Back in 1997 Tony Blair became Prime Minister for the first time, Katrina and the Waves won the Eurovision song contest for the UK, and Batman and Robin, complete with George Clooney’s wobbly-headed rubber-nippled caped-crusader, sunk a comic book movie franchise for eight years. It was also the year that […]
Movies & Documentaries
Hounded (2022) A Successful Social Horror Of The Class Divide (VOD Review)
It can be argued that now more than ever, there is an intense divide between the upper and working class. As the world continues to run on a system where the former is treated far better than the latter, it stands to reason that a lot of anger and frustration […]
This Is GWAR (2022) A Fitting Tribute (Blu-Ray Review)
From their elaborate costumes to a mythology describing them as “scumdogs of the universe” banished to the shittiest planet available, it’s safe to call GWAR one-of-a-kind. Founded in the 1980s in Richmond, Virginia, the heavy-metal band could’ve been a mere gag yet they brought the skill and talent to back […]
The Spine of Night (2021) A shining example of what can be done with a singular vision (Blu-Ray Review)
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it”. John Dalberg-Acton Never has this quote been more applicable than to The […]
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Ripe for critical re-evaluation… not to mention rediscovery and celebration (Blu-Ray Review)
As soon as the film’s lead, red-blooded American big-game hunter Bob Rainsford, confidently states that “the world’s divided into two kinds of people: the hunter and the hunted… I’m the hunter, nothing can change that”, you already know that he’s going to find himself on the other end of the […]
Dragon’s Return (Drak sa Vracia) 1968: Pure Cinematic Storytelling (Blu-Ray Review)
“A jaw-dropping masterpiece, an exercise in pure cinematic storytelling that captivates, enchants and terrifies in each scene” Yes, it would be remiss of me not to point out that this quote from The Geek Show‘s Graham Williamson adorns the cover of the latest Blu-ray release from Second Run, the 1968 […]
Vesper (2022) The best small-scale world building in indie sci-fi for years (Cinema & VOD Review)
You’d expect many things to have their origins in ABCs of Death 2 – toilet humour, heightened gore, old genres on a micro level, puns as horror, and a base level of horror debauchery. One thing you wouldn’t expect is a French/Lithuanian duo to collaborate on a thoughtful ecological sci-fi […]
Gothic Fantastico: Four Italian Tales of Terror (1963/66)(Blu-Ray Review)
Horror, as a genre, flows from the Gothic like a river – but not all rivers flow in straight lines. In its heyday, a Gothic novel might mean the Gothic adventures of Ann Radcliffe or the Gothic romances of the Brontë sisters. Now, though, the term is unshakeably associated with […]
Mean Spirited (2022)Youtuber Found Footage’s buzz harshed by incessant Bro Chatter (Festival Review)
Horror fans are accustomed to certain tropes, and one of those is that any time a group of young people head off on a trip it is going to go wrong. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to The Evil Dead to Wrong Turn to The Cabin in the Woods, this […]
Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 80’s Kadokawa Years (Blu-Ray Review)
Lots of people throw the term “cult film” around or call somebody a “cult director” but very few people fit that definition as much as Nobuhiko Obayashi. A director who whilst having an incredibly long-standing career, which started in the mid-60s and lasted all the way up until his death […]