams are no longer safe. She seeks reassurances that she deserves peace. Sir Malcolm cannot give her... Continue Reading →
People Under The Stairs – The TV series?
Another Craven film makes a TV series... On the back of the Scream TV series comes reports that Wes Craven is developing a People Under The Stairs TV series. According to Variety, an early description of the series is “Downton Abbey meets Amityville Horror” and will focus on ‘old horrors discovered within an estate after... Continue Reading →
Scream Tv series trailer
Ready or not...Well whether we asked for it or not, here it is. The Scream TV series trailer. Complete with glimpses of the new mask and shot after shot of kissing or killing.The series stars Bex Taylor-Klaus, Willa Fitzgerald, John Karna, Connor Weil, Carlson Young, Amadeus Serafini, Tracy Middendorf, Joel Gretsch.SynopsisWhat starts as a YouTube video going... Continue Reading →
Recap: The Walking Dead – Try
As TWD builds to its season ender, @Lcfremont recaps the ep. Discussion points - Serial killings, Deanna's bad move & Rick's meltdown...Try as he might, Rick Grimes was not built for the cage called Alexandria and while this is not a surprise to us, it sure seems to be one for Deanna. As you may recall,... Continue Reading →
Let The Right One In to be a TV series
Vampire film to be turned into series...Horror is hot TV property at the moment with every second new show coming out having a horror bent. Now comes Let The Right One In the TV series. Jeff Davis and Brandon Boyce have been tasked with adapting it to the small screen. According to reports the series,... Continue Reading →
TV Recap: The Walking Dead – Spend
@lcfremont takes us through a gut wretching & munching episode. Talking points Deanna's chess game & where the HELL is Morgan?...Well, there goes the neighborhood. Some hooligan busted Jessie’s owl sculpture. Seriously, what is the world coming to? Oh yeah, there are walkers outside of these walls and a Benedict Arnold inside of them. Father... Continue Reading →
Recap: The Walking Dead – Forget
@lcfremont recaps TWD and talks about eating dog meat and caveman Rick...Sasha clearly suffers from the same inability to successfully deal with her emotions that Tyreese did and decides that using photos from the house as target practice is a good way to start the day. I'm assuming the four people in the photo are... Continue Reading →
Recap: The Walking Dead – The Distance
@lcfremont recaps TWD, discussion points - eating the applesauce, zombie jack-o-latern & there is no singing in the zombie apocalypse...Just when our group is taking a moment to rest after surviving the storm, Mr. "I Take A Shower Everyday" Aaron pops up and puts everyone right back on the defense. Maggie's obvious trepidation, both for... Continue Reading →
Mick Taylor on the small screen
Wolf Creek TV series in the works...Set after the events of Wolf Creek 2, the series would once again focus on Mick Taylor's exploits. Wolf Creek creator Greg McLean has said that the series would be more suspense thriller than straight out horror. After co-writing two prequel novels McLean said that he enjoyed furthering the storyline,... Continue Reading →
TV Recap: The Walking Dead – Them
@lcfremont recaps the latest TWD. Dicussion points - Are you hungry enough to eat earthworms and always saying NO to Dog Meat..."I don't know if I'm gonna make it.""Then you won't."We were warned, repeatedly, that season five was going to be rough and they were not kidding. Our survivors are barely making it and everyone... Continue Reading →
TV Recap: The Walking Dead: What Happened and What’s Going On
@lcfremont mulls over the mid-season return of The Walking Dead - Discussion points - Beth's awful singing and sledge hammer subtle imagery...SPOILER ALERT. In my recap of the episode, I will be speaking freely of all events that occurred and on this note I would like to revisit the always polarizing topic of internet spoilers.... Continue Reading →
Recap: AHS Freakshow – Finale
@lcfremont gives her views on the AHS Freakshow finale...SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!! Seriously, do not read past this point if you haven't seen the AHS Freakshow finale. Last chance. No tea, no shade, this finale was giving me life right up to the moment they put Dandy in the Houdini box. This season has been a rough... Continue Reading →