Stars: Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yuki Yamada, Yuya Endo, Kisuke Iida, Sae Nagatani, Ozuno Nakamura | Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki Nearly 70 years since Godzilla first appeared on-screen, the king of the monsters has headlined almost 40 feature films along with a few TV shows. […]
Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu, Rosie Ede, Robert Bobroczkyi, Trevor Newlin | Written by Fede Alverez, Rodo Sayagues | Directed by Fede Alverez The 7th instalment of the Alien franchise brings some new faces, some new ideas, and some old ones too. Cailee Spaeny has had a […]
Stars: Hunter Schafer, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csokas, Jessica Henwick, Dan Stevens | Written and Directed by Tilman Singer Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) is 17, and reluctantly leaving America for the German Alps to live with her estranged father. While there, she experiences overwhelming gory visions and is constantly haunted by strange noises. To her surprise, it’s […]
Stars: Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston | Written by Zach Baylin, William Schneider | Directed by Rupert Sanders Eric Draven (Bill Skarsgård) and Shelly Webster (FKA Twigs) are tragically killed after being confronted by demons of their past. However, Eric — also known as The Crow — is given a chance at redemption by […]
Stars: Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Larder | Written by Alan Seymour | Directed by Renny Rye When the BBC aired The Box of Delights in December 1984, it captured the imagination of a generation and cemented its place in British Christmas television tradition. Adapted from John Masefield’s 1935 fantasy novel, the series, […]
Stars: John Phillip Law, Brigitte Christensen, Gordon Mitchell, Olinka Hardiman | Written and Directed by Sergio Bergonzelli Sergio Bergonzelli’s Blood Delirium is a pulpy and eccentric exploration of madness, obsession, and gothic horror tropes, blending the grotesque with the surreal in a manner that is uniquely European. Released in 1988, this Italian horror oddity operates […]
Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel | Written by Jay Simms, John Morton | Directed by Ray Milland Panic in Year Zero is a gripping 1962 Cold War-era film that serves as both a survivalist thriller and a cautionary tale. Directed by and starring Ray Milland, the film explores humanity’s descent into chaos […]
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, Jamie Lee Curtis | Written by Eli Roth, Joe Crombie | Directed by Eli Roth Directed by Eli Roth, Borderlands is an adaptation of the popular video game series developed by Gearbox Software. Essentially an action thriller about a rag-tag […]
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew Macfadyen | Written by Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Shawn Levy | Directed by Shawn Levy I have been down on Marvel superhero films, for a long time. I was trashing them before it became cool. […]
Stars: Maika Monroe, Nicholas Cage, Alicia Witt, Kiernan Shipka, Blair Underwood | Written and Directed by Osgood Perkins It can be difficult to market a film. A trailer can be the best way to garner interest, although this can be undone when the promotional material offers spoilers to lure in potential viewers (as evidenced with […]
To celebrate the release of Exorcist II: The Heretic – out now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video – we have a copy up for grabs! From John Boorman, the director of Point Blank and Deliverance, comes Exorcist II: The Heretic, a visionary metaphysical thriller that confounded audience expectation by delivering something unique and entirely unexpected. […]
Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zeljko Ivanek, Lauren Cohan, Gaius Charles, Mahina Napoleon, Logan Kim | Created by Eli Jorne After dipping in and out of The Walking Dead, I recently reviewed the first season of its spin-off The Ones Who Live and enjoyed it enough that I couldn’t wait to give one of its other […]
Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, David Hyde Pierce, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg, Adrian Pasdar | Written by Joshua John Miller, M.A. Fortin | Directed by Joshua John Miller However you look at it, the fact that Russell Crowe has chosen to make two exorcist movies in as many years is a very strange decision. It’s […]
Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou | Written and Directed by Michael Sarnoski Before the world went silent, New York was the city metropolis that we all know and love. Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) is a cancer patient at a hospice, reluctantly joining a group outing to Manhattan. While there, the creatures descend […]
Stars: Sirpa Lane, Melissa Chimenti, Maurice Poli, Nat Bush, Dakar, Maria Grazia Smaldone | Written by Roberto Gandus, Renzo Maietto | Directed by Joe D’Amato Joe D’Amato’s Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals is a fascinating, if uneven, entry in both the director’s filmography and the broader canon of 1970s Italian exploitation cinema. Released in […]
To celebrate the release of the ground-breaking and gruesome horror In a Violent Nature – out now on Digital and available on Blu-ray & DVD from 30th September – we have a Blu-ray up for grabs! In a Violent Nature, the debut feature from writer and director Chris Nash (ABCs of Death 2), introduced the […]
Stars: Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp, Seymour Cassel, Beth Brickell, Ruth Warshawsky | Written by Anthony Overman, Michael Ronald Ross | Directed by Peter S. Traynor Low-budget exploitation thriller Death Game, which comes from Peter S. Traynor and stars Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp, and Seymour Cassel, blends elements of psychological horror, suspense, and dark comedy. The […]
Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Eric Dance, Joe Pantoliano | Written by Chris Bremner, Will Beall | Directed by Adil & Bilall When their late police captain Johnny gets linked to drug cartels after his death, joker Miami cops Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) undertake a dangerous mission to […]
Stars: Jung Yu-mi, Lee Sun-kyun, Kim Gook-hee | Written and Directed by Jason Yu Just when you think it’s nigh-on impossible to put an original spin on a possession / exorcism story, along comes Korean chiller Sleep, from writer-director Jason Yu, previously an Assistant Director to Bong Joon-ho. Creepy, darkly funny, and filled with great […]
