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So, it appears we're now dissecting "elevated horror" on CITIZEN FRAME's "Hallowe'en Month and a Half"! In THE BABADOOK (2014), some deeply irritating kid reads from a storybook that features a monster-man that looks like Lon Chaney in LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, said monster-man soon coming to life to haunt the boy and his mother. Then the mother has bad dreams and pleasures herself because she's sexu...

Donald Pleasence as a priest gravely warning us about "pure evil", Old Nick's lazy bastard of a son awakening after millions of years of ancient slumber, Alice Cooper impaling someone with a bicycle frame, killer Devil-goo and time travel -- what more could you ask for?! CITIZEN FRAME's "Hallowe'en Month and a Half" continues with a look back at John Carpenter's PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987), as the d...

Don't mess with the country folk and the old ways!  It's only CITIZEN FRAME's "Hallowe'en Month and a Half", you lucky, lucky people -- and what better way to kick off this year's annual frightfest than with a look back at the classic '80s Southern Gothic/folk horror PUMPKINHEAD (1988), SFX wizard Stan Winston's directorial debut, where vengeance is soon seeked out by Lance Henriksen after a bunch...

All good things must come to an end, and sadly that's also the case with CITIZEN FRAME's "Statham September" 😔  Fear not, however, avid listener, as we go out in style with Jason's return to his East End gangster roots in THE BANK JOB (2008), based on a true story and featuring lots of dodgy well 'ard cockney geezers, sleazy pornographers, bent coppers -- and an absolute tonne of well-known Briti...

  Jason Statham's "silent tough guy" screen persona has often been compared to that of Clint Eastwood's (it's true!), so it feels only natural that one day he would take on the Man with No Name's son Scott, specifically in Guy Ritchie's 2021 heist movie WRATH OF MAN. Here, our man gets a new day job working for a security firm, but little do his new co-workers realise that he's very pissed off and...

In one of Jason Statham's more recent releases -- SHELTER (2026) -- he plays an ex-Marine with a shady past, lying low on a remote Scottish island, trying to live the quiet life. However, after saving a young girl from drowning his cover is soon blown and Bill Nighy's rogue MI6 agents are out for payback. Bloodshed and ninja moves soon follow (obviously!) in what could possibly be described as "Ac...

"D'ya like dags?" CITIZEN FRAME's "Statham September" progresses in style as we look back at Guy Ritchie's crime/comedy SNATCH (2000), where our main man plays Turkish, a dodgy cockney geezer and boxing promoter who finds himself caught up with a gypsy bareknuckle fighter played by Brad Pitt and a diamond heist involving, amongst many others, Benicio Del Toro, a crazy Russian, former footballer Vi...

"To bee or not to bee?"🐝  It may be the retrospective that literally no one asked for, but it's the one everybody needs in their lives, so on CITIZEN FRAME we are therefore very proud to present for your consideration . . . "Statham September", celebrating some of the follically challenged former swimmer-turned-action-hero's finest cinematic moments! Up first, it's THE BEEKEEPER from 2024, where...

On the Lithuanian-Soviet border towards the end of the Second World War, Rhys Ifans and his band of scavenger Nazi collaborators are feeling a little peckish, and a young Hannibal Lecter and his sister Mischa are on the menu, setting in motion a terrible chain of events that will result in the making of a monster.  But before enacting his brutal revenge plan, the now teenaged Hannibal must first p...

"Remarkale boy. I admire your courage. I think I'll eat your heart." The "Tooth Fairy" is back -- and so are Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter after, for some strange reason, someone in Hollywood thought it would be a good idea to remake MANHUNTER. Yep, it's RED DRAGON (2002) up next on CITIZEN FRAME's "Lecter Library", featuring Anthony Hopkins going full-on pantomime villain, Ralph Fiennes wetting...

"Bowels in or bowels out?" CITIZEN FRAME's "Lecter Library" continues with a trip to picturesque Florence, Italy to catch up with the good Dr. Lecter at the opera, while Agent Starling, the greed-consumed Inspector Pazzi and the depraved Mason Verger and his herd of flesh-devouring Sardinian swine are in hot pursuit! Heck, there may even be time to munch on some human brain during a snazzy dinner...

"It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again . . ." On the latest edition of CITIZEN FRAME, we're off to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane with "Multiple" Miggs, Roger Corman and Precious the dog to check in on Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter as he assists the FBI in their pursuit of "Buffalo Bill", a charming gent who just happens to be making himself a...

"If one does what God does enough times, one will become as God is."   "Hannibal Lecter Season" begins on CITIZEN FRAME, and before Anthony Hopkins arrived on the scene with his fava beans and Chianti, it was Michael Mann who first adapted Thomas Harris's work with 1986's MANHUNTER -- a dark, tense and stylish thriller concerning a cat and mouse chase between two deeply disturbed and haunted men,...

"I'm the bad guy? How'd that happen?" We may not be "economically viable" on CITIZEN FRAME, but tune into the latest episode anyway as we delve into FALLING DOWN (1993), directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall, a movie concerning the choices we are left to make after becoming exposed to the big lie that is modern life, more relevant today than ever before.  Bleak...

"Where do I stand for a corner kick?" We're celebrating the recent World Cup on the latest edition of CITIZEN FRAME with a trip to Nazi-occupied France for a look at ESCAPE TO VICTORY (1981), directed by John Huston and starring Sly Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, Pelė, Bobby Moore and a load of other former footballers as the Allies take on the Germans in a match that also doubles as a bi...

"Dead by dawn . . . dead by dawn . . . dead by dawn . . ." Grab your chainsaws, boomsticks and Kandarian daggers as we're covering the newly released EVIL DEAD BURN on the latest edition of CITIZEN FRAME!  A franchise created by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell that is considered by many to be the most consistent of them all, but is this new entry groovy or just some sort of exercise in French extremi...

Be careful what you wish for!  Bear likes Freaky Nikki but she just sees them as good friends, so he then breaks a "One Wish Willow" to win her over, and that's when things quickly take a sinister turn as Nikki turns truly freaky with violence and gore soon following.  OBSESSION is the runaway hit horror movie of 2026, but is it all it's cracked up to be, or just an old story rehashed for the twen...

It's DISCLOSURE DAY on CITIZEN FRAME! On this emergency, bonus episode, podcaster turned celebrity chef Ciaran waxes lyrical about his exquisite new recipe for chicken noodle soup, while Trevor goes deep and heavy on the joys of the humble Pot Noodle and Bono's heartwarming charity work. Incidentally, there's also a review of Steven Spielberg's latest movie, but the other stuff is so much more int...

We're going full-on steampunk with the final installment of CITIZEN FRAME's "When Robots Go Bad Month" via our take on Richard Stanley's HARDWARE from 1990! It's a story concerning a killer AI-enhanced military cyborg on the rampage in a bleak post-apocalyptic New York apartment complex. Graphic violence and gore soon follow. Oh, and Iggy Pop and Lemmy also pop up . . . Enjoy! #RichardStanley Dyla...

On a remote space station, a bizarrely dubbed Mr. Wolf from PULP FICTION builds a giant robot, however, it quickly grows intelligent, going on the rampage in an effort to bump off Spartacus and one of Charlie's Angels . . . CITIZEN FRAME's "When Robots Go Bad Month" continues unabated with a look at the troubled production SATURN 3 (1980), starring Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel! B...

When ROBOCOP meets SHORT CIRCUIT! Up next on CITIZEN FRAME's "When Robots Go Bad Month", we're off to South Africa for a look at CHAPPIE (2015), directed by Neill Blomkamp and starring Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Die Antwoord, Hugh Jackman and Sigourney Weaver. A movie which wrestles with such grand themes as parenthood, consciousness, the existence of the soul, and the God question -- with a load...

"Let's send these f*ckers a Rambo-gram!" When a bunch of 30-year-olds playing 18-year-olds decide to spend the night in a shopping mall for a spot of the old sex and partying, little do they know that some security robots have inexplicably turned evil after being struck by lightning. Decapitations, bloodshed and ropey acting ensue. Yep, it's the 1986 cult classic CHOPPING MALL up next on CITIZEN F...

At CITIZEN FRAME, we are men of simple pleasures. No pretentious "elevated" claptrap with us, oh no! Quite simply not enough killings or explosions for our delicate tastes. Therefore, we are very proud to submit for your consideration "When Robots Attack Month", beginning with the classic 1973 WESTWORLD, written and directed by Michael Crichton and starring Yul Brynner and James Brolin!   Enjoy! #...

"Hey, you guys!!" THE GOONIES is a beloved '80s classic to many, a favourite of an entire generation, inspiring so much of the mainstream entertainment we get today. But is this wacky adventure of truffle shuffles and kids seeking out pirates' treasure while be pursued by a bunch of criminals any good, or is it just an obnoxious mess of annoying brats screaming over each other? More importantly, w...

Boris Karloff may have played the original screen version of the iconic undead Egyptian Mummy in 1932, but since then there have been numerous iterations of the classic movie monster, including the recently released writer/director Lee Cronin version! But what's this new version of THE MUMMY like -- a modern masterpiece or a rotting corpse best left under wraps with tomb for improvement? . . . Joi...