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Thursday, 31 January 2013

Review : The Collection (2012)

 Director: Marcus Dunstan Writers: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan, and 2 more credits � Stars: Josh Stewart, ...

Horror Hotel Cinema - Resident Evil - The Game (1996)

Remember those halcyon days of the late nineties, when survival horror was a real force to be reckoned with?  Titles like SILENT HILL, RESIDENT EVIL and FATAL FRAME topped the charts and injected some much needed terror into our home-consoles, and our fave genre found itself...

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Paris c. 1900 in Color!

Amazing. Although some of these photos may look modern-day, they are actually photographs taken in the beginning of the 20th century that have been colored.All the images shown below were taken using Autochrome Lumi�re technology. It's an early color photography process, patented...

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Review : Silent Hill - Revelation (2012)

Director: Michael J. Bassett Writer: Michael J. BassettStars:Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington and Sean BeanWhen her father disappears, Heather Mason is drawn into a strange and terrifying alternate reality that holds answers to the horrific nightmares that have plagued...

Sunday, 20 January 2013

Hot off the Press Giveaway!!

I'm so proud of my dear friend, Claudia Strasser (The Paris Apartment). She never ceases to amaze me. She has just released her second book  titled, Paris Flea Market Style.Claudia tours you through the Paris flea markets with her wealth of knowledge. She even shares some of...

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

New Arrivals at Paris Hotel Boutique!

Just in...over 40 new arrivals! Everything from Art Nouveau jewelry to hotel silver.      Click here to shop our new arrivals...images: Kassie Borreson, Haus Frau Fotografie                       ...

Monday, 14 January 2013

Happy Monday + Heads Up!

Tomorrow is new arrival day! There's something for everyone! I'm thrilled to say thatI'm offering a special Art Nouveau collection.My great uncle Sanford and his wife Helen were avid collectors of Art Nouveau, William Morris (the founder of the Arts & Crafts movement), rare books...

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Gasp!!

When I stumbled upon the above photo on Pinterest, I nearly fell out of my seat. This is the Fox  Theatre that once existed on Market Street in San Francisco.The Fox Theatre was a 4,651 seat movie palace. Can you imagine? A movie palace.Diamond Horseshoe Promenade, oh my...Note...

Monday, 7 January 2013

Review : HITCHCOCK (2012)

As NORTH BY NORTHWEST opens to great acclaim, an ageing Alfred Hitchcock begins to suspect he may be losing his touch. In his clamour for inspiration and something truly challenging, he comes across a little-known horror novel about a boy and his mother...a novel called PSYCHO......

Yes, We Buy Estates!

Hope 2013 is off to a great start for you!Over the years many of you have asked where we get our merchandise. Everywhere from estate sales and flea markets to antique shows and travel, always on the hunt. One of the sources is from referrals and private estates. My two recent acquisitions...

Sunday, 6 January 2013

Horror Hotel Cinema : LOVERCRAFT - FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN (2008)

First excursion of the year into the HHC, kids, and it's something of a treat for the more literary minded among you.Few horror fans will be unfamiliar with Lovecrafts work...whether they read horror fiction, or not. His influence can be felt in many dark corners of our genre, from...

Horror Hotel Management - Worst Horror of 2012

Having just compiled my list of this years most memorable and enjoyable genre experiences, it is, and I say this with no pleasure, time to revisit the films that worked real hard at making horror look every bit as inept and vacuous as much of the mainstream audience imagine it to...

Saturday, 5 January 2013

Horror Hotel Managements 'The Best Horror of 2012'

First off, apologies to all my readers for my absence over the festive season. I assure you its not been due to the consumption of vast amounts of alcohol, although that may have played some part in the Hotels recent conspicuous lack of activity. Rather, I've been working on my own...