The explosion of extremity in French genre films from the noughties was a force to be reckoned with. Essentially redefining what on-screen nastiness was, such sights hadn’t been seen since the heyday of Lucio Fulci. Filmmakers like Gaspar Noé (Irreversible) and Alexandre Aja (Switchblade Romance) have evolved out of this […]
Simon Ramshaw
The Lair (2022)(II) Very Far Removed from Marshall’s Glory Days (Review)
We all end up rooting for the underdog, don’t we? From humble beginnings to a series of trials, tribulations, knockbacks and naysayers, Neil Marshall has had ’em all. Many will harbour plenty good will for his one-two cult hits of Dog Soldiers and The Descent, both British gold standard uncompromising horrors […]