James Gunn? SLITHER is clearly intended to be an affectionate homage to all those big, stupid monster movies of the 1950s ?you know, the ones where a meteor crashlands in some Hicksville backwater and something horrible/slimy/tentacled turns locals into hapless werewolves/zombies/teenagers. Sadly SLITHER misses the mark as it? never really sure whether it? trying to…

Hailing from early 1975, just as fourth Doctor Tom Baker begins to establish himself in the title role, ?he Sontaran Experiment?is a pacey, undemanding little two-parter which at the time served as an intermission between the high-concept ?rk in Space?and the now-legendary ?enesis of the Daleks?(both already available on DVD). Released as the first in…

Hollywood remake-itis strikes again. Will they never learn? John Moore, who turned in an enjoyable but rather pointless remake of FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX a couple of years ago has now been roped in to lens this entirely-unnecessary 21st century reimagining of THE OMEN, one of the most powerful horror films of the 1970s. Except…