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 | 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
Cert 18 | 100 mins | 2011
4 Star
Noir with Cars.
This dark and brooding neo-noir film comes from first time writer James Sallis, and adapted for the screen by Hossein Amini (Snow White and the Huntsman, Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Mini Series)). Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Valhalla Rising, Only God Forgives) he brings the noir genre in to the age of fast-food and faster cars. Ryan Gosling…more
Cert 15 | 94 mins | 1985
4 Star
Will You Survive Your Decisions?
From the master of scary tales Stephen King (Carrie (novel), Christine, Pet Sematary (novel) / (screenplay)) comes an anthology film about how a cat interacts with strangers across America. King teams up again with popular director Lewis Teague (Cujo, The Jewel of the Nile, Wedlock) to get those neck hairs bristling. Cat’s Eye is a…more
Cert 18 | 103 mins | 1987
5 Star
Welcome to the Twenty-First Century.
Arrow Video brings us the classic Sci-fi vision of the future of law enforcement, all in crispy 4k. From director Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers, Black Book) who had his big break with this Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner (The Robocop franchise) dystopian look at corporate ownership of the police force in the…more
Cert 18 | 97 mins | 1981
5 Star
1981 Crystal Clear Hilarious Horror
From the legend, John Landis (The Kentucky Fried Movie, National Lampoon’s Animal House, Trading Places, Michael Jackson: Thriller (Music Video)) comes his vision of a comedy that is so horrific that it scares the life out of you. Many years in preproduction. It finally came to fruition due to his success with films such as…more
