The Real Lebowski – Interview with Jeff Dowd

Jeff Dowd

Many out there may be aware that some of cinema’s most iconic characters, like the titular figure from Citizen Kane and Psycho’s Norman Bates, were partially inspired by real-life figures (newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and serial killer Ed Gein, respectively), but sometimes other, equally memorable big screen creations have been sculpted from the personality [...]

Bernard Herrmann: A Lesser Known Legend

bernard hermann

Almost every aspect of Citizen Kane has been lauded, analysed and replicated to the point that it’s almost become a cliché of a film. At the same time the infamous War of The Worlds radio broadcast, and the (no doubt overstated) ensuing widespread panic at impending alien invasion, have become a leading urban legend. While Orson [...]

The Amityville Horror: Jameson Chills 2010

Jameson Cult Film Club

Yesterday HeyUGuys kicked off our Halloween celebrations in style by watching a family fall apart in the home of their dreams. The Union Chapel Islington was the setting for our disquieting entertainment, as once again, Jameson Cult Film Club threw open the creaking double doors for a night of Chills in the Chapel.  The all-star [...]

HeyUGuys IMDb250 Project – Week 21

The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films as ranked by the users of the biggest internet movie site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of the Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie [...]

HeyUGuys at Cannes 2010: Cannes Classics Will Show Hitchcock’s PSYCHO

HeyUGuys at Cannes 2010

Since the announcement of this year’s selected films, the Cannes film festival machine has whirred on, with additions to that line-up and confirmation of some of the Out of Competition activities that attendees can look forward to. One particular highlight is the Cannes Classics programme of films, a selection of restored films and rediscovered lost [...]

Competition: Win an iPod Nano with NBC Universal

iPod Nano Competition

NBC Universal have been kind enough to give us an iPod Nano that one lucky HeyUGuys reader will be able to watch their favourite horror movies on. This Halloween, a whole bunch of them are available at a special price on iTunes! You can watch Shaun of the Dead, Hitchcock’s masterpiece Psycho, Van Helsing and [...]