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Author Simon Fitzjohn

Simon Fitzjohn

Simon Fitzjohn

Simon is a journalism tutor in London, who also just happens to be a movie fanatic, with a craving for the darker side of cinema. He has written three books - on the horror films of director Bob Clark (2014), the history of the character Norman Bates (2015) and the work of British exploitation director Pete Walker (2017). He is currently working with director Richard Loncraine to explore all avenues in a bid to orchestrate the re-release of 1978 Mia Farrow chiller Full Circle

The Carpenter Files: Escape From New York (1981)

Simon Fitzjohn
November 26, 2018
Editor's Choice, Features, The Carpenter Files
Among his many other filmic talents, John Carpenter sure knew how to come up with iconic characters. Take Michael Myers for example, whose shadow still looms over the horror genre to this very day, or...

Horror Channel unveil December premieres

Simon Fitzjohn
November 23, 2018
Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos
Be prepared for an X-rated Xmas this December as Horror Channel serves up an horrific host of premieres, leading with the UK premiere of Xmas anthology A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY. Tales From The...

Dario Argento’s Opera set for restoration re-release

Simon Fitzjohn
November 23, 2018
Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos
Way back in the early 90s, the first Dario Argento flick I cast my eyes over was Opera - and boy was I wowed. That then opened up a whole new realm for me, rattling through Argento's back catalogue, along...

Trailer lands for Keanu Reeves sci-fi Replicas

Simon Fitzjohn
November 21, 2018
Latest News and Videos
Keanu Reeves certainly seems to be rattling through the films at the moment - we reviewed Siberia just this last week - and already the trailer has arrived for his next entry. Here's sci-fi drama Replicas,...

From The Vault: Waxwork (1988)

Simon Fitzjohn
November 19, 2018
Editor's Choice, From The Vault
Straight out of the category labelled ‘they don’t make ‘em like this anymore’, 1988’s Waxwork is a wildly over-the-top splatter epic. Mixing horror and comedy to a degree that rarely gets an...

NETFL!X AND KILL launches season two crowdfunder

Simon Fitzjohn
November 9, 2018
Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos
A quick flick through the Movie Ramblings site will tell you we are big, big fans of the oh-so twisted mind of Kate Shenton, so we absolutely lapped up the first season of her web series Netfli!x And Kill...
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DVD Review: The Neighbour

Simon Fitzjohn
November 7, 2018
DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice
I am sure all of us, probably on more than one occasion, have sat through a film that is not really that much to shout about, but the whole thing is made watchable by a standout performance from one of the...

Trailer lands for stoner horror Scarecrows

Simon Fitzjohn
November 5, 2018
Latest News and Videos
Teenagers are kidnapped and made into living scarecrows who are left to die in crop fields in an exceedingly frightening stoner-horror throwback in the vein of Jeepers Creepers and Scream. Scarecrows, from...

The Carpenter Files: The Fog (1980)

Simon Fitzjohn
November 5, 2018
Editor's Choice, Features
Another John Carpenter classic to receive the 4K restoration and re-release treatment, The Fog is one of those strange films that, despite having been watched (and admired) by all self-respecting genre fans,...
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DVD Review: Nancy

Simon Fitzjohn
October 31, 2018
DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice
Wow, what a year for Andrea Riseborough. No sooner had I devoured the Nicolas Cage-infused madness that is ‘Mandy’, than up popped this screener, billed as a ‘psychological thriller’ and pushing...

Why I Love: Terry O’Quinn as ‘The Stepfather’

Simon Fitzjohn
October 28, 2018
Editor's Choice, Features, Why I Love
Simon pays tribute to a truly classic creation

Horror Channel to launch Hammer Classics season

Simon Fitzjohn
October 24, 2018
Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos
From November 3, Horror Channel celebrates vintage 1950s home-grown fantasy and horror with a HAMMER CLASSICS SEASON, The primetime Saturday night season, consisting of four network premieres, which star the...

Month Of Myers: Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007)

Simon Fitzjohn
October 24, 2018
Editor's Choice, From The Vault
Okay, I’m going to put this out there right from the off – just so we know where we all stand. If you agree, then great, but if you are so violently opposed that you plan on quitting reading right there...

Interview: Reborn director Julian Richards

Simon Fitzjohn
October 17, 2018
Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, Interviews, London
Ahead of the World premiere screening of REBORN at Arrow Video FrightFest Halloween, Julian Richards discusses the torturerous challenges of DADDY’S GIRL, why he wishes every actress was like Barbara...

Month Of Myers: Halloween Resurrection (2002)

Simon Fitzjohn
October 17, 2018
Editor's Choice, From The Vault, Halloween
Having waded through oceans of cinematic (mostly horror) drek over the years, it takes a lot to get me angry. Slightly annoyed? Yep. Frustrated or disappointed? Hell yes. But angry? Fists clenched,...
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Movie Review: Halloween

Simon Fitzjohn
October 12, 2018
Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews
Ever since word first surfaced that a new entry was planned in the Halloween saga, I have found myself more nervous than I can ever remember about a film’s release. The info kept dripping through –...

The Zombie World Of George A. Romero

Simon Fitzjohn
October 10, 2018
Editor's Choice, Features
In 1968, George A. Romero established the modern zombie film with his raw and terrifying debut The Night of the Living Dead, one of the most well-regarded and influential horror movies of all time. He...

Trailer lands for Welcome Home

Simon Fitzjohn
October 8, 2018
Latest News and Videos
The Movie Partnership have released the trailer for the nail-biting psychological thriller, Welcome Home. The film stars Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, Gone Girl actress Emily Ratajkowski, and the...

Arrow Video Frightfest announces Halloween line-up

Simon Fitzjohn
October 4, 2018
Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest
Arrow Video FrightFest unleashes an intoxicating six-pack of horror, sci-fi and fantasy for their popular Halloween all-day event, now at the Cineworld Leicester Square on Saturday 3 November. The 12-hour...

Croupier – Clive Owen’s Finest Hour?

Simon Fitzjohn
September 21, 2018
Editor's Choice, Features
I've always viewed Clive Owen as something of a 'nearly man' - he has headlined numerous enjoyable films (the likes of King Arthur and Shoot 'Em Up spring to mind), often bringing a world-weariness to other...

FilmFear festival returns to Manchester

Simon Fitzjohn
September 20, 2018
Editor's Choice, Latest News and Videos
HOME and Film4 are excited to announce the programme for the third annual FilmFear season – six days of horror, extreme cinema, cult favourites and special guests coming to Manchester this...
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