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Andrew is a writer, podcaster, editor and civil service goon based in Dublin, Ireland. He has written for The University Observer in UCD, Film Ireland, TheCity.ie and HeadStuff. He is the editor of the HeadStuff Gaming section but spends more time playing games than he does writing about them. With friend and HeadStuff film editor Stephen Porzio he is also the co-creator and co-host of the world's only character actor podcast I Know That Face on the HeadStuff Podcast Network. You can stroke his ego or besmirch his good name on Twitter @Andrew_Carroll0.

Film

Director Profile | The 5 Seminal Films of Horror Master John Carpenter

Andrew Carroll Oct 27, 2017 0

Tobe Hooper. Wes Craven. Sean S. Cunningham. Dario Argento. Horror cinema has many famous directors, auteurs if you want to be posh about it, but few are considered as varied and frightening as John Carpenter. Carpenter has directed…

Gaming

War in a Time of Games: Battlefield 1

Andrew Carroll Oct 26, 2017 0

The First World War is something rarely discussed outside of literature. Games are taking the first steps in representing it in a different medium with the likes of Battlefield 1 giving players a chance to experience the brutality and…

Gaming

Headstuff Gaming | Come Write With Us!

Andrew Carroll Oct 23, 2017 0

No other medium lets you become a lizard-person on a quest to save the world from certain doom. You can’t pick up a book or put in a DVD and instantly assume control of an Italian plumber trying to save the princess of a Mushroom Kingdom.…

Film

From The Babadook to It Follows, Modern Horror Stalks in the Footsteps of The Ring

Andrew Carroll Oct 18, 2017 0

The nuclear family is sacrosanct in cinema. Presented as the most sacred of ideals its protection (and destruction) is often key in horror films. The Ring opens with the nuclear family splintered if not totally broken. Children are left to…

Film

Trying to Make Sense of a Tragedy | Bowling for Columbine at 15

Andrew Carroll Oct 11, 2017 0

It’s been 15 years since Bowling for Columbine was released and 18 years since the Columbine High School Massacre. Twelve students and one teacher died in the shooting perpetrated by Columbine students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Ten…

Film

Boogie Nights Turns 20 | How PT Anderson Brought us the First Family of Porn

Andrew Carroll Oct 10, 2017 0

Mark Wahlberg used to be good. Whatever he’s done after 2000 is what it is, but Wahlberg’s work in the 1990s is untouchable. Three Kings is a fantastic war satire, Good Vibrations is an unassailable totem of 90s pop-rap and then there is…

Film

Saunas, Tattoos and Angry Russians | Eastern Promises Turns 10

Andrew Carroll Sep 14, 2017 0

Russia is more than seventeen million square kilometres in size. It occupies one-eighth of the world’s landmass and is home to some one hundred and forty-four million people, all of whom are presumably terrorists, mobsters, and super…

Film

Film Review | The Villainess Takes South Korean Revenge Stories to a Much Darker Level

Andrew Carroll Sep 12, 2017 0

South Korea is known worldwide for its taboo breaking films. Directors like Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy, Thirst), Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) and Na Hong-jin (The Wailing) often address topics such as superstition, vengeance, and…

Film

Guns, Goons and Carrots? | Shoot Em Up Turns 10 Years Old

Andrew Carroll Sep 7, 2017 0

“Eat your vegetables,” he says before punching a carrot through the back of a nameless goon’s head. That’s basically what Shoot Em Up is. An eighty-four-minute masterclass in how to kill people with bullets and vegetables. In 2007 the world…

Film

Vile, Depraved, Disgusting, Horrific & Tasteless | Shock Horror The Last House on the Left…

Andrew Carroll Aug 30, 2017 0

Vile. Repugnant. Filthy. Depraved. Ugly. Disgusting. Gross. Nasty. Horrific. Tasteless. All of these words and more describe horror maestro Wes Craven’s debut feature The Last House on the Left pretty well. It is a nasty film that has been…

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