Bubonic Films Rescues & Acquires Rights to Forgotten Pakistani “Dracula” Film The Hot Spot’s subsidiary Bubonic Films acquired the Worldwide Rights to a long-lost and forgotten Pakistani “Dracula” film from 1967. Together with The British Company Mondo Macabro, we set about restoring and re-issuing the…
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The Hot Spot’s Hand-Painted Pakistani Movie Posters Exhibition at The Commonwealth Institute, London. This Poster exhibition was a dream come true, but making it happen was quite the opposite. Transporting dozens of heavy canvas posters from Royal Park to The Commonwealth Institute was easy in…
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Someone With a Sense of Humour at Dawn Ranks The Hot Spot’s Crazy Website as one of Pakistan’s Top 10 The Website was an extension of the Printed Magazine we had started called The Scream. Except it allowed us to express so much more of our…
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Islamabad is hit by a wave of culture and art like never before as very imaginatively named “The Cool Spot” replaces “The Hot Spot”. Islamabad underwent an overnight Cultural Revolution and transformed itself into a hub of artistic activity like never witnessed before. Artists, Musicians,…
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The Chai Shoppe @ The Hot Spot Over the years, the F7 Gol Market area had gained a reputation as being cursed among Islamabad’s property dealer community. In the 1980s, a prominent, well-connected family started Islamabad’s attempt at “Fine Dining” with an upmarket restaurant designed…
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Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 8.2/10 At The Incredibly Strange Cinema Club for Halloween, 1999 Blair Witch Project, The (1999) Cast: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Micheal Williams Directors: Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick Synopsis: Low-budget shocker. Innovative, different, a breath of fresh air! “it creeps up on you”,…
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Movies For A Cause Edhi’s Animal Welfare The Hot Spot’s Movie screenings had collected small amounts over the months, and once in a while, we dropped by their main Edhi Welfare Centre office in Islamabad to donate the collected funds. The money was specially earmarked…
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Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 2.9/10 Exorcist 2: The Heretic (1977) Cast: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher Director: John Boorman Synopsis: Heady mix of imagery, diabolical demonic dabblings, locusts, and Richard Button chewing up the scenery in one of the most despised films ever produced. “an absolute fiasco…
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Verdict ★★★★★★★★★★ 4/10 Mother’s Day (1980) Cast: Tiana Pierce, Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Tiana Pierce, Holden McGuire, Martin McCleery, Beatrice Pons Director: Charles Kaufman Synopsis: Splattery, demented misogynistic, gleeful splatter fare. Good, violent 80s splatter indie shocker “a clever and unjustly maligned splatter movie” Splatter…
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The Litre Pack, drawn by Sara Khan, is launched One step at a time… “The Old” by Sara Khan “The New” – by Sara Khan