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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event: January 2026
The first 'Saturday Night's Main Event' of the year emanated from Montreal, Canada, and took place just a week before the 'Royal Rumble' , which would take place over in Saudi Arabia. I guess this was a good opportunity for the WWE to still hold a premium live event in North America, and, given the advertised match card, I wasn't complaining. The show started off hot with an intense brawl between Jacob Fatu and Cody Rhodes. It was supposed to be a match, but I actually didn't
Ridley Coote
Jan 303 min read
Hold Your Breath (2024) Dir: Will Joines & Karrie Crouse
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUDjDKrDeQK/?igsh=eTY4MTVqd3UzZXAx Co-directed by Will Joines and Karrie Crouse, this 2024 horror has been sitting on my Disney Plus watchlist, slowly collecting dust. I did finally muster up the urge to watch it though - I had been trying to find something fairly simple and recent to watch. My expectations were fairly nominal - the film has never generated any buzz particularly, and its reviews online are mediocre at best. I found
Ridley Coote
Jan 282 min read
Dracula Untold (2014) Dir: Gary Shore
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBEjJrjRtD/?igsh=MTdwdGFqYWVyNDNpYQ== I am always partial to checking put any 'Dracula' adaptation I come across, indeed, Bram Stoker's classic gothic horror is one of my all-time favourite books, but, I must admit, Gary Shore's 2014 action horror that took a while to draw me in. I was only somewhat tempted by the plot, and even less so by its cast. Ultimately, my cynicism gave way to my love of 'Dracula' and I decided to give it
Ridley Coote
Jan 272 min read
The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) Dir: Renny Harlin
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT-f2XMjTXo/?igsh=MTlvbW44ZTB5Mms4ag== Full disclosure, the main reason I watched this 2024 home invasion horror was because somebody I know wanted me to watch it. I had watched the previous two films, and had enjoyed neither. This one was directed by Renny Harlin, whose entire filmography is very all over the place, with 'Die Hard 2' being his most notable film. I had watched the two previous films in the franchise, and my collec
Ridley Coote
Jan 262 min read
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) Dir: Brian Clemmens
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT77VyBDRNU/?igsh=MW55YjJkNTE4Y2Q2 After watching ten in quick succession, it became a little harder to find some of the classic Hammer horror films that I was hoping to watch. Eventually, however, I did manage to find this 1974 Hammer, directed by Brian Clemmens. I had, by this time, already seen a few Hammer-produced vampire films, but this one seems to be one of the more championed by the production company, as well as its fanbas
Ridley Coote
Jan 253 min read
MaXXXine (2024) Dir: Ti West
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT5MNfWjY_j/?igsh=MTNxNGNvM3B4ZTBybw== After a long wait, I was finally able to watch the third and final film in Ti West's popular 'X' Trilogy - a series of non-chronological horror stories that have already gained a cult-like status with horror fans, thanks to their throwback stories, creepy horror, and, most importantly, their memorable scream queen star; Mia Goth. I had enjoyed both of the previous two films in this trilogy, pa
Ridley Coote
Jan 243 min read
Jeepers Creepers (2001) Dir: Victor Salva
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT2wuTRjVoA/?igsh=MW82eDZpdW15bXB3ag== There are a few cult classic horrors that I've had my eye on in recent years, but one that had tempted me more than most was this 2001 creature feature, directed by Victor Salva, who I later found out has done some very horrible things, which was obviously extremely disappointing and upsetting to find out. With that said, I didn't know that before I watched the film, which was probably for the
Ridley Coote
Jan 233 min read
Anaconda (2025) Dir: Tom Gormican
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DT0E4eijb3A/?igsh=cGh1N2VyZDd3YThh This horror comedy, directed by Tom Gormican, is kind of unusual, in that it's a very meta sequel, in which the original film exists canonically within the world of said-sequel. Reviews haven't exactly set the world ablaze, but then, I was already keeping expectations low to begin with, especially considering that the trailers revealed seemingly the whole plot step-by-step - one of my biggest pet p
Ridley Coote
Jan 222 min read
The Travelling Bag: And Other Ghostly Stories (2016) By Susan Hil
'Borrowbox' gives people access to books that they wouldn't normally be able to read easily, and it has allowed me to read several good books in the last two years or so. On this occasion, it was this collection of short stories from Susan Hill, most famous, of course, for writing 'The Woman In Black' . I am familiar with that story, but the rest of her work is mostly unknown to me, so I was keen to see how I'd find some of them. The first story in the collection was 'The Tr
Ridley Coote
Jan 222 min read
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