The road to hell

JOHN BOORMAN AND LEE MARVIN’S HUGELY INFLUENTIAL NOIR THRILLER

ALFRED HITCHCOCK was already a director on the rise when he found himself reading Scottish author John Buchan’s 1915 spy novel “The 39 Steps”. Thrillers such as “The Man Who Knew Too Much” and “Waltze

GARETH EVANS ON THE SHOOTOUTS AND STANDOUTS OF HIS ACTION THRILLER

FOUR EMPIRE WRITERS. ONE GREAT CINEMATIC YEAR. NO COINCIDENCE.

THE FIRST FILM CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, BOB ODENKIRK BLINDSIDING US WITH AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF WHOOP-ASS. NOW, WITH NOBODY 2 , HE’S UP AGAINST A KNIFE-THROWING SHARON STONE. LET CARNAGE COMMENCE!

IN A GAME FILLED WITH HORROR CLICHÉS, THIS ONE NATURALLY BEGINS ON A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, WHEN A COUPLE OF KIDS ENTER AN ABANDONED MANSION. JOIN US AS WE TOO STEP INSIDE THE SPLATTERHOUSE – AND IF YOU’RE FEELING FAINT, JUST KEEP REPEATING, “IT’S ONLY A VIDEOGAME… ONLY A VIDEOGAME…”