Stars: Ronan Summers, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Caroline Wilde, Michael Paré, Tee Blackwood, Ben Cluett, Simon Cluett, Tamsin Dean, Shenton Dixon | Written and Directed by Phil Claydon Phil Claydon’s Helloween arrives as a low-budget British slasher attempting to fuse the real-world “killer clown” panic of 2016 with a cult-driven horror narrative. Visually indebted to the […]
Stars: Suzanne Fulton, Michael Coombes, Pete Bird, Dean Kilbey, Ben Manning, Nick Cornwall, Ayvianna Snow, Darren James King | Written by Kat Ellinger, Michael Mackenzie, Todd Rodgers, Jonathan Zaurin, Sarah Zaurin | Directed by Jonathan Zaurin After showing at last year’s Frightfest and now with a Blu-ray release from 101 Films, Derelict is a hard-hitting, […]
Stars: Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood, Tanya Roberts, Dawn Jeffory | Written by David Schmoeller, J. Larry Carroll | Directed by David Schmoeller In the world of slasher films, a sub-genre that’s often more about body counts and formula than genuine scares, Tourist Trap stands out as a unique gem. While […]
Stars: Lee Horsley, Richard Lynch, Richard Moll, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis, Anthony De Longis, Robert Tessier, Nina van Pallandt | Written by Albert Pyun, Tom Karnowski, John V. Stuckmeyer | Directed by Albert Pyun Albert Pyun’s The Sword and the Sorcerer is a notable entry in the sword and sorcery genre that has […]
Stars: Ego Mikitas, Maxi Witrak, Terrance Livingston Jr., Lydia Hunter, Michael Deni, Tania Fox, Natasha Goubskaya | Written by Ryan Ebert, Anna Rasmussen | Directed by Glenn Campbell, Tammy Klein The biggest surprise about Shark Side of the Moon is that, in a genre that’s already seen Sharks of the Corn, Sharkula, Ouija Shark and […]
Stars: Shaina West, Katherine McNamara, Mickey Rourke, Mark Dacascos | Written by James Bamford, Lynn Colliar, Glenn Ennis | Directed by James Bamford Jade begins with an animated sequence telling us that Jade and her brother Brandon came to live in Albuquerque, New Mexico after their parents were murdered in London. Why or by whom […]
Stars: Neal McDonough, Christiane Seidel, Tommy Flanagan, Jason Scott Lee, James Madio, Demetrius Grosse, Christina Ochoa | Written by Derek Presley, Neal McDonough | Directed by Derek Presley A prolific killer who regularly wears a fetching hat, Nick Boon (Neal McDonough) is introduced entering a diner, as the unassuming image contrasts with an informant’s fear-laden […]
Stars: Kate Bosworth, Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann, Thomas Kretschmann | Written by Malachi Smyth | Directed by Tanel Toom Set about 40 years from the present day, Last Sentinel follows a platoon of four soldiers who are stranded on a military base waiting for relief. This world is now covered in water with only two […]
Open The Gates to a brand-new British horror that will chill you to the very bone… Wickedly dark and disturbing, The Gates boasts a stellar cast including John Rhys-Davies and Richard Brake and is directed by Stephen Hall, who co-writes with Tim Reynolds. Step back in time to Victorian London, 1892, where the city is […]
Stars: William Baldwin, Arie Thompson, Michael Marce, Kennedy Porter, Noel G, Rashod Freelove, Emree Franklin | Written by Conor Dowling | Directed by Maximilian Elfeldt Originally released in the US at the end of December 2021, with no fanfare, publicity, or (at the time) even an IMDB page, War of the Worlds: Annihilation is the […]
101 Films presents the Bob Clark: Horror Collection, featuring the director’s highly influential horrors of the early 1970s, brought together for the first time. Though he would achieve wider success in the 1980s with hit comedies such as Porky’s (1981) and A Christmas Story (1983), Clark’s run of three horror movies a decade earlier — […]
Stars: Daniyar Alshinov, Asel Kaliyeva, Azamat Marklenov, Yerlan Prynsetov, Alamat Sakatov, Rustem Zhaniyamanov, Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Dulgya Akmolda | Written by Yernar Nurgaliyev, Daniyar Soltanbayev, Ilyas Toleu, Anuar Turizhigitov, Alisher Utev, Aybasov Zhandos | Directed by Yernar Nurgaliyev We’ve reviewed films from all over the world, Estonia, Tunisia, Norway, Cambodia, even Mongolia. I’m fairly sure though […]
101 Films have this week announced that in 2022 they are bringing the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) line-up to the UK. This ongoing partnership will see a steady slate of some of the weirdest and wildest films ever committed to celluloid released on Blu-ray and across digital platforms for the first time on this […]
Stars: Aml Ameen, Martin Wallström, Georgia King, Mark O’Brien, Alyssa Diaz, Josh Blacker, Kathleen Quinlan, Chad Krowchuk, Michael Kopsa, Carrie Genzel, Bill Dow | Written by Scott Blaszak | Directed by Isaac Ezban “That lady is wearing a wig!” is the first thought that comes to me at the start of Parallel… Shortly thereafter, the […]
Stars: Alex Essoe, Precious Chong, Kris Siddiqi | Written by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, Zach Gayne | Directed by Zach Gayne [NOTE: With the film finally released in the UK, here’s a reposting of Alain’s review of Homewrecker from last years US release] It may come as a surprise that a movie about two women […]
Stars: Holly Taylor, Bruce Davison, Rita Volk, Arianne Zucker, Dallas Hart, Frankie Wolf, Xavier J. Watson | Written and Directed by Brad Helmink, John Rauschelbach The last five years or so of horror movies have shown a rise in films that are bleak and sometimes difficult to watch. Perhaps Ari Aster, with Hereditary and Midsommar, […]
On 8th February 101 Films will release Edward Murphy’s Raw Force (1982) for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK. A crazy, over-the-top mix of martial arts and horror, this sleazy gem stars exploitation greats Cameron Mitchell and Vic Diaz, and features everything from zombies to cannibal monks. The release is loaded with extras, […]
On 1st February 101 Films will release title 018 on the 101 Films Black Label, a first UK release for the outrageous Tammy and the T-Rex, directed by Stewart Raffill (The Ice Pirates) and starring Denise Richards and Paul Walker in early roles. Originally released in heavily cut PG-13 form, this release follows the US […]
Stars: Francesco Filice, Vivica A. Fox, Hannah Gordon, Sam Asante, Sebastian Deery, Francisca Dennis, Dennis Nimoh, Sean Rey, Mark Rival | Written by Ant Horasanli, Reza Sholeh | Directed by Ant Horasanli [NOTE: With the film out now in the UK, here’s a repost of our REV review from it’s US release earlier this year] […]
