In 2021, the Netflix original movie is an established industry release line, one that has become synonymous with directors making passion projects that wouldn’t be possible elsewhere. Back in 2015, all of this was but a glimmer in the eye of the then Netflix Executives with one of the first […]
Movies & Documentaries
The Lighthouse (Mayak)(2006) Destruction, and the paralysing state of grief (Review)
Generational gaps are the essence of this depressing run-through of Armenian warfare. The Lighthouse adapts the distance of family and the wasteful nature of death around characters who are doing what they feel is best. That difficulty to connect a younger age group to the seniors is as frustrating as it is […]
Psycho Goreman (2021) Just shy of Potential New Gateway Horror Classic (Review)
Fun for all the family or out of control annoying pre-teen’s? There’s a psycho on the loose, alright, but is it the alien? Psycho Goreman (or ‘PG’ for short as we’re too often reminded) is the name of the evil, hulking, alien warlord, trapped in a hot pink jewel prison by Angelic-looking […]
The Power (2021) Female Solidarity & a Fear of the Dark (Review)
Acorn Media are doing great work, bringing movies previously locked away on Shudder, presenting them to the home video market. Corinna Faith’s The Power isn’t the first to receive this treatment, but it is the latest. And before launching in to what the movie is and my feelings on it, you need to present […]
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 […]
Early Universal Vol 1: Skinner’s Dress Suit/The Shield of Honor/The Shakedown (1926-1929)(Review)
Released to Blu-ray on Eureka’s Masters of Cinema last month, Early Universal Vol 1 is a boxset celebrating the legendary studio’s formative years with three beautifully restored silent features. Each film feels carefully chosen to represent the breadth and variety of features made during the silent era; the domestic comedy […]
Death Screams (1982) and the essential innocence of early slashers (Review)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is one of those American TV shows which, like Little House on the Prairie and Leave it to Beaver, is remembered as a euphemism for cloying wholesomeness more than an actual show. If you were told that its main child star David Nelson later […]
Johnny Guitar (1954) Oh, Vienna! (Review)
To the unconverted, Westerns are a predictable genre in which the same archetypal characters, settings and situations recur over and over again. To fans, Westerns are a fabulously varied genre in which the same archetypal characters, settings and situations can be combined in an infinite number of original variations. Think, […]
Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) Scooby Doo for Adults! (Review)
New from Arrow, the Blu-Ray release of the amazingly titled Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch is great news for both fans of classic Japanese horror and reviewers with a word count to hit. Jokes aside, the film boasts an impressive pedigree. It’s directed by Noriaki Yuasa, most famous for […]
Paranormal Activity (2007) all these years later, still the best of the bunch (Review)
A full 8 years after the found footage sleeper hit The Blair Witch Project made camcorder footage terrifying, in 2007 director Oren Peli released Paranormal Activity on a (somewhat) unsuspecting cinema audience. Spawning a string of sequels which arguably rivals the Blumhouse MCU of horror, does this Second Sight re-release […]