Cert 15 | 89 mins | 1985
4 Star
Sword, Sorcery, and Evil Doings.
From the director that brought us favourite films from the early 1950s right through to the late 1980s, Richard Fleischer (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vikings, Fantastic Voyage, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Soylent Green, The Prince and the Pauper, Amityville 3-D) with a career that spans so many genres, and following up from directing Conan the…more
Cert 18 | 101 mins
3 star glorious conversion of a somewhat dated “cult classic”.
Tenebrae, first released in 1982, was written and directed by iconic Italian horror maestro, Dario Argento (Suspiria, Phenomena) and has enjoyed a 4K restoration courtesy of Arrow Video. Unfortunately however, his celebrated return to Giallo has not aged as well as it might have done.
“Now, Tenebrae is about human perversion and…more
Cert 15 | 88 mins | 2021
4 star quirky but nifty political thriller.
18½ is a 2022 American comedy/thriller written by Daniel Moya (Scroll Back, Rental) and Dan Mirvish (Between Us, Open House) who also directs.
This entertaining Watergate caper is available on Digital Platforms in the UK from 11th July 2022 courtesy of 101 Films.
“It’s a tape in a box in a bag in a purse. That…more
Cert 15 | 110 mins | 2022
3 Star
An Eco-Warrior in Space.
Writer, director Magdalena Lauritsch brings us her first feature film, a multilingual warning about what we are to doing to planet Earth. Co-written by Jessica Lind. A film funded by Vienna Film Fund, Austrian Film Institute.
The intro brings us a tale of woe for the near future, 2056 Earths’ atmosphere has deteriorated beyond a critical state,…more
Cert 15 | 97 mins | 2022
3 Star
Flashbang, Bang, Bang Again
The Puerto Rico jungle comes back into view as the sequel to Fortress comes with a different director, Josh Sternfeld (Winter Solstice, As Blood Runs Deep) who brings back Bruce Willis (LOOPER, Anti-Life), Chad Michael Murray (Killing Field (a.k.a. Survive the Game)), Jesse Metcalfe (Hard Kill, Dead Rising: Endgame), and Kelly Greyson (Massacre at Buffalo Valley,…more
85 mins | 2022
2 stars of slow moving and confused horror storytelling.
On the 3rd Day is a 2021 Argentinian horror film written by Alberto Fasce and Gonzalo Ventura and directed by Daniel De La Vega (White Coffin, Necrophobia 3D). It is available to stream on Shudder from 7th July 2022 with an English dub.
“They tell me your former husband disappeared. Have you seen…more
Cert 15 | 96 mins | 1990
4 Star
The Cult Film of Cult Films
Writers S.S. Wilson (Short Circuit, Tremors (TV Series)), Brent Maddock (*batteries not included, Wild Wild West) and Ron Underwood (Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Tremors: Shrieker Island) came up with the homage of homages in this love letter to the B-movies of the 1950s, and they spawned a franchise that is still going today. Also directing…more
