Greece isn’t exactly at the top of world cinema exporters – however, two names that have any cultural cache are Yorgos Lanthimos and the late Theo Angelopoulos. Even with that being the case, the country still managed to produce one of the nastier examples of 1970s horror, Nico Mastorakis’s Island […]
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The Bloodhound (2020) Somewhere between David Lynch and Yorgos Lanthimos (Review)
In a package of interviews, Patrick Picard, writer/director of the Bloodhound – the latest of Arrow Video’s celebrations of young indie darlings – presents an idea that many horror literature fans may baulk at – Edgar Allan Poe was at his best when setting up a mystery. He also goes […]
Kagemusha (1980) Kurosawa, the master visual story-teller (Blu-ray Review)
74 years old Akira Kurosawa was when he directed Kagemusha. And, funnily enough, the 1970s weren’t a kind decade to the master director with the highest-profile film, of the three he produced that decade, being the marginal Serbian Adventure Movie, Dersu Uzala. A point stressed in the extras of this […]
The Columnist (2020) A Shrewdly Clever Dark Comedy Horror for the Online Age (Review)
I won’t go as far as calling the internet a mistake as it has opened up dialogue, culture and opportunities that never would’ve been available otherwise. We certainly wouldn’t exist without the internet. That being said, the advent of social media has provided ample opportunity to those with the most […]
What Lies Below (2020) An inventive, visually fresh horror finish that deserves better (Review)
A trope of the 90s thriller was born out of films like Single White Female, Fatal Attraction, Misery and the like – films that turned possessive women into vehicles for violent thrillers. Moving the goalposts away from that idea for a moment, many directors use the model of taking an […]
Saint Maud (2019) the incredible morphing empathy of psychological seaside horror (Review)
If you walk down the DVD aisle of your local supermarket, it’ll become unavoidably apparent how weak the modern British Horror scene is. Gone are the stalwarts of Amicus and Hammer, and in their place is an ocean of low-budget identikit slashers/demon in the woods films. Surprise it is then […]
Synchronic (2019) Some of Benson & Moorhead’s best work (Review)
Since they announced their arrival with a bang in 2012 with Resolution, Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson have been two of the more captivating talents on the independent genre circuit. They followed that up with Spring and Resolution quasi-sequel, The Endless. In 2021 (debuting in America in 2019), the director […]
12 Hour Shift (2020) Another Bettis Star Turn (Review)
Frightfest Presents returns in 2021 to release a smaller title that played a previous Festival, this time it’s the turn of actor/sophomore director, Brea Grant and her Crime Thriller/Comedy Horror, 12 Hour Shift. Grant made her name as an actor who works within the American indie horror scene, a highlight, […]
Inner Sanctum Mysteries (1943/45) Campy 1940s Murder Melodrama’s (Review)
Podcasting just does not get the credit it deserves, it removed the barriers to provide a platform for the everyman to broadcast around the globe. Let’s just ignore the fact the industry has been diminished by overexposure and broadcasting giants like the BBC getting involved making it very difficult for […]
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) Authoritarian Italian Gonzo Satire with a musical score from the Heavens (Review)
Italian cinema isn’t much to write about these days, their industry fell to pieces in the 90s which isn’t just a shame its downright criminal that a national cinema full of eccentrics, innovators and masters could go the way of the dodo. The same sentiment can be shared by the […]