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We've been chatting to Richard Kiel who played metal mouthed megavillain Jaws opposite James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. We wanted to know what kind of movies he likes to watch. We were a little surprised by the answer:

"I’m a pussycat in real life. I’m married to a 5-foot, one-inch woman and we have four children and four grandchildren, so I hate to say it but I like chick flicks."

Why the hell not.

Check out the full interview with Richard in issue 123 of DVD & Blu-ray Review, in shops 13 November...

We interviewed horror writer/director Clive Barker recently - a fascinating and verbose man. We'll be publishing the interview along with our preview of all the best horror movies of the upcoming 12 months in the next issue of DVD & Blu-ray Review (in the shops 16 October) but we couldn't fit in everything he said so here's a little anecdote he told us about how he first got into horror movies as a young lad:

"There used to be a route home that I used to walk from school with my friend Norman Jones. On Thursdays Norman and I would make sure we took a little bit of a dogsleg to walk past the place where the posters would be put up - the one-sheets would be put up because the films got changed on a Friday. There used to be a theatre called the Jacey -  a porn cinema essentially: porn one week, art movies the second week, horror movies the third week and then back to porn again. Norman was bigger than I was. He was not only taller but he was tubbier and he got a beard quicker than I did - I didn’t grow a beard or anything even resembling a moustache until I was in my early 20s, it was a real embarrassment, whereas Norman was a werewolf at the age of 15. I would shove hankies in my shoes to give myself some extra height, I would wear my godfather’s captain’s coat which again gave me some bulk and Norman would front the purchase. I would hang in the shadows. You know we were 14, 15 year olds and we were going to see movies for 18 year olds and over. I saw pictures there that became the cornerstones of my experience of horror. I also saw a lot of shit."

So I took last week off work and spent much of it watching films - mostly stuff I really ought to have seen but haven't. Here's a quick round up:

Sunset Boulevard

Gorgeous. I can't believe I hadn't seen this. The kind of film you want to watch immediately over again as soon as it finishes. Gloria Swanson is marvelous.

Rocky

Yeah, it's good. Yeah Sly is good in it. But I didn't get all emotional about this film in the way that some people do. Maybe I'm too old. But it's not better than Taxi Driver.

Inside

Revolting, excellent. Doesn't make a great deal of sense, another annoying example of incompetent police work but Beatrice Dalle is scary as hell and there are some really ace moments of grim.

Suspiria

Brilliant opening, very tense but also seriously camp and a bit like an 80s Euro pop video.

Harold and Maude

I loved this like a first child. Funny, intelligent, very touching, plausible, great script, sad at times - an absolute gem.

Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan

I had actually seen this but not since I was small. Enjoyed it much more than I expected to, really entertaining in a way that I'd forgotten Star Trek could be.

Night Of The Hunter

Robert Mitchum is seriously scary as the deviant preacher with LOVE and HATE tattooed across his knuckles. Excellent, very tense and very creepy with a lot to say about money, violence, corruption and morality. Great stuff.

Seen 'em? Thoughts? Share them with us....