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High Road to China (1983) A Boy’s Own Adventure
Survive Style 5 (2004) The Return of a Stone Cold Cult Classic Weirdo
The Shout (1978): cryptic, constantly rewarding folk horror classic
Eastern Trails – The Western at DEFA (1967-75): go east, young man!
Hush (2016) Mike Flanagan’s Early Suspenseful Horror, Reimagined
Trick or Treat (1986) THE Rock N’ Roll High Camp Comedy Horror Classic
Sexy Beast 4K (2000) Sweltering Heat & Subversive Gangsters
Semolina Pilchard (2026) A fearless independent Crime Thriller, Liverpool-Style
The Black Rock (2026) Impressive Micro-Budget WWII Drama
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988-1998) review 2: the extras (1982-2024)
Treasures from the Golestan Film Studio (1961-1974): the union that birthed Iranian cinema
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988-1998): review 1B – the history(s)

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Jake Kazanis

Essex Boy, Gus Van Sant loyalist, Shyamalan truther, gets unreasonably sad if I don't watch a film every day.
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The Exorcism (2024) Russell Crowe Goes Method in Meta-horror Mix-up (Review)

Jake Kazanis 20/06/2024
The Exorcism (2024) Russell Crowe Goes Method in Meta-horror Mix-up (Review)

Let’s get the obvious out the way first; no, The Exorcism has no connection to The Pope’s Exorcist, the uniformly-titled occult horror released only last year where Russell Crowe played an exorcist and also shares a near identical poster. In fact, this uncanny case of cinematic deja-vu is one of […]

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The Moor (2024) – Thick in atmosphere, thin on character (Review)

Jake Kazanis 14/06/2024
The Moor (2024) – Thick in atmosphere, thin on character (Review)

The Moor is the debut feature-film from Chris Cronin, and it stays true to the UK’s rich history of regional folk horror while making damn sure to get the most out of the locality it’s named after – specifically Yorkshire. Horror has a long history rooted in the area, from […]

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Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II (2024) Superior Splatterfest Still Misses the Punchline (Review)

Jake Kazanis 06/06/2024
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II (2024) Superior Splatterfest Still Misses the Punchline (Review)

Have you heard that joke levelled at films that take a funny, novel premise and stretch it out far beyond the life cycle of the gag that goes ‘This is why SNL sketches are five minutes long’? Few films have ever earned that jab more than Winnie the Pooh: Blood […]

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