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Sci-Fi
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I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE [1958]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION B AUSTRALIA], DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 78 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In an American small town, it’s the evening before Bill Fowler is due to marry Marge. He […]
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THE FEARWAY (2023)
THE FEARWAY (2023) Directed by Robert Gajic Soon-to-be-married couple Sarah and Michael are on their way to visit her dying father when they find themselves being chased by a mysterious man in a black muscle […]
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PLANET OF THE APES SERIES #5: BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES [1973]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNING TIME: 93 mins / 83 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s the early 21st century and a global nuclear war has destroyed human civilisation, leaving apes as […]
Fantasy
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER [2022]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 192 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera It’s been a decade since the Na’vi repelled the human invasion of Pandora, and Jake Sully now lives as chief of the Omaticaya […]
Animation
MAD GOD (2021)
MAD GOD (2021) Written and Directed by Phil Tippett Available on digital, DVD and Blu-Ray The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors […]
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THE WITCH: PART 2 [2022]
AKA MANYEO 2, THE WITCH PART 2: THE OTHER ONE KOREA AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS: NOW, from SIGNATURE ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 137 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Years ago, a teenage girl is abducted when […]
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ROBOTRIX [1991]
AKA NU JAI ZIE REN HONG KONG RUNNING TIME: 101 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Mad scientist Ryuichi Sakamoto is unhappy that an oil sheik won’t let him into the Enter The Future World robot […]
Drama
EXPIRED (2022) aka LOVELAND
EXPIRED (2022) Written and Directed by Ivan Sen Features Hardcoded English Subtitles On UK digital platforms from 7th November 2022 Set in a city made for machines, frustrated assassin Jack (Ryan Kwanten) struggles with his […]
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MANIACAL MAYHEM [1936, 1940, 1951]
MANIACAL MAYHEM [THE INVISIBLE RAY, BLACK FRIDAY, THE STRANGE DOOR] AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 17TH SEPTEMBER, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Eureka bring us more ‘B’ fun with Boris Karloff – or should that be just KARLOFF as […]
Fantasy
VESPER (2022) [Grimmfest 2022 Review]
VESPER (2022) Directed by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper Screened at Grimmfest 2022 Vesper is in cinemas and on demand 21st October 2022 VESPER is set in a future ravaged by man-made viruses and organisms […]
Comedy
PUSSYCAKE (2021) aka EMESIS [Grimmfest 2022 Review]
PUSSYCAKE (2021) aka EMESIS Spanish Language with English Subtitles Screened at Grimmfest 2022 Girl rock band PussyCake turn up to their gig at an all-night rock club to find the bar shut and neighbourhood deserted. […]
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THE PASSENGER aka LA PASAJERA (2021) – [Grimmfest 2022 Review]
THE PASSENGER (2021) aka LA PASAJERA Directed by Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez Spanish Language with English Subtitles Screened at Grimmfest 2022 A group travelling in a camper van find themselves fighting for their […]
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DON’T WORRY DARLING [2022]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 122 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera At the idyllic 1950’s company town of Victory, California, the men go to work at Victory Headquarters out in the surrounding desert, while […]
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PLANET OF THE APES SERIES #4: CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [1972]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL, “Unrated” version BLU-RAY ONLY RUNNING TIME: 98 mins/88 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera When apes Cornelius and Zira landed on earth in 1973, they can’t have known that […]
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PREY (2022)
The Predator returns to Earth once more in a back to basics approach that proves very much that the hunt is back on…. I can’t start this review without putting my hand up and admitting […]
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UNIVERSAL TERROR [1937, 1944, 1952]
UNIVERSAL TERROR [1937, 1944, 1952] AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 18TH JULY, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Following on from their Karloff At Columbia set, our friends at Eureka Entertainment have unleashed more Boris Karloff, this time from Universal. […]
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JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION [2022]
USA IN CINEMAS NOW RUNNING TIME: 142 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera Four years after the cataclysmic volcanic eruption on Isla Nublar and the Lockwood Estate incident, dinosaurs freely roam among humans. Claire Dearing, former […]