05th Aug2024

‘Heathers: Limited Edition’ 4K UHD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Peter Dawson | Written by Daniel Waters | Directed by Michael Lehmann Heather Chandler (Kim Walker) is the leader of the “Heathers”, a clique of mean girls running their Ohio high school. There are two other Heathers in the group, and then there’s the […]

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27th May2024

‘Pandemonium’ Limited Ed. Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Hugo Dillon, Ophelia Kolb, Arben Bajraktaraj, Manon Maindivide | Written and Directed by Quarxx Nathan and Daniel wake at the scene of a car crash, confused and seemingly unscathed. The two men begin to slowly understand that they did not make it. They are dead. Nathan’s previous acts will now determine his fate, however […]

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22nd Aug2023

‘The Last House on the Left’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Aaron Paul, Riki Lindhome, Spencer Treat Clark, Sara Paxton, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Martha MacIsaac | Written by Adam Alleca, Carl Ellsworth | Directed by Dennis Iliadis Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left is regarded by many as a classic of the horror genre, and by others as one of […]

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14th Feb2023

‘Orchestrator of Storms’ VOD Review (Arrow)

by Jim Morazzini

Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin, from here on simply Orchestrator of Storms, is a long overdue examination of the works of French filmmaker Jean Rollin, a man who has been labelled everything from an auteur to a pornographer and a hack. Writer/directors Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger have worked together on […]

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31st Jan2023

Feature: Looking at Lukas [Moodysson]

by Phil Wheat

Confrontational, provocative, outrageous, heartbreaking, hilarious – all can be applied to director Lukas Moodysson, who has been hailed internationally as one of Sweden’s greatest filmmaking talents, delighting and confounding audiences in equal measure. Drawing his inspiration from an eclectic and startling array of subjects, including commune living, teenage angst, punk rock, reality TV and graphic […]

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29th Dec2022

The Horror! The Horror! H.P. Lovecraft Onscreen

by Phil Wheat

Strange creatures chained in dungeons and locked in shuttered rooms – indescribably entities that come from beyond – lurking beasts that hide in the shadows of your darkest imaginings – the gates of Hell being flung open and the unspeakable unleashed – welcome to the weird and unsettling world of the titan of literary terror […]

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23rd Dec2022

Cursed Images: The six scariest moments in J-horror!

by Phil Wheat

J-horror films, the Japanese chillers that swept the globe at the turn of the millennium, could guarantee two things – ghastly ghostly apparitions, and sleepless nights for the viewer. Among the pinnacle of J-horror are the JU-ON films, a trilogy of terror named after a deadly curse spawned when someone dies in the grip of […]

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20th Dec2022

‘Incredible But True’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Alain Chabat, Anaïs Demoustier, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel | Written and Directed by Quentin Dupieux There are plenty of films that could call themselves Incredible But True but maybe more than most this one feels like it justifies it. But unfortunately, I don’t want to say too much about why this is the case […]

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08th Dec2022

Special Feature: Robin Hood and his many men!

by Phil Wheat

From Errol Flynn to Disney, cinema has long been fascinated with the legend of Robin Hood. In 1991 he was played by box office superstar Kevin Costner, in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, who transformed the famous outlaw of Sherwood Forest into a movie icon fit for the 1990s. This grand, swashbuckling adventure in the […]

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02nd Dec2022

‘The Leech’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Graham Skipper, Jeremy Gardner, Taylor Zaudtke, Rigo Garay | Written and Directed by Eric Pennycoff Father David (Graham Skipper) is a devout priest who lives by the bible’s doctrine to be a Good Samaritan at all times. So he is more than happy to welcome a struggling homeless couple Terry and Lexi, played by […]

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19th Oct2022

‘Two Witches’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Belle Adams, Ian Michaels, Tim Fox, Dina Silva, Rebekah Kennedy, Kristina Klebe | Written by Pierre Tsigaridis, Kristina Klebe, Maxim Rancon | Directed by Pierre Tsigaridis Two Witches, the first feature from Pierre Tsigaridis features a pair of somewhat connected tales of modern day witchcraft. These aren’t the witches of Hocus Pocus or Sabrina […]

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21st Jul2022

Competition: Win 80s slasher ‘Hell High’ on Blu-ray!

by Phil Wheat

Teenage kicks take a decidedly dark turn in director Douglas Grossman’s Hell High – out now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video – a twisted tale of delinquency pushed to its horrifying extreme, where Class of 1984 meets I Spit on Your Grave. To celebrate we are giving away a Blu-ray! When high school football hero […]

18th Jul2022

Feature: Teenagers… Beware of the 80s!

by Phil Wheat

The 1980s were a very dangerous time for the younger generation onscreen. Any teen or twenty-something movie character in the slasher genre of the era was pretty much guaranteed to get the chop. 1989 slasher gem Hell High is a case in point – no sooner have the credits rolled heads have started rolling. Or […]

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24th Jun2022

The best non-Norman Bates thrillers starring Anthony Perkins

by Phil Wheat

OK, so the actor Anthony Perkins is best known for his legendary role as Norman Bates in Hitchcock’s Psycho and its sequels… but that part is not the sum total of this superb actor’s career. That’s not to say he didn’t trade on his status as cinema’s seminal psycho, and starred in plenty of chiller […]

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10th Feb2022

‘Don’t Go in the House’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Ruth Dardick | Written by Joseph Ellison, Ellen Hammill, Joe Masefield | Directed by Joseph Ellison One of the many films that were tangled up in the video nasty debacle of the early 80s, Don’t Go In The House tells the story of Donny, a somewhat disturbed man […]

21st Jan2022

‘Sleep’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sandra Hüller, Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Max Hubacher, August Schmölzer, Marion Kracht, Agata Buzek, Martina Schöne-Radunski, Katharina Behrens, Andreas Anke | Written by Michael Venus, Thomas Friedrich | Directed by Michael Venus Tormented by vivid nightmares she believes are real, Marlene (Sandra Hüller) starts piecing together her oneiric visions. Assembling nightmarish sketches, maddening notes, and […]

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15th Dec2021

Feature: The Action-Packed World of Shaw Brothers

by Phil Wheat

During the 1970s the Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong produced some of the most iconic action films ever made, revolutionising the genre through the backbreaking work of top-shelf talent. The new Limited Edition Blu-ray box set from Arrow Video presents twelve jewels from the Shaw crown, all released within the 1970s – here’s a […]

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26th Nov2021

Feature: Horror in the Mall

by Phil Wheat

In the 1970s and 1980s, shopping malls were popping up all over America, and it was only a matter of time before they became a favoured setting for horror films – where better to plunge a knife into the heart of American consumerism and idyllic suburban life? It wasn’t long before malls in the movies […]

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10th Nov2021

Feature: The Family That Slays Together Stays Together!

by Phil Wheat

In director Wes Craven’s 1977 horror masterpiece The Hills Have Eyes, a family run into trouble when their campervan breaks down in the middle of the desert, leaving them at the mercy of a clan of cannibals lurking in the surrounding hills. To celebrate the release of the definitive edition of this defining classics of […]

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15th Oct2021

The Scariest Doll Of All – Annabelle & Chucky’s Italian Cousin!

by Phil Wheat

If you think Chucky from Child’s Play and Annabelle are scary – well, it’s time you met their Italian predecessors, a pair of very creepy dolls that play key roles in the classic giallo Deep Red, from Dario Argento, the maestro of the macabre. This pair are so frightening, they’d make Billy from Saw turn […]

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27th Sep2021

‘Dementer & Jug Face’ Blu-ray Review (Arrow Video)

by Phil Wheat

DEMENTER Stars: Katie Groshong, Brandy Edmiston, Larry Fessenden, Eller Hall, Scott Hodges, Stephanie Kinkle | Written and Directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle Cults are a classic horror film troupe for good reason… In Dementer our protagonist Katie (Katie Groshong) runs away from a cult and takes a job caring for people with special needs in a […]

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24th Sep2021

Feature: Wicked Kids on the Silver Screen

by Phil Wheat

“IN THEIR WORLD, ADULTS ARE NOT ALLOWED… TO LIVE.” So runs the chilling tagline for the 1984 cult classic horror Children of the Corn, based on the short story by horror maestro Stephen King. Set in an agricultural town in Nebraska, the film tells the story of 12-year-old Isaac, a real little charmer who indoctrinates […]

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