Thursday, October 27, 2016

A Cinematic History of Horror for Hallowe'en On Roku - DAY 27: Hauntings, Vampires & Blair Witch! (1999-2002)





Welcome back, Boils & Ghouls...



... to 'Day Twenty-Seven' of "A Cinematic History of Horror for Hallowe'en On Roku" in which I'll bring you my next batch of fright flicks from the enormous back-catalogue of macabre movies that have been thrilling cinema-goers for more than a century and can now be streamed to your television sets via the magic of Roku player - so, let's dim down those lights... and get on with the frights! :-O


If you read my special hallowe'en blogathon preview - FOUND HERE - which I published at the end of September, then you'll know that I plan to post one Hallowe'en / Horror related article each day, throughout the month of October, and to feature one horror movie per year from cinematic history, starting in 1895 and ending in 2016. This should average out at about four films per day, so you'll have plenty of choice for your macabre movie viewing as we count down the days to Hallowe'en! ;-)


To get things started, in the first week of this blogathon, we went all the way back to the end of the 19th century for some of the earliest horror cinema ever recorded. The movies on day one were from 1895 - 1898 (inclusive) and featured beheadings, vampires, skeletons and nightmarish dreams. For my second article on day two of this series, I shared four films (one for each year) from 1899 - 1902 (inclusive) and those featured ghostly apparitions, aliens and selenites, plus a visit from the devil to a convent. In my next post on day three, I shared four films (again, one for each year) from 1903 - 1906 (inclusive) and those featured impish devils, demons and ghost brides, plus a man who practices entomology being pinned to a cork like an insect. For my fourth article on day four in this series of posts, I shared four more films (one for each year) from 1907 - 1910 (inclusive) which featured evil spectres, haunted houses, plus the first filmed version of the story of Frankenstein's monster. Following that post, on day five, I shared four films (again, one per year) from 1911 - 1914 (inclusive) and those were all based on works of literature by either Dante Alighieri, Robert Louis Stevenson or Edgar Allan Poe. Next up, on day six, four more films were shared (one for each year) from 1915 - 1918 (inclusive) and those included one about a spooky portrait, another about the victim of a kidnapping, plus a Faustian tale told from a female perspective and another about an artificial creature produced by a mad scientist. For my next post, on day seven, I (again) shared four more films (one for each year) from 1919 - 1922 (inclusive) and those featured an epic account of the horrors of war, plus tales of vampires and phantom carriages, as well as a hypnotist who used a somnambulist to commit acts of murder!


To kick-off the second week of my month-long blogathon, on day eight of this series, I shared another four films (again, one per year) from 1923 - 1926 (inclusive) and those included tales of hunchbacks, phantoms, and a pact with the devil plus a pianist whose hands were replaced by those of a murderer (following a train accident) after which he discovered they had a will of their own! Then for my next post, on day nine, I shared four films (one for each year) from 1927 - 1930 (inclusive) and those included a truly stunning "mood piece" based on the work of Edgar Allen Poe, along with the story of a master criminal who terrorized the occupants of an isolated country mansion, plus the creepiest, spookiest, mystery melodrama ever produced, with an early animated horror short thrown in for good measure. After that, on day ten, I shared four more films (again, one for each year) from 1931 - 1934 (inclusive) and those told various tales of terror, including: two American honeymooners trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest, a colossal gorilla hitting the heights in New York with a movie starlet, a tale of love between a siren, a giant and a dwarf from a circus sideshow, plus the story of the strangest passion the world has ever known! Following on from there, on day eleven, I shared four more films (one per year, as before) from 1935 - 1938 (inclusive) and those featured the story of an escaped convict who used miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those that framed him, more tales of the horrors of war, and a Chinese ghost story (of sorts) plus the film which, when first released, was billed as the super shocker of the twentieth century! In the subsequent post, which I made on day twelve, four more films were shared (one per year) from 1939 - 1942 (inclusive) featuring strange creatures such as Werewolves, Cat People and The Hound of the Baskervilles, as well as some light-hearted comic relief (of the horror variety) courtesy of Bob Hope! Yesterday... the four films that I shared, on day thirteen, were from 1943 - 1946 (inclusive) and there was (again) one film per year - as there has been for each of my previous posts from this series. That batch of macabre movies included films about ghosts, zombies, and severed hands, plus what is widely believed to be the forerunner of all the horror anthology films that would follow it - a British film, from Ealing Studios! Yesterday, on day fourteen, I shared four more films spanning the years from 1947 to 1950 (inclusive) with one movie per year (as previously) Those included faceless killers, hidden secrets and a tale of human avarice, plus further light-hearted comedy (of the 'tongue-in-cheek' horror variety) courtesy of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello!


Then, as we entered week three of this month-long blogathon... on day fifteen, I shared another four films (again, one for each year) from 1951 - 1954 (inclusive) and those featured a dinosaur-like beast out to destroy the world, an artist (out for revenge) who created wax sculptures from human cadavers, a woman who visited her local shaman and was turned into a white reindeer vampire, plus... the tale of the thing that turns your blood ice-cold, as it creeps and crawls, then strikes without warning! For my next post, on day sixteen, I shared four more (one film per year) from 1955 - 1958 (inclusive) and those included the tale of of a sadistic boarding school headmaster whose wife & mistress plotted to kill him, another about a doctor with a demonic curse put upon him by a devil cult leader, and one from Hammer Films involving Count Dracula, plus the extraordinary tale of the most awesome fate that ever happened to earth people... with the invasion of the body snatchers from another world! For the next post, on day seventeen, I shared another four films (one for each year) from 1959 - 1962 (inclusive) and those featured a "Haunted House" party where the guests had to spend their night with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors, and; the tale of a woman, caught in a storm while driving, who got off the highway and pulled into a remote motel managed by a quiet young man who seemed to be dominated by his mother, and; another based on a ghost story written by Henry James, wherein a woman experiencing apparitions had to confront the evil spirits & exorcise the demons head onplus one more story... "so unusual, it will burn itself into your mind"! After that, on day eighteen, I shared four more films (again, one per year) from 1963 - 1966 (inclusive) and those included tales of ravens, repulsion, The Red Death and a Gothic horror from Mario Bava! Following on from there... for my next post, on day nineteen, I shared four films (one for each year) from 1967 - 1970 (inclusive) which featured a tale about a group of people beset by flesh-eating zombies, as well as the second part of the "Coffin Joe" trilogy - featuring more possessed corpses and sadistic practices, and another about a demented cremator who enjoys reading the Tibetan book of the dead, plus a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world! The next post in this series, on day twenty, featured four more films (one per year) from 1971 - 1974 (inclusive) and those included a film which is widely considered to be the "grandfather" of the modern slasher, as well as a mystery surrounding a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town, and the story of a teenage girl possessed by a mysterious entity, whose mother sought the help of two priests in order to save her, plus the tale of some youngsters who had the misfortune to meet a family of cannibalistic psychopaths! After that... on day twenty-one, came four more films (again, one for each year) from 1975 - 1978 (inclusive) and those included the tale of a high school senior who unleashed the full extent of her telekinetic powers on the classmates that humiliated her, as well as an account of a series of grisly murders at a ballet academy involving a coven of witches, and the tale of a psycho-killer who, having been in a mental hospital for 15 years (after stabbing his sister to death), broke-out and returned to his home town, just in time for Halloween... plus a story about a Great White shark, menacing the small community of Amity Island, which attacked people as they enjoyed the water at the beach!


As we began week four of this month-long blogathon, on day twenty-two, I shared four more films (one for each year) from 1979 - 1982 (inclusive) and those included stories of mysterious alien life-forms, and evil spirits causing mid-winter havoc for the caretaker-manager & his family in an isolated hotel, as well as five friends who must fight for their lives when flesh-possessing demons are unleashed upon them, as they vacation in a remote cabin, plus the crew of an isolated U.S. research station in Antarctica, who must endure the ultimate in alien terror! After that, on day twenty-three, I shared another four films with you (again, one per year) from 1983-1986 (inclusive). Those included tales of a sleazy cable-TV programmer who began to see his life spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquired a new kind of programming for his station, as well as a group of friends being hunted by a serial killer murdering victims in their dreams, and a dedicated student at a medical college who became involved in bizarre experiments to re-animate dead tissue when an odd new student arrived on campus, plus the story of a brilliant but eccentric scientist who began to transform into a man / fly hybrid after one of his experiments took an unexpected turn! Following on from there, on day twenty-four, I shared four more films with you (one for each year) from 1987-1990 (inclusive). Those featured a strange puzzle box that (once unlocked) let loose some sadomasochistic creatures which took great pleasure in ensnaring human victims to toy with, as well as some special sunglasses which enabled the wearer to see the world as it really was (including how some people were, in fact, aliens) and that there was a grand scheme to keep humans subdued, and another story about a bizarre character with an insane compulsion to stick pieces of scrap metal into his body and the bodies of those who had wronged him, plus the tale of a best-selling novelist who was rescued from a car crash only to be held captive and abused by his "number one fan" who became even more unhinged on discovering the heroine in those novels had been killed-off by the author! The next batch of four films, on day twenty-five, included one film per year from 1991 - 1994 (inclusive) and those featured stories of a young F.B.I. cadet who confided in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help in catching another serial killer, a vampire from eastern Europe who came to England and began a reign of seduction and terror, as well as a mysterious device (designed to provide its owner with eternal life) which resurfaced after four hundred years... leaving a trail of destruction in its path, plus a "Cemetery Man" who had to kill the dead for a second time, when his graveyard was overrun by zombies! For my next post in this month-long series, on day twenty-six, I shared four more films (again, one for each year) from 1995 - 1998 (inclusive). These included the story of two detectives, one a rookie and the other a veteran, who were hunting a serial killer that used the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi, and a teenage girl who, one year after the murder of her mother, was then terrorised (along with her friends) by a new killer, using horror films as part of his deadly game, as well as six strangers who were involuntarily placed in an endless Kafka-esque maze of deadly traps, plus a tale involving the ghost of a seer's daughter, herself ruthlessly murdered by her psychic father, who inexplicably killed all those that watch a mysterious video tape, unless they broke the curse before seven days had passed! All of which brings us rather nicely to this post, in which I plan to share four more films with you (again, one for each year) from 1999 - 2002 (inclusive). These are set to include a psychological "found footage" thriller about three film students who visit the Black Hills in Maryland to make a documentary about a local legend, and a film which focuses on the difficult relationship between the director and the lead actor in a well-known silent era vampire film, as well as the tale of a woman and two children living in a haunted mansion in the Channel Islands, plus the story of how some scientific research led to a viral outbreak, which left the surrounding area inhabited by a horde of zombie-like humans causing mass carnage and horror everyhwere!




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Our first movie today... is a feature-length film from the USA, that was co-directed by Daniel Myrick with Eduardo Sánchez, and first released in 1999 under the title of "The Blair Witch Project"... while based on an original screenplay, which was also written by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. This "found footage" psychological thriller tells the tale of three film students: Heather Donahue; Joshua "Josh" Leonard, and; Michael "Mike" Williams, who travelled to the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland with the intention of filming a documentary about local legend - the Blair Witch. The three disappeared, but their video and sound equipment (together with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later and used to form the basis for this movie. Over the course of several days, the students interviewed townspeople and gathered clues to support the tale's veracity. But the project took a frightening turn when they lost their way in the woods and began hearing horrific noises!





Heather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project (1999)
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The Blair Witch Project (1999) [USA Movie Poster]
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The Blair Witch Project (1999) [USA Teaser Poster]
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The Blair Witch Project (1999) [British Teaser Poster]
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The Blair Witch Project (1999) [British Quad Poster]
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In terms of FREE-TO-STREAM sources for this movie, the only thing I could come up with was an alternative "motion-stabilised" version of the film which was uploaded to 'Vimeo' by the people who run the 'Greatest Hits' website. It's the complete film [RUN TIME: 1h 21m 24s] so, you'll get to enjoy the movie in it's entirety... just, in a (slightly) different form than the original film was released. Since it's free, to stream this video via the 'Vimeo' channel on Roku devices, it won't cost you anything to watch this version... and, if it's not for you, there's always the original (paid) version to fall back on!


Fortunately for us, there is (currently) a discounted rental offer from 'Google Play Movies & TV', who are offering "The Blair Witch Project" in 'SD' for just £0.99 (yes, that's ninety-nine pence) which saves you £1.50 versus renting from 'Amazon Video UK' or 'Wuaki.TV UK' and (at least) £2.50 versus renting the film through 'Sky Store' - although, the situation is different for those who are considering a "buy & keep" purchase... where 'Amazon Video UK' has the lowest price (£4.99) which is the same for either 'SD' or 'HD' versions. Some of you may prefer to pay the extra quid to get the DVD of "The Blair Witch Project" thrown in for £5.99 from 'Sky Store', which I feel is the best deal overall, but... in terms of actually buying the movie (rather than simply renting it) you'll find that the price from 'Google Play Movies & TV' goes from the lowest (when renting) to the highest at £7.99 (when buying) and you'll pay the same high price to buy it from 'Wuaki.TV UK' - so, as far as I'm concerned, it's 'Sky Store' (if you want the DVD, too) or 'Amazon Video UK' (if you don't) for those looking to buy this film... and 'Google Play Movies & TV' for those after the cheapest rental deal! ;-)







GOOGLE PLAY STORE LINK:- The Blair Witch Project (1999) [via Google Play Movies & TV]




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Our next movie today is a multi-national collaboration between the UK, the USA and Luxembourg... which resulted in a feature-length film, directed by E. Elias Merhige. Released in 2000, under the original title, "Shadow of the Vampire", this horror drama falls into the category of "films about the movies" or, more specifically, the filming of Nosferatu (1922)... which, as this movie will attest, was largely hampered by the fact that it's star, Max Schreck, took the role of vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible! The original 1922 film production dealt with many upsets (some crew members disappeared, others even died). This movie, from 2000, focuses on the difficult relationship between the director,  F. W. Murnau (John Malkovich), and lead actor, Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe), while other players in this this costume horror (if I may refer to it as such) include Eddie Izzard in the role of Gustav von Wangenheim, and Catherine McCormack as Greta Schröder. The end result is a film which is at once a black comedy, a horror movie, and a biting sendup of the business and art of movie-making. All of this it does very well... although not (necessarily) during the same scene! ;-)






Willem Dafoe as Count Orlock in Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000) [USA Movie Poster]
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000) [Spanish Poster]
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000) [Polish Poster]
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000) [British Quad Poster]
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Unfortunately, as with some of the other films shared recently, I was unable to find a decent copy of "Shadow of the Vampire" that was free-to-stream and also compatible with the requirements for playback on Roku devices. Again, there were rough copies out there... either with reduced aspect ratios, heavily cropped images, or shrunk to less than one quarter screen-size. Others had foreign language audio dubs and/or subtitles... plus there were a few whose sound and/or picture quality was sub-par. Feel free to do your own search for those, if you so wish. For my part, I advise going with the one option I did find for "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000) on Roku... namely, 'Amazon Video'! :-)






If you have yet to install this Roku channel, you will find it under "Film & TV" in the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store that is built-in to your Roku streaming media player(s). Those of you who are Amazon Prime members are out of luck once more, however, as there is no option whereby you can watch this film for free via your Amazon Prime membership. Your only choices are to rent the video from Amazon Video UK for £3.49 (SD)... or, if you prefer, you can buy it outright at a cost of £11.99 (again, for an 'SD' version). Whichever you decide on, it can either be watched via the Amazon Video channel on your Roku... or, any other compatible device you may own. Confirmation of these options, taken from the Amazon UK website, is provided (below) and there's a link beneath the screenshot image which will take you directly to the webpage from where you can rent or buy this film:-





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AMAZON UK WEBSITE LINK:- Shadow of the Vampire (2000) [via Amazon Video UK]




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Our third film today is another international collaboration... but, this time, between the USA, Spain, France and Italy - which resulted in a feature-length movie, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, and first released in 2001 under the title of "The Others". Based on an original screenplay, written by the director of the film, this horror thriller tells the story of Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) who retires with her two children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), to a mansion on Jersey. It's set in time, close to the end of the Second World War, and she's waiting for her husband to return from battle. Her children have a disease which means they can't be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They live alone there... with oppressive, strange and almost religious rules, until she needs to hire a group of servants for them. Upon their arrival, those rules start to get broken, with unexpected consequences, while Grace becomes convinced that her family home is haunted!






Alakina Mann in The Others (2001)
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The Others (2001) [USA Movie Poster]
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The Others (2001) [Spanish Poster]
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The Others (2001) [French Poster]
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The Others (2001) [British Quad Poster]



Just like "Shadow of the Vampire" above, I was unable to find a decent copy of "The Others" that was free-to-stream and also compatible with the requirements for playback on Roku devices. Again, there were rough copies out there... either with reduced aspect ratios, heavily cropped images, or shrunk to less than one quarter screen-size - never mind those which had foreign language audio dubs and/or subtitles... plus others, whose sound and/or picture quality left a lot to be desired. Feel free to do your own search for those, if you so wish. What I did discover, however, is that "The Others" is available for any UK Roku owners with a subscription to 'Netflix UK'... so, if that's you, then you're in luck! Surprisingly, despite (already) covering over one hundred films in my cinematic history of horror, this is only the second movie for which the primary streaming source available has been 'Netflix'... which, like I said yesterday, may (or, may not) say something about the value and/or worth of the service to hardcore horror fans in the UK. Nevertheless, they did manage to come up trumps again on this one! ;-) :-)






If you have yet to install this Roku channel, you will find it under "Film & TV" in the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store that is built-in to your Roku streaming media player(s). For those of you who have never subscribed to 'Netflix UK', this film may be the ideal excuse for you to take advantage of their ONE-MONTH FREE TRIAL and see what else the streaming service has to offer. Don't forget that, as long as you cancel before the end of your trial period, you will not be charged... so, with the dark nights closing in, it could be the perfect opportunity to spend a month binge-watching, say "House of Cards" for example, and get to watch this intelligent, subtle, yet genuinely creepy film by Alejandro Amenábar for free, while you're at it!?! To make life easier, I'm providing a link to the movie (below) so UK Roku users can find the film more readily. Those who already subscribe to 'Netflix UK' can go ahead and add it to their watchlist from there... while anyone wanting to start a free trial can sign-up just as easily from this page as any other on the 'Netflix UK' website - so, every one's a winner! ;-)



NETFLIX UK LINK:- The Others (2001) [IMDB Rating: 7.6]



The next best alternative, if you'd rather not go down the 'Netflix' route (e.g. if you're ineligible for the free trial, or don't have a current subscription already) is to watch it via 'Amazon Video UK' who are offering rentals of "The Others" (2001) for £2.49 (SD) and £3.49 (HD)... or, if you prefer, you can buy it outright at a cost of £4.99 (SD) or £5.99 (HD). Just like "Shadow of the Vampire" above, whichever you decide on, it can either be watched via the Amazon Video channel on your Roku... or, via any other compatible device you may happen to own. Confirmation of these options, taken from the Amazon UK website, is provided below and (as before) there's also a link beneath the screenshot image which will take you directly to the webpage from where you can rent or buy this film:-





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AMAZON UK WEBSITE LINK:- The Others (2001) [via Amazon Video UK]




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Anyway, our last film for today is a feature-length film from the UK, directed by Danny Boyle, and first released in 2002 under the title of "28 Days Later"... while based on an original story written by Alex Garland. The film begins when some animal activists invade a laboratory intent on releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation. A scientist catches them in the act and informs them that these chimps are all infected by a virus that causes rage. However, despite the pleas of the scientist to keep the cages locked, the activists continue to set the chimps free with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, our protagonist, Jim (Cillian Murphy), wakes up from a coma, alone, in an abandoned hospital. He begins to seek out anyone else but finds London is now deserted, apparently without a living soul. After finding a church, which had become inhabited by zombie like humans intent on his demise, he runs for his life. Selena (Naomie Harris) and Mark (Noah Huntley) rescue him from the horde and tell him of the mass carnage and horror as all of London tore itself apart!





Naomie Harris and Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later (2002)
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28 Days Later (2002) [British Quad Poster]
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28 Days Later (2002) [Storyboard Collage Poster]
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28 Days Later (2002) [Contemporary Poster by Dan Mumford]
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28 Days Later... (2002) [USA Movie Poster]
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As with "The Blair Witch Project" above, in terms of FREE-TO-STREAM sources for this movie, the only thing I could come up with was an alternative (slightly) shorter version of the film which was uploaded to 'YouTube' and clocks-in at just over an hour and a half [RUN TIME: 1h 34m 41s], compared to the original (uncut) film [RUN TIME: 1h 53m] but, it won't cost you anything to watch this version... and, if it's not for you, there's always the full original (paid) version to fall back on!



As far as I know, the only place you can watch the full movie for free (albeit via subscription) on UK Roku devices is 'NowTV'. Those in other regions may have different sources available to them but, at the time of writing, this was the only option for UK users of Roku streaming media players. So, for those with a current 'Sky Cinema' pass from NowTV (formerly, NowTV Movies Month Pass), you will find that Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later" is available via the "Movies" section of the 'NowTV' channel for UK Roku devices. The good news is... if you have not previously subscribed to the NowTV movies pass (in either of it's guises), you could (effectively) watch this movie without incurring any charges, thanks to the FREE 14-DAY TRIAL from NowTV for new subscribers. That being the case, look out for this 'NowTV' channel icon in the "Official" Roku UK Channel Store via the "Featured", "Most Popular" or "Film & TV" genres (i.e. categories) and add it to your device:-








As mentioned previously, you can also take advantage of the Roku "Search" function to find and then install the 'NowTV' channel on your Roku streaming media player. It is FREE-TO-ADD to all UK Roku devices, and the range of no-contract monthly passes for movies, entertainment, sports and kids' programming means there's plenty of flexibility over what you pay for as well as lots of great content to be had whenever you find the free content on other channels is not quite cutting the mustard, so-to-speak, when it comes to newer releases and such like. Not forgetting, of course, there's plenty of good Halloween movies to be had like this horror from Danny Boyle which was much-beloved by critics and is another worthy addition to this cinematic history of horror which can be streamed on Roku! ;-)


Speaking of which... if you'd like additional information on "28 Days Later", you'll find more details - as well as the option to watch it via web browser, by visiting the 'NowTV' website via this link:-



NOWTV LINK:- 28 Days Later (2002) [IMDB Rating: 7.6]




If, for whatever reason, you'd rather not get a 'Sky Cinema' movies month pass for 'NowTV' (or else, a free trial, where applicable) the next cheapest option is to rent it via 'Google Play Movies & TV', who are offering rentals of "28 Days Later" (2002) for £1.49 (SD)... or, if you prefer, you can buy it outright at a cost of £3.99 (HD). Whichever you decide upon, it can either be watched through the 'Google Play Movies & TV' channel on Roku... or, any other compatible device you happen to own.




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Anyhow, that's all I've got time for today... but do remember to come back again tomorrow, for more macabre movies from the history of horror cinema, when I serve-up another batch of four films on 'Day Twenty-Eight' of "A Cinematic History of Horror for Hallowe'en On Roku" right here on this blog. Meanwhile... please be sure to visit the Countdown To Hallowe'en website and show your support for this annual online Hallowe'en extravaganza... PLUS don't forget to use the links you find there and check out all the other 'Cryptkeepers' taking part this year. I know they'll appreciate it if you visit their blogs & share your thoughts on the contribution(s) they've made.



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BEFORE I GO: Don't forget that, aside from all the Hallowe'en / Horror-themed ghastliness going on around these parts for the next month, you can always keep up with all the UK Roku action (as it happens) by following the companion Twitter Feed: @ukrokuchannels where you will find up-to-the-minute info on all things Roku is posted on a daily basis (well, almost).



Until the next time, then...



That's all folks !!





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