Let’s get the obvious out the way first; no, The Exorcism has no connection to The Pope’s Exorcist, the uniformly-titled occult horror released only last year where Russell Crowe played an exorcist and also shares a near identical poster. In fact, this uncanny case of cinematic deja-vu is one of […]
Movies & Documentaries
The Crazy Family (1984) Energetic Bad-Taste Comedy Breaks down the Traditional Japanese Family Drama (Review)
The first thing you wonder when you sit down to watch a film called The Crazy Family – now released on Blu-Ray by Third Window – is how crazy are they going to be, exactly? “Crazy”, as a descriptor, can be pretty relatable: we were definitely meant to feel for Beyonce when […]
I Saw The TV Glow (2024) An urgent personal plea that could change the world (Review)
I Saw The TV Glow should come with a warning. It’s a film you can’t prepare for, with no easy answers other than the ones you may not want to face, a film you can’t unsee. There are few adjectives more thudding when critiquing a film than ‘important’, but it’s […]
Sasquatch Sunset (2024) – An absurdist look at the fragility of life (Review)
After directing 3 episodes of the one-of-a-kind TV series The Curse, Nathan and David Zellner craft another experimental work. This time, Sasquatch Sunset unfolds in the misty forests of Northern California following a family of four Sasquatches who may be the last of their kind. Set over the course of […]
The Moor (2024) – Thick in atmosphere, thin on character (Review)
The Moor is the debut feature-film from Chris Cronin, and it stays true to the UK’s rich history of regional folk horror while making damn sure to get the most out of the locality it’s named after – specifically Yorkshire. Horror has a long history rooted in the area, from […]
Sorcery (2023): A Patient, Ethereal Addition to the Post-2010s Folk Horror Revival
There’s been quite a boom in the folk horror scene over the past decade and a half as filmmakers like Ben Wheatley, Robert Eggers, Ari Aster, Oz Perkins and Goran Stolevski have each crafted singular works within the genre. Sorcery – the latest effort from Chilean director Christopher Murray – […]
ARROW Short Films (2024) Feat. Bad Acid & Meat Friend
Having built themselves as a name in curated features and impressive physical media releases, ARROW also have a premium streaming platform that is representative of what their brand is known for. An excellent thing they do is showcase short films from exciting new talents, many of which have previously played […]
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II (2024) Superior Splatterfest Still Misses the Punchline (Review)
Have you heard that joke levelled at films that take a funny, novel premise and stretch it out far beyond the life cycle of the gag that goes ‘This is why SNL sketches are five minutes long’? Few films have ever earned that jab more than Winnie the Pooh: Blood […]
The Valiant Ones (1975) Lesser King Hu saved from Absolute Obscurity (Review)
Opening a review of Eureka’s latest King Hu movie by touching upon film restoration probably isn’t the most winning of writing tactics, yet the Valiant Ones opens with a text card explaining how this print came to be. It’s relevant for us fans of movies from that corner of the […]
Furiosa: Mad Max (2024) Furthers the Max Max-Verse in Bold and Bombastic Ways (Review)
I had a chance to see Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) in theaters but for whatever reason couldn’t go. I watched it months later, and realized what a terrible mistake I had made. Fast forward about a decade and I was able to see Mad Max: Furiosa (2024) in theaters […]