Dominic Brunt is known to most in the UK as the vet about town, Paddy, from the long-established soap opera Emmerdale. He has long been moonlighting as a director of horror and exploitation movies, debuting with 2013’s Before Dawn, in 2022 he made his fourth feature, Wolf Manor. I would […]
DVD Review
Come Back Lucy (1978) British Kid’s Horror runs rings around its modern equivalents (DVD Review)
Timeshifts and tantrums in this kids horror throwback from the late 1970s. Adapted from Pamela Sykes’s novel of the same name, this 1978 TV series delivers nostalgia by the bucketload along with high-maintenance little girl ghosts and all the modern music of the late nineteen seventies! Groovy! The titular Lucy […]
Stalker (2022) Chamber Piece with Engaging commentary on gender power dynamics (Review)
Stalker made its UK debut at this August’s Frightfest. As actress Rose Hepburn (Sophie Skelton) returns to her rundown hotel after a day of filming her latest horror film, she begrudgingly uses the freight lift. As the lift breaks down mid-floor, Rose finds herself claustrophobically trapped with a strange man. […]
They Live in the Grey (2022) The Desperately Sad, Haunting Horror of Grief (DVD Review)
The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) Teenage Kicks Get Puritanical (DVD Review)
Teenage kicks get puritanical in this slow-burn American gothic tale. The titular Mary (Stefanie Scott) stands on trial, blindfolded with blood running down her face, as she describes to a curious judge the last thing, or rather things, that she saw that landed her in the dock. Her tale introduces […]
Hellbender (2022): Feel the Chaos of a Teenage Witch (Blu-Ray Review)
Hellbender is the sixth feature film from the Adams family (made up of Toby Poser, John Adams and Zelda Adams) and their third in the horror genre. Following its release on Shudder in February, it arrives on DVD and digital through Acorn Media International making it their most readily available […]