There’s a discussion to be had about how the age of streaming has either destroyed the concept of a made-for-television movie or revived it. Either way, The Initiation of Sarah shows its age as a nearly forty-five-year-old broadcast for television while being exactly the sort of film you could stumble […]
Mike Leitch
I'm an autistic guy living in Cardiff, searching for any excuse to write and make the most out of what he got from his English Literature MA. Main interests are horror, in pretty much any medium, theatre and literature.
Lux Aeterna (2019): Gaspar Noé’s Stress-Inducing Meditation On Filmmaking
Arrow’s new release of Lux Aternae, Gasper Noé’s 2019 fifty-minute film, on Blu-ray and also on Arrow Player and in June comes as his latest film, Vortex made immediately after Lux Aternae, hits UK cinemas and his films forming the centrepiece of the recent New French Extremity season at BFI […]
The Phantom of the Monastery (1934); A Well Preserved Piece of Mexican Film History (Review)
In a world premiere on Blu-Ray, Indicator has released a restoration of Mexican horror The Phantom of the Monastery / El Fantasma del Convento from 1934. It follows a group of three lost on a walk who meets a mysterious man and his dog, Shadow, who leads them to the […]
One Night in Miami (2021) A Conversation with History (Review)
Originally released on Amazon Prime Video and cinemas back in January 2021, Regina King’s feature-length debut One Night in Miami, an adaptation of Kemp Powers’ 2013 play of the same name, who also wrote the screenplay, closed out the year with a Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray release in December. […]
Mill of the Stone Women (1960), A Rediscovered Italian Horror Classic (Review)
As we approach the end of the year, Arrow is helping us all get into the seasonal spirit with an uncovered gem from 1960, Giorgio Ferroni’s Mill of the Stone Women, released on a double-disc Blu-ray and to stream on Arrow Player. There are four versions of the film: the original […]
Son (2021); Hell hath no fury like a Mother stalked (Review)
There has been an increased interest in Shudder original movies over the last few years that has earned it the reputation of “Netflix for horror”. Its biggest successes – the timely and terrifying Zoom horror Host, the Peabody Award-winning La Llorona, and the popular television adaptation of Creepshow – put […]
John and the Hole (2021); A Child’s Fantasy or an Eerie Nightmare? (Review)
Following its UK premiere at Frightfest, Vertigo Releasing’s John and the Hole is released in cinemas and digitally as the latest in the growing trend of indie arthouse horror. Nicolas’ Giacobone adapts his own short story, ‘El Pozo’ (approximately translated to ‘The Well’) with collaborator Pascual Sisto making his directorial […]
Dementer + Jug Face (2019/2013) A Pair of Outsider Horrors (Review)
With this double-disc set, Arrow have put together a nice showcase of Chad Crawford Kinkle’s two features, Dementer (2019) and Jug Face (2013). Both show off Kinkle’s range with the former mixing docu-drama with occult horror, while the latter is a straight-up folk horror set in the American South. He shows clear talent in terms of sound design and […]