Set in a dusty post-apocalyptic world, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s debut feature (16 October) follows the misadventures of a former circus clown as.” We probably don’t need to synopsise (9 October) so we’ll stick to noting that this 50th anniversary release includes new restorations of both the theatrical cut and 2000’s Extended Director’s Cut (essentially 2010’s spider-walk-restoring The Version You’ve Never Seen, with a few tweaks). We said: “One of the most important horror films of all time.” Based on a Ray Bradbury treatment, Jack Arnold’s (out now) is a ’50s b-movie with a touch of class. A scientist is dismissed when he tries to convince people that a falling “meteor” was really a spacecraft. Soon shapeshifting aliens are taking the form of the locals… We said: “Ominously atmospheric… Sometimes blessed with a strange lyricism.” Finally, one of the better entries in the slasher franchise, 1998’s (out now) brought Jamie Lee Curtis back after a 17-year absence, with Laurie Strode working at a boarding school after faking her own death. Cue Michael… We said: “A genuinely worthy sequel… a terrifically entertaining, genuinely scary horror movie.”
