Time is a great equaliser, and if you rewind to the mid-to-late 1980s then movies like Final Summer would’ve been ten-a-penny. It’s fair to say that this could result in fatigue, but there was an audience for movies like John Isberg’s feature directorial debut (he’s also done plenty of work […]
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Another Day to Live Through (2023) Majestic Finland, Less Majestic as a Psychological Thriller (Review)
In the last few years, horror and thriller movies have been slipping out of corners of the world not usually associated with darker storytelling standards – Lithuania, Malaysia and beyond. Peter Simmons has worked in short films as an actor, director, writer and producer for a number of years, and […]
My Mother’s Eyes (Frightfest 2023)(Review)
For an entire generation of horror fans, the movies that came out of Japan around the turn of the millennium were crucial stopovers in our journey of cinematic discovery. They fell under the collective-yet-reductive umbrella of “J-Horror”, which had slowly burned out by the mid-’00s, but in 2023 the smouldering […]
Johnny Z (2023) Zombie-Actioner extending way beyond its grasp (Review)
Z ombies are one of horror’s great contradictions. The shuffling undead is immediately synonymous with the most macabre of genres, yet at the same time, that community is sick to life and back of the classic monster. The question that any zombie movie has to tackle is how to make […]
Rage (2020) Flawed, yet Boldly leading the African Horror Charge (Review)
Africa isn’t exactly the first continent that comes to mind when you think of Horror. Of all the African countries, the most synonymous with cinema is Senegal – or, within the more exploitation realm, Uganda’s Wakaliwood. In 2021, Jaco Bouwer made a real splash with his indie eco-horror Gaia, cordyceps and […]
Lady Reporter (1989) A Showcase for Cynthia Rothrock’s Abilities (Review)
The pseudonyms of Lady Reporter, Eureka’s latest turn in bringing Hong Kong action into the Blu-ray age for UK fans, are funny and emblematic of why these films can be so hard to find away from the guidance of boutique labels. This Cynthia Rothrock vehicle is known as The Blonde […]
The Changeling 4K (1980) One of the 80s Definitive Haunted House Movies, wrinkles and All (Review)
You could argue that Don’t Look Now and The Changeling are treatments of the same story. The protagonists are both men (George C. Scott in The Changeling) who suffer tragic deaths in their families and in their struggle to find a coping mechanism – they find spooky architectural pursuits. Here, Scott plays a composer who rents […]
A Small Fortune (2021) Dying Town Malaise and Small-time Canadian Crime (Review)
A breed of director has had success to such a profound degree that their name has become an adjective through which other films are qualified or compared. Spielbergian, Malickian, Lynchian, Coen Brothers-like, you get the idea, but the point remains that such qualifiers favour neither party. This leads me to […]
The Curse of Rosalie (2022) Too Much Movie in this Movie (Review)
What’s in the title of a movie? If the title is The Harbinger, then plenty. One of the more acclaimed indie titles of 2022 was Andy Mitton‘s Harbinger, a terror inspired by the anonymity of COVID-death figures. A title Mitton’s film shared with Will Klipstine’s native-American-infused fantasy/ religious horror. The […]
Walking the Edge (1985)Exploitation, Scuzz and Robert Forster’s Masterclass (Review)
New Label Radiance Films has kicked off with considerable intent; as well as their releases, they are also working with Mawu Films, Altered Innocence and Fun City Editions (UK) – the latter of which 1985’s Walking the Edge belongs. Norbert Meisel directs his wife, Nancy Kwan, and committed character actor […]