In a little peek behind the curtain, I usually like to leave it until the concluding paragraphs to reveal the essence of my opinion of a film or indeed a collection. I’m not going to do that here. Instead, I am completely jumping the gun to say that over the […]
Movies & Documentaries
La Dolce Vita (1960): when Fellini became Fellini-esque (Review)
On April 11th 1953, the body of aspiring actress Wilma Montesi was found on a beach outside of Rome. Her death, which remains unsolved, sparked one of the first major tabloid scandals in Italian history, as journalists from monarchist and Communist papers alike suggested the police’s apparent inability to catch […]
The Sabata Trilogy (1969-71) For a Few Sequels More (Review)
The Western has been around as long as Hollywood. It stands to reason I guess that, when looking to tell tales on the big screen with this new medium of cinema, many American filmmakers looked towards the history of their homeland. However, by the 1960s Hollywood’s rendition of the Wild […]
The Guest (2014) Camp 1980s style action that lays the 80s on thick (Review)
New from Second Sight, Adam Wingard’s 2014 thriller The Guest is now available on both Blu-Ray and 4K as a limited-edition release. Dan Stevens stars as David, a discharged soldier who unexpectedly shows up at the home of the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their recently killed […]
The Pyjama Girl Case (1978) The Giallo that was changed by the sands of time (Review)
In 1934, the body of a young woman was found on a beach in Albury, Australia. She had been shot, and the body had been set on fire to destroy the evidence. Police eventually identified her as Florence Agostini, an English-Australian who had taken her Italian husband’s surname. It took […]
Terrified (2017) Fantastically scary if hamstrung by poor worldbuilding (Review)
A neighbourhood going to hell, quite literally, proves surprisingly scary in the chilling Argentine horror. When considering your first step on the property ladder, how many people enquire as to whether the house is a conduit to another dimension full of lanky, naked demons and octopus armed hell beasts with […]
Celia (1989) Dense, Political and Brilliantly Evasive (Review)
Australian cinema is exceptionally hard to get hold of here in the UK, due to so little of it being released on these shores. The only saving grace is that the ones that do make it over here have something approaching classic status, whether earned and deserved or unsung – […]
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 […]
Belzebuth (2017) A possession movie with real bite and ambition (Review)
Lock up your son’s, here comes a possession movie with real bite and ambition. There’s something special about horror movies set in Latin America. Something about the mix of religious fervour and oppression, poverty, superstition and hot weather blend together so well to set the scene for pseudo-religious spooky going’s […]
Monstrum (2018) A Blockbuster Monster Movie, Korean Style (Review)
Squid Game may be leading the charge for wider awareness and appreciation of Korean pop culture, however, there was a series that got there first. That series was Kingdom. Now, Kingdom is important when talking about Acorn Media’s Blu-ray release of Shudder’s Monstrum, as they are both cut from the […]