Alan Jones

Alan Jones

Agrees with the Tomatometer 80% of the time.

Publications:
Radio Times
Total Reviews:
186

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
5/5 93% Horror of Dracula (1958) " Bram Stoker's terrifying vampire creation becomes a modern classic in the adept hands of the House of Hammer." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
4/5 96% Village of the Damned (2004) " Compelling, creepy and often unbearably tense." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
4/5 96% Theater of Blood (Theatre of Blood) (Much Ado About Murder) (1973) " The magnum opus of Vincent Price's film career, this stylish, witty comedy horror boasts an irresistible premise, an inspired ensemble cast, fabulous music and first-rate production values." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
3/5 87% The Conjuring (2013) " Even in the dark, it's clear where this is going -- but Wan does know his way around a haunted house." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
5/5 96% Night of the Living Dead (1968) " Director George A Romero redefined the meaning of horror for fear-sated audiences in the 1960s with this seminal classic." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
4/5 98% The Evil Dead (1981) " Director Sam Raimi burst onto the horror scene with this crude cult favourite that's short on story but long on excessive gore and innovative camerawork." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
3/5 98% Evil Dead 2 (1987) " Campbell mugs shamelessly and clearly has a ball as scene outdoes scene in comic thrust and haphazard horror." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
5/5 91% The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) " Time has not dimmed the shock value of this seminal classic from director Tobe Hooper that's based on the same real-life case that inspired Psycho." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
4/5 91% Dracula (1931) " It remains the most subtly romantic and highly atmospheric rendition of Bram Stoker's tale about the Transylvanian count, with Browning orchestrating the opening scenes to macabre perfection." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
5/5 100% Frankenstein (1931) " Shocking in its day and still a genuinely creepy experience, director James Whale's primitive yet enthralling interpretation of Mary Shelley's classic tale of man playing God is the most influential genre movie ever made." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
4/5 87% 28 Days Later (2003) " This Dogme-driven apocalyptic nightmare from director Danny Boyle is a tense, exciting and terrifying horror." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 88% House of Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher) (1960) " Lavishly produced and visually gorgeous (thanks to the atmospheric photography of Floyd Crosby), Corman's gothic creepfest is still scary after all these years." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
5/5 96% The Birds (1963) " This Hitchcock classic somehow strayed from favour for a while, yet in the realm of popular mythology it is now rivalled only by Vertigo or Psycho." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
3/5 95% House On Haunted Hill (1959) " There's no denying that Castle's directorial crassness does actually supply some genuinely frightening moments." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
5/5 86% The Black Cat (1992) " This timeless classic is a testimony to the craft of director Edgar G Ulmer before his career lurched into the quickie arena." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 89% Near Dark (1987) " One of the best vampire movies ever made." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 87% ParaNorman (2012) " The thrilling finale is a terrific blend of heartfelt emotion, surreal visuals and inventive ghostly spectacle, and the film's timeless message is put across in wonderfully ghoulish and surprising ways." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 89% The Dead Zone (1983) " [An] engrossing yet strangely unembellished adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller by director David Cronenberg." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
5/5 92% Carrie (1976) " Brian De Palma's modern gothic fairy tale, based on Stephen King's bestseller, offers a tense and lyrical web of emotions." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 91% Shaun of the Dead (2004) " If you like Pegg and director Edgar Wright's cult Channel 4 series Spaced, you'll enjoy this deadpan blend of undergraduate humour and hardcore horror, which ransacks George A Romero's Dead saga and virtually every Italian zombie flick for inspiration." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
94% The Wolf Man (1941) " This Universal classic not only established Lon Chaney Jr as a horror star but also instigated most of the cinematic werewolf lore concerning pentagrams, the Moon and the fatality of silver." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 92% I Walked With a Zombie (1943) " The lighting, shadows, exotic setting and music all contribute to the immensely disturbing atmosphere, making this stunning piece of poetic horror a classic of the genre." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 91% L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo (The Bird With the Crystal Plumage) (1970) " A glossy, stylistic, cosmopolitan and jagged mystery firmly entrenched in Hitchcockian paranoia." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 85% The Descent (2006) " Super-scary and vicious, both psychologically and physically, this cleverly produced chill-ride is edgy British horror at its very best." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
5/5 97% Alien (1979) " This revolutionary "haunted house in space" thrill-ride is the classic business, stunning you with shock after shock, even when the fascinating monster is exposed in all its hideous glory." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
5/5 100% The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) " James Whale's extravagantly produced sequel to his own Frankenstein still ranks as one of horrordom's greatest achievements." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 93% Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) " This most enduring adaptation of the Faustian moral fable is totally satisfying." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 95% Suspiria (1977) " A stunning combination of menacing Grand Guignol atmosphere, dazzling colours, gory violence, lush décor and pounding soundtrack." — Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
4/5 87% Poltergeist (1982) " Hooper's direction may lack its usual edgy personality -- apparently over-ruled by Spielberg's script suggestions -- but he puts on a dazzling show, and the intuitive performances are uniformly on the panic button." — Radio Times
Posted Sep 11, 2013
2/5 30% Hammer Of The Gods (2013) " If it's gratuitous Saxon violence you're after then you've come to the right place." — Radio Times
Posted Sep 3, 2013
5/5 96% Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire) (1922) " Count Orlock, played by the hideous Max Schreck, creeps through Murnau's archetypal silent imagery with a mesmerising authority that retains a surprising amount of tension." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 21, 2013
4/5 90% Phantom Of The Opera (1925) " Despite outdated acting techniques and staging, this is a must-see for all cinema buffs, as make-up genius Lon Chaney's Phantom is a Hall of Horror landmark." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 16, 2013
4/5 91% An American Werewolf in London (1981) " Director John Landis here pulls off the difficult trick of revitalising the horror genre while parodying it at the same time." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 16, 2013
4/5 91% Minority Report (2002) " This masterfully sleek vision of the future from director Steven Spielberg is an awesome mix of skewed science fiction, twisty Hitchcock-style thrills, stunning blue-grey tinged photography and outstanding design." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 5, 2013
4/5 92% Insomnia (2002) " This skilfully directed psychodrama from Christopher Nolan proves that hit European movies can be remade successfully." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 5, 2013
4/5 91% The Fly (1986) " Only Cronenberg can get away with working out his raw phobias on screen while being poignantly witty and repulsively entertaining at the same time." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
4/5 97% The Iron Giant (1999) " This wonderful Warner Bros version of Ted Hughes's The Iron Man is a first-class achievement in cartoon virtuosity that liberally borrows images from 1950s comic-book art and science-fiction movies to stunning effect." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
5/5 93% Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) " Endlessly imitated but never rivalled, this opening instalment of George Lucas's original space trilogy dresses up the timeless tale of good versus evil with ground-breaking special effects and a dazzling array of intergalactic characters." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
4/5 91% Hairspray (2007) " If any movie musical could threaten the standing of retro favourite Grease, it's this one." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
4/5 93% Iron Man (2008) " In an exemplary piece of casting, Downey Jr gives a powerhouse performance, adding depth and believability to his character as both self-indulgent waster and do-gooder superhero." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
5/5 95% Raiders of the Lost Ark (2012) " Hold on tight, because it starts at full throttle and never lets up." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
5/5 96% Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) " Director Irvin Kershner's imaginative supervision of George Lucas's brainchild gives this second part of the first Star Wars trilogy a truly epic dimension, adding a mature, philosophical aspect to the nonstop barrage of brilliant special effects." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
3/5 89% Inglourious Basterds (2009) " It's a long but entertainingly showy melodrama full of cineaste jokes, tricksy wordplay and references to film-makers GW Pabst, Leni Riefenstahl and Sergio Leone." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
4/5 93% Out of Sight (1998) " George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez sizzle in this sexy, sly and snappy crime caper from director Steven Soderbergh, that neatly combines its 1970s heist-picture roots with sparkling romantic comedy." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
5/5 94% The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) " Nothing is overplayed, from the scary surveillance tracking methods to the high-level corruption, making this a superbly crafted masterclass in intelligent action film-making." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
4/5 69% Cliffhanger (1993) " High adventure and vertigo blend with blood and bullets to make this tension-packed tall tale a spectacular avalanche of dizzying escapism." — Radio Times
Posted Aug 3, 2013
4/5 90% Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982) " Leonard Nimoy has rarely been so moving." — Radio Times
Posted Jul 31, 2013
4/5 91% Men in Black (1997) " Great special effects, inventive alien designs and Smith and Jones's hip, hilarious double act make director Barry Sonnenfeld's Lethal Weapon-style buddy picture a fast-paced pleasure." — Radio Times
Posted Jul 31, 2013
5/5 98% Aliens (1986) " Surpassing its predecessor in terms of sheer spectacle, this sequel to Ridley Scott's outer-space nightmare from director James Cameron is an outstanding science-fiction thriller." — Radio Times
Posted Jul 30, 2013
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