Tomu Uchida isn’t a name that immediately jumps out to western audiences when discussing the greats of Japanese cinema. A director that had been around since the silent era but lacking a distinctive style like Mizoguchi or Ozu, and whilst he would show a flair for many a genre and […]
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Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021) Entertainingly Rustic Genre Mashup… with Caveats (VOD review)
The Weapon The Hour The Motive (1972) A left turn too many for this rare Giallo (Blu-Ray Review)
Arrow FrightFest 2022 announces Short Film Programme
Since 2004, Arrow FrightFest has showcased the best in genre short films from the UK and around the world. This year is no exception, as eight countries and three continents are represented at this year’s festival. This year’s selection, which includes eight world premieres, unleashes the latest from upcoming and […]
The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974) Giallo, from the outside-in (Blu-Ray Review)
Arrow Video FrightFest 2022 announces line-up
Dario Argento, Neil Marshall, Brea Grant, Brigitte Lahaie and Mark Kermode lead the charge of the Guest Brigade Neil Marshall’s THE LAIR is the monstrous opener Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s most popular horror and fantasy film festival, returns to London’s Cineworld Leicester Square and the Prince Charles Cinema from […]
Tremors 4K (1990) Electric Paced Creature Feature & ‘Modern’ Classic (Blu-ray Review)
Edge of Sanity (1989) Jekyll, Hyde & Jack the Ripper in thinly-spread Erotic Horror (Review)
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) is one of the more regularly adapted and reimagined texts in science fiction literature, up there with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Whilst based on historical fact, conspiracy and theory, Jack the Ripper has enjoyed just as many takes throughout […]
The Initiation of Sarah (1978): Psychic Sister Doing It For Herself (Blu-Ray Review)
There’s a discussion to be had about how the age of streaming has either destroyed the concept of a made-for-television movie or revived it. Either way, The Initiation of Sarah shows its age as a nearly forty-five-year-old broadcast for television while being exactly the sort of film you could stumble […]
