In a small coastal American town, the middle-schooler Barbara has a secret: she must save the lives of everyone around her from murderous giants. Virtually nobody believes that giants exist, of course, but that’s simply because nobody bothers to look at the evidence. Barbara may be bullied at school, she […]
Ashley Lane
Ashley Lane once saw a Dario Argento film, and has ever since been on a quest to find the greatest films known to man. And the worst. Since he has a PhD in philosophy, he is able to go on for hours about minor details, which is very handy for film criticism.
The Mountain of the Cannibal God (1978) Not the Video Nasty Cannibal Horror you are looking for (Review)
The chances are that you’ve heard of the video nasties panic that gripped the UK during the 1980’s. 72 films were prosecuted by the British government for corrupting public morals, because one of the principal causes of violence and perversion in society are films. At least, that was the theory. […]
Pyewacket (2017) Black Magic Rituals, Demons and Character led Horror (Review)
Horror films take another trip to the woods, this time in Canada courtesy of Adam MacDonald’s Pyewacket. Leah and her mother have recently lost her father, and they move to a house in the middle of a local forest to make a fresh start. Their relationship has deteriorated since Leah’s […]
Beyond the Woods (2018) Irish Low-Budget Horror whose characters trump all (Review)
Seven Irish friends get together for a weekend at an isolated house in the middle of the woods. They have chosen a pretty bad time to do so, because a couple of miles away a large sinkhole has opened up, and the air smells strongly of sulphur. But that’s the […]