The Hot Spot Ramblings & Rants

From frozen yogurt to film festivals — a not-so-ordinary journal of all things Hot Spot.

Ghost Ship (2002)

The Hot Spot Rating Ghost Ship (2002)Cast: Gabiel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Alex Dimitriades, Isaiah WashingtonDirector: Steve BeckSynopsis: Crew discover a ghostly ocean

Dark Water (2002)

The Hot Spot Rating Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara) (2001)Cast: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami MizukawaDirector: Hideo NakataSynopsis:

Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

The Hot Spot Rating Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)Cast: Sharon Smith, Baird Stafford, C.J. Cooke, Mik CribbenDirector: Romano ScavoliniSynopsis: infamous, grim

Gangs of New York (2002)

The Hot Spot Rating Gangs of New York (2002)Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo Di Caprio, Cameron DiazDirector: Martin ScorseseSynopsis: New York’s meanest streets

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

The Hot Spot Rating Curse Of Frankenstein, The (1957)Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, Robert UrquhartDirector: Terence FisherSynopsis: Superlative Hammer version

Mommie Dearest (1981)

The Hot Spot Rating Mommie Dearest (1981)Starring: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard da SilvaDirector: Frank PerrySynopsis: dishing the dirt on

Magic (1978)

The Hot Spot Rating Magic (1978)Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann Margaret, Burgess MeredithDirector: Richard AttenboroughSynopsis: Yet another turn on the psychotic ventriloquist dummy

2,000 Maniacs (1964)

The Hot Spot Rating 2,000 Maniacs (1964)Starring: Connie Mason, Thomas Wood, Jeffrey Allen, Ben MooreDirector: Herschell Gordon LewisSynopsis: hapless travellers are terrorized

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

The Hot Spot Rating Hills Have Eyes, The (1977)Starring: James Whitworth, Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Michael Berryman, Dee WallaceDirector: Wes CravenSynopsis: Travelling

Dark Experiments

May 19, 2025 No Comments

The Acid Test – July 1995 If you can’t do justice to Vanilla, you might as well pack your bags. As the

Michael Myers drops in to take orders on Halloween

May 18, 2025 No Comments

Halloween has and always will remain our favourite day on the calendar. Forever been obsessed with things that go bump in the

The Hot Spot @ another Foreign Office Fundraiser

May 18, 2025 No Comments

The Hot Spot set up a stall for a second time at a Fundraiser organised by the Foreign Office. This was about

Let the Baked Sugar Cone Era Begin

May 18, 2025 No Comments

The Dawn of The Sugar Cone Era The Hot Spot is delighted to launch The Freshly Baked Sugar Cone as the Monsoon

The Hottest Bogey In Town – The News 1996

May 18, 2025 No Comments

The Hottest Bogey In Town – The News(The ONLY Bogey in town?)

The Hot Spot’s First Birthday

May 18, 2025 No Comments

The Hot Spot Celebrates it’s first birthday on the 17th of August

Voted “Best in Town” by Pulse Magazine

May 18, 2025 No Comments

Pulse Magazine votes The Hot Spot as “The Best in Town” for Ice Cream. We’re chuffed. Thank You. Pulse Magazine Rates The

“A Hole In My Wallet…”Pulse, Islamabad

May 18, 2025 No Comments

The Hot Spot @ LRBT Fundraiser

May 18, 2025 No Comments

The LRBT invited The Hot Spot to participate in their Annual Fundraiser, so we prepared as much ice cream as we could

Rezz Aly Shah’s Guide to 1996

May 18, 2025 No Comments

“The Scream” – The Hot Spot’s Official Newsletter – March 1996

May 18, 2025 No Comments

Well, here we are, six months after launching our project – The Hot Spot, launching another venture – The Hot Spot Newsletter.

The Hot Spot on the Voice of America!

May 18, 2025 No Comments

The Hot Spot is interviewed during the scorching Summer of ’96. They ask us what ice creams are most popular and how