Genres
Black Friday
Bruce Campbell is back among the dead in this low budget caper that harks back to a golden age of horror daftness…. For every serious horror release in which we use Hereditary as an example, there is the […]
Baby Reindeer
A kind gesture….41,071 emails later…. For the last few days, scanning Social Media for no reason apart from it being a habit, the words “Baby Reindeer!” has been appearing on a regular basis from excited […]
Civil War (2024)
CIVIL WAR (2024) Directed by Alex Garland A tyrannical leader wants to overthrow American democracy, and a highly polarised public is at each other’s throats. Riots and violence are breaking out, and people have lost […]
The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan
Another day, yet another Found Footage horror from 2018, which will have lovers of the genre, smiling at the simplicity on show, but for others, frustrated by the shaky ending….. Its always hard to […]
CUTTER’S WAY (1981)
CUTTER’S WAY (1981) Directed by Ivan Passer On Fun City Edition Blu-Ray from Radiance Films After an evening’s business, gigolo Richard Bone’s car breaks down in a darkened alleyway during torrential rainfall. Whilst contending with […]
You Can’t Kill Stephen King
An eye-catching title that sadly the film itself fails to match….. Thanks to its imaginative title, this slasher from 2012 only came to my attention this weekend and I honestly thought I may have missed […]
THE CAT AND THE CANARY [1927]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 22nd April, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In a decaying mansion overlooking the Hudson River, dying millionaire Cyrus West orders that his last will and […]
FISH STORY (2009)
Now available on Blu-ray from Third Window Films and on Demand Pop culture references can often be a jarring inclusion within a film, particularly when it comes to humour-laden superhero stories, but there’s also an odd […]
THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN (2008)
THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN (2008) Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura After a street photographer captures the last known image of a young woman before her disappearance, he becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to her […]
GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE [2024]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 115 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Three years after defeating Mechagodzilla, Kong has established his territory in the Hollow Earth, while on the surface, Godzilla continues to maintain […]
THE BEASTER BUNNY (2014)
THE BEASTER BUNNY (2014) aka BEASTER DAY: HERE COMES PETER COTTONHELL Written and Directed by The Snygg Brothers Available on Prime Video When a giant bunny starts attacking the residents of a small town of […]
PASSENGER (Series 1) Review
Dead stags….missing teenagers….a spooky forest…..if ITV did Stranger Things….. There is something amiss in the small town of Chadder Vale, a place where nearly everything you know in horror and recent TV shows is […]
You’ll Never Find Me
A claustrophobic, haunting horror from the land of Australia, that will leave a mark once the final credits roll….. The rain lashes down outside as the wind starts to show its power. You sitting […]
It’s a Wonderful Knife
The much loved Frank Capra seasonal classic gets the horror comedy redo, with mixed results…. In an age where THE FINAL GIRLS is still a much loved slasher and the likes of HAPPY DEATH DAY and FREAKY has won the […]