Category Archive: Retrogeek

Top Ten Final Boys of Horror

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Top Ten Final Boys of Horror Everyone talks about the final girls of horror, but what about the final boys?  Sometimes the men are just as important in horror.  You’ve read my top… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews Vol. 5.5

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The King’s Demons Standard events are happening the 1215 England. The king wants to extort more taxes, a lord refuses, the king insults him and the lord’s son challenges the king’s champion to… Continue reading

The History of Dracula on Film (Part 2)

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As we covered in the previous chapter of this series, Universal Studios now owned the rights to Dracula and they were itching to put their horror star, Lon Chaney into the film. The studio had been founded… Continue reading

Retro Review: ‘Superman Returns’

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This summer we saw the greatest superhero of them all make his triumphant return to the big screen in The Man of Steel. Being rebooted for a modern era has made fans remember just… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 5.4

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The three serials reviewed in this edition make up the ‘Black Guardian’ trilogy that sees the return of the deadly enemy first encountered by the Fourth Doctor. Mawdryn Undead First thing worth noting… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews Vol 5.3

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Time-Flight In a moment of pure 1980ness the Doctor has an adventure involving the Concorde Jet. And why not? The entire notion of the Concorde jet is something out of science fiction. The… Continue reading

Movie Review: Does ‘Shrek’ Hold Up?

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It’s around 12 years since Shrek first entered the lives of cinema goers, long enough for it to be viewed as a nostalgic childhood staple for people in their 20’s. Even through the murky… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews Vol. 5.2

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After hitting the ground running the 5th Doctor finds himself involved in a murder mystery, a Cyberman attack and the Black Death. The Visitation  In the latest attempt to return Tegan to her… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 5.1

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After the exceptional seven year run of Tom Baker as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor we get started with the fifth: Peter Davison.   Castrovalva Following the Doctor’s regeneration – the result… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Vol. 4.14

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The Keeper of Traken The TARDIS crew, made up of only the Doctor and K9, have found their way back into N-Space but it isn’t long before trouble comes their way. The Traken… Continue reading