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  • Night of the Living SCUFF – August 2019

    Sword of the Stranger A young boy and his dog find themselves the target of the Ming: a foreign dynasty that will stop at nothing. One day, a

  • Night of the Living SCUFF – June 2019

    24 x 36: A Movie about Movie Posters The art of the movie poster has become something of a dying breed in the age of blockbusters and studio

  • Night of the Living SCUFF – April 2019

    This April, SCUM is paying tribute to one of the Masters of Horror, Tobe Hooper! We will be screening two of his unforgettable classics, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

  • Night of the Living SCUFF – Feb 2019

    The most excellent film to watch in 2019! Kicking off the new year, we are very excited to screen one of the most well-loved buddy comedy of all

  • Night of the Living SCUFF 2

    Night of the Living SCUFF is back! We will be featuring The Prodigal Son, widely touted as one of the best Kungfu movies ever made. It features two

Gatchaman!

I guess the wait’s finally over after all these years. Gatchaman is scheduled for release in theatres on 24 August! Check it out! http://gatchaman-movie.jp/ [...]

May 9, 2013 News

Review: Riki Oh – The Story of Ricky (1991)

Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The film is an adaption of the original Japanese manga and it’s a close second to Peter Jackson’s “Braindead” as the goriest film ever made! Rivers of blood [...]

May 8, 2013 Reviews

R.I.P., Ray Harryhausen, 92

Pioneering stop-motion model animator, Ray Harryhausen has died at the age of 92. Ray’s ground-breaking work in the Sinbad movies, Jason and the Argonauts and more, has influenced and thrilled generations of film makers and moviegoers, SCUM members included. We [...]

May 8, 2013 News, Tributes
Giant God Warrior Invades Tokyo!

Giant God Warrior Invades Tokyo!

Just when you thought Gamera and Godzilla have done enough damage to the beautiful city, well guess what? Studio Ghibli produced the following live-action 8-minute clip of mass destruction! Check out the following article from digitaljournal.com for details and more [...]

May 7, 2013 News

Trunk Records 50p Fridays

If you’re not already on Jonny Trunk’s mailing list, you may have missed out on his excellent 50p Friday Offers. Every Friday, Jonny puts up a collection of MP3s for, you guessed it, 50 pence. Apart from interesting releases by [...]

May 7, 2013 News, Soundtracks
Jarmusch vampire flick to premier at Cannes 2013

Jarmusch vampire flick to premier at Cannes 2013

On top of the Jodorwsky film autobiography, the Cannes line-up looks very interesting this year, with a late addition to the competition from SCUM favorite, Jim Jarmusch. Premiering his first vampire flick, ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’, Jarmusch will no doubt [...]

April 29, 2013 News
Jodorowsky film autobiography to premier at Cannes 2013

Jodorowsky film autobiography to premier at Cannes 2013

We’re extremely excited to hear that Alexandro Jodorowsky’s film autobiography ‘The Dance of Reality’ will premier at Cannes next month. It will apparently screen with a documentary about Jodorowsky’s failed attempt in the 1970s to film ‘Dune’ (with Salvador Dali, [...]

April 24, 2013 News
New Cronenberg releases on Blu-ray

New Cronenberg releases on Blu-ray

By Mountain Monkey Fans of David Cronenberg will be pleased with the recent slew of classics being released  on Blu-ray. Unfortunately, the discs come from various distributors in different locales, so a region-free player would be very useful: The Brood [...]

April 24, 2013 News
Review: Mr Vampire (1985)

Review: Mr Vampire (1985)

Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Hong Kong has a slew of horror-comedy films back in the ‘80s but Mr Vampire remains the most memorable. The late Lam Ching-Ying stars as Kou, a ghostbusting Taoist [...]

April 19, 2013 Reviews
Review: Without Warning (1980)

Review: Without Warning (1980)

Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ I can still remember renting this video (in VHS format, no less!) back in 1982 and it really impressed me then with its visual effects! Arnold Schwarzenegger himself credited [...]

April 12, 2013 Reviews