My only previous experience with reviewing Japanese live-action cinema is two films released by Arrow Video in 2021: The Invisible Man Appears and The Human Fly. I remember my main issue with them was their attempt to capitalise on a lot of American successes with sci-fi and horror, without stamping […]
Reviews
Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) Cult Brit Revenge Fantasy Returns (Review)
Dead Man’s Shoes is a 2004 film from This is England and The Gallows Pole director Shane Meadows that stars Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell, and former British middleweight boxing champion Gary Stretch. It tells the story of parachute regiment veteran, Richard (Considine), who returns to the semi-rural/semi-urban Midlands town he […]
Elevator Game (2023) American J-Horror minus the aesthetics and Deep Sadness (Review)
Haunted by the disappearance of his sister due to an urban legend, Ryan infiltrates a group of vloggers who specialise in completing online challenges in haunted spaces, hoping to persuade them to play the Elevator Game. The latest film from director Rebekah McKendry (Glorious), who is also the host of […]
Another Day to Live Through (2023) Majestic Finland, Less Majestic as a Psychological Thriller (Review)
In the last few years, horror and thriller movies have been slipping out of corners of the world not usually associated with darker storytelling standards – Lithuania, Malaysia and beyond. Peter Simmons has worked in short films as an actor, director, writer and producer for a number of years, and […]
Daliland (2023) Shrugs at the eccentricity of artists without rolling its eyes (Review)
Think of Salvador Dali and it’s likely that some weird images come to mind, maybe of melting clocks, long-legged elephants and perhaps a moustache curled to the point of preposterousness. That’s all well and iconic, but what do you actually know about the man? Artists occupy a peculiar space in […]
Good Boy (2023): A Horror Romcom with a Nasty Bite (Review)
Following its UK premiere at Frightfest in August this year, Blue Finch Film have released the much-anticipated Good Boy on digital, and although director Viljar Bøe’s third feature dabbles in the horror genre, as with films like Audition and Fresh, it initially plays out as a typical romantic comedy until […]
It Follows (2014) Gripping And Atmospheric High-Stakes Horror on a Low Budget (Review)
It Follows has already had its reputation cemented as one of the most revered horror films in recent years, taking its place alongside the likes of The Witch, The Babadook and Get Out. Unfortunately, I hadn’t seen it until recently as I’ve still got roughly 120 years of cinema to […]
Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future (2022): The Body Is Reality (Review)
*This review contains minor spoilers* Crimes of the Future – the 22nd film from the godfather of body horror, David Cronenberg – has been described as a science fiction body horror drama. It tells the story of Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), and his partner, Caprice (Léa Seydoux) – a performance […]
Outpost (2022) Modern American Comedy Icon makes the thrillingly violent leap to Indie Horror (Review)
Outpost is the feature debut from comedy stalwart Joe Lo Truglio and begins with Kate (Beth Dover), who tries to find a life of peaceful tranquillity in an Idaho fire-watch outpost following a violent attack. With nobody but her neighbour Reggie (Dylan Baker), for company, Kate begins to learn that […]
Blood Flower (Harum Malam)(2022) More is Less in Shudder’s Malay Horror (Review)
Carnivorous plants aren’t the only thing lurking in the corners of Blood Flower, Shudder’s first foray into Malaysian horror. Poverty and superstition often go hand in hand – which can result in some surprisingly simple methods to deal with the supernatural. In China for example, many old buildings have a […]