Verdict ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3.1/10 Pigs! (1973) Cast: Toni Lawrence, Marc Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Paul Hickey, Katharine Ross Director: Mark Lawrence Synopsis: Psycho-sexual Horror-Thriller with disappearing bodies, blood-thirsty pigs and a nurse with massive Daddy issues in the mix. Pigs! was unleashed in Detroit on May 23rd,…
“Making Flippy Floppy”….or Lemon-Vanilla Crunch! Summer 2023 has arrived with a bang or a whimper, depending on what side of the fence you stand on. Our nation has lurched from one massive crisis to another, frequently attempting to take a step forward only to be…
Aunt Harriet Does It Again! More determined than ever after a rare disaster in the kitchen, Aunt Harriet has bounced back to top form with a fabulous San Sebastian Cheesecake which we started serving in Islamabad on March 27th, 2023. Now, it’s available to purchase…
Reefer Madness (1936) Cast: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O’Brien, Thelma White, Warren McCollum, Carleton Young Director: Louis J. Gasnier Synopsis: This film started life as a serious slice of Anti Narcotics propaganda, but it’s preposterousness and insanely over-the-top script and hideous overacting…
Taschen’s stunning The Art Of Bollywood includes posters from The Hot Spot’s Poster Collection. The Hot Spot was thrilled to be able to contribute to the stunning publication that was issued on the 1st of March, 2010. A painstakingly curated and brilliantly presented publication up…
“Zibahkhana: Hell’s Ground” screens at The Andy Warhol Museum Zibahkhana: Hell’s Ground (2007), a low-budget, India splatter/slasher film from Pakistan, was screened at the Andy Warhol Museum on the 5th of December in 2008. Arguably the first and only Pakistani film to screen at the…
Crazy Love (1987) Cast: Joss De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas, Gene Bervoets, Amid Chakir Director: Dominique Deruddere Synopsis: A delightful, bitter-sweet, tragic-comical fable – akin to Lynch at his best. Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 8.9/10 This Belgian film based on the works of American author Charles…
Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 8.8/10 Brainiac (1961) El Baron Del Terror Cast: Abel Salazar, Ruben Rojo, Ariadne Welter, Luis Aragon, David Silva, German Robles Director: Chano Urueta Synopsis: Riotous Mexican monster movie makes. Essential. BRAINIAC, AKA EL BARON DEL TERROR (1961) The Incredibly Strange Cinema Club February…
“Making Flippy Floppy”….or Lemon-Vanilla Crunch! The Indian Cricket Team toured Pakistan in 2004, playing a hard-fought Test and One Day series. Both teams had an evening of feasting on dinner, followed by copious amounts of dessert and Ice Cream. Sachin Tendulkar, who runs a restaurant…
Artfest 2002 – Pakistani Cinema Poster Exhibition curated by The Hot Spot. By 2002 The Hot Spot’s first steps into the world wide web had started to make waves. The website was created by Omar Tufail, a Hot Spot customer from Scotland who was a…