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What we have here ladies and gentlemen is an uncanny treat that manages to delight, disgust and dumbfound in equal measure. Castle Freak is the tale of, you guessed it, a freak who lives in a castle. That’s it. Yes there is a bit of plot thrown in to sustain the movie’s 90 minute running [...]

Kitchen Confidential author and gastronomic rabble rouser Anthony Bourdain is our guide on a culinary voyage across the globe in search of authentic regional delicacies. Looking like a taller, thinner version of I’m Your Man era Leonard Cohen Bourdain is the antithesis of the boorish American abroad, respectfully rolling up at street side stalls, people’s [...]

In my time I have sat through some truly awful horror movies but feel I have to talk about a mesmerizing piece of trash I caught on the cable channel Zone Horror a week or two ago; 1994’s Lurking Fear. I was so taken by the films terrible special effects, lack of continuity, vague allusions [...]

Remakes and reboots have come thick and fast this year, and the trend seems set to continue well into 2010. Karate Kid is getting dusted off and thrown back into the dojo, some bright spark has decided that what the world needs is a new Highlander film, whilst those crazy Hollywood hacks are even putting [...]

If you’re into games, you’d be hard pressed to have been able to avoid the super-mega-enormo-release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 this week.  This is the first game ever to have a full-blown premiere event, a la the movies.  It is, according to initial stats, the fastest selling computer game ever. The hype [...]

Carrying on from our Halloween themed film contributions, former Leeds Sanctuary Nightlife Editor and all round good egg Georgie Bentinck gives The Daily Scoundrel the low down on 13 Ghosts

Right. I know what I’m about to say is going to be quite controversial, but I actually think Thirteen Ghosts is a bloody scary film, and [...]

I almost feel guilty for the fact that I only ever praise things when I write for The Scoundrel. Almost. But if I am to start sounding off about the things I hate in modern film, it certainly won’t start with the new Disney Pixar flick, UP.
UP is beautiful in its simplicity in the way [...]

ith the recent deaths of 1980s heroes John Hughes and Patrick Swayze I’ve found myself looking back on the era with a pang of sadness and a longing for something I can’t rightly articulate. I think this might be because day-glo revivalists like La Roux and Aplhabeat seem to be peddling a bit of the [...]

In the run up to Halloween we here at The Daily Scoundrel are asking some of our favourite writers about the spooky films, books, music and games that they would recommend for All Hallows Eve. Here, Art Fist editor Jonathan Cronshaw talks about 1998 Chinese zombie movie Biozombie…
When it comes to underrated Chinese zombie films [...]