Cert 15 | 89 mins | 2022
3 star slow burning period drama/horror.
The Last Thing Mary Saw is a low budget period horror, written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti and is his directorial debut. It is a Shudder Original, available to own on DVD from 19th September 2022 courtesy of Acorn Media International.
“What’s a man of the Lord to do when he finds himself at a crossroad?…more
97 mins | 2022
3 star deeply unsettling holiday horror.
Speak No Evil is a 2022 Danish horror film written and directed by Christian Tafdrup (Awakening, Parents). It is a Shudder Original film available on the Shudder streaming service from 15th September 2022.
“I think it would be a little impolite to decline. We had so much fun with them and they have a boy the…more
Cert PG | 103 mins | 1965
4 star darkly charming coming of age drama.
Skywest and Crooked was originally released in 1965 and was very much a family affair. It was the only film directed by John Mills (Ice Cold in Alex, The Parent Trap), based on a story written by his wife Mary Hayley Bell (Whistle Down the Wind) who also wrote the screenplay along with…more
Cert 12 | 114 mins | 2021
4 Star
A Tribute to Sacrifice.
The first thing you think about when you read Shattered Earth, is this is a disaster film from China, and it is, but it is also a tribute to the ‘Railway Soldiers’ who since 1948 have built the major infrastructure of China. Written and directed by (Li Jun (Jun Lee), Hunt Down) which pits a Father…more
Cert U | 121 mins | 1948
4 Star
A Cad, An Eye, and Misadventure.
Vice Versa is the third screen adaption of the 1882 novel Vice Versa by F. Anstey (The Tinted Venus (1885), Punch magazine). Adapted and directed by Peter Ustinov (Spartacus, Blackbeard’s Ghost, Death on the Nile) who shows off his eloquence in this script, as the talent get their teeth into this comedy. It is…more
Cert 18 | 107 mins | 2022
3 star violent and unsettling modern Western.
Terror on the Prairie is a 2022 American drama/thriller written by Josiah Nelson (Dirty Little Deeds) and directed by Michael Polish (Big Sur, Twin Falls Idaho). It will be available on Digital Platforms 5th September and on DVD 3rd October courtesy of Signature Entertainment.
“I apologize Gideon. If manners maketh man, I have surrounded myself…more
Cert 15 | 83 mins | 2022
4 star creepy and atmospheric folk horror.
Hellbender is an independent horror film, made during lock down in 2021 and is entirely a family undertaking.
It is written and directed by husband and wife John Adams (The Shoot) and Toby Poser (Rumblestrips) and their daughter Zelda Adams, who all also star, along with their other daughter Lulu Adams.
It is a Shudder Original film available to own on…more
