With this new Frightfest Presents title, Dead Ant, the plight of the creature feature came to mind. They were responsible for an entire generation getting interested in things that plant their roots in the genre spectrum, I count myself among them. Being such a slave to trends as it is, […]
Reviews
John Woo: Last Hurrah for Chivalry & Hand of Death (Review)
The Captor: True Crime a la Blumhouse (Review)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne: Rediscovering a Hidden Handmade Gem (Review)
Belfast-born Brian Moore’s novel The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne was published in 1955 after his relocation to Canada. The sympathetic, yet deeply unflinching study of a lonely middle-aged spinster succumbing to alcoholism, a loss of faith and a mental breakdown was not an easy sell; it was rejected by […]
In Fabric – horror-comedy in a stunning red dress (Review)
Cold Pursuit: A film that’s hard to warm to (Review)
Under Fire (1983) the exception to the white saviour row? (Review)
Terror of Hallow’s Eve (2019) passionate creature feature featuring a soulless epilogue (Review)
Nightfall (1956): An Unsung Noir by one of the Great Unsung Directors (Review)
Jacques Tourneur is the kind of director that has been consigned to the history books, the RKO-man was well known for his many low-budget horror films (including the pre-Romero, I walked with a Zombie), he also did many noirs, westerns and epics. Filmmakers just aren’t allowed that level of liberation, […]
Level 16 (2019) how and how not to do low-budget Sci-Fi (Review)
Over the years, low budget movies have changed exponentially. In 2019, independent filmmakers are getting an awful lot more bang for their buck. Look at 1970s low budget film, for example, as excellent as those genre films could be, some elements of their production lacked. The audio was either weak […]