23rd Mar2020

‘Humanpersons’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Luis Fernandez, Roberto Birindelli, María Cecilia Sanchez, Mimi Lazo, Ramiro Meneses, Henry Twohy, Alex O´Dogherty | Written by Pedro García Ríos, Frank Spano | Directed by Frank Spano At first there seems to be a whole lot going on in Humanpersons but when put in simpler terms it is about a blackmailed guy having […]

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13th Mar2020

‘Nothing Man’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Daniel Hall, Jennifer Jordan, Ric Vince, Tony Goodall, Paul Mayo Mason, Christopher Tauers, Arron Dennis, Joe Buckton | Written by Jonathan Ashdown, Paul Butler, Stephen Gallacher | Directed by Stephen Gallacher There seems to be so many low budget British gangster/revenge thriller movies released every year you’d be forgiven to be at all bothered […]

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02nd Mar2020

‘Angels Fallen’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Nicola Posener, Caroline Amiguet, Filareta Atanasova, Ivica Dimitrijevic, Scott Anthony Gould, Hailey Hermida, Li Jing, Lee Kholafai, William Legue, Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Tommy Nash, Ivy Natalia, Houston Rhines | Written by Amanda Barton | Directed by Ali Zamani Action/fantasy horror can be very hit or miss. I have to say in general I […]

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18th Feb2020

‘5 Galaxies’ DVD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Pom Klementieff, Cynthia Kirchner, Neil Jackson, Eric Roberts, Nelson Lee | Written by Nelson Lee, Harry Assouline, Brian O’Carroll, Peer Gopfrich, Kristen Hilkert | Directed by Nelson Lee, Harry Assouline, Kristen Hilkert, Amir Reichart, Vitaly Verlov Low budget sci-fi is an interesting sub genre. There’s not too much of it about and it’s hard […]

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07th Feb2020

‘Plus One’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Maya Erskine, Jack Quaid, Ed Begley Jr., Alex Anfanger, Kiersten Armstrong, Jennifer Bartels, Jon Bass, Joe Bays, Emma Bell, Beck Bennett, Scarlett Bermingham | Written and Directed by Jeff Chan, Andrew Rhymer I’ll say it straight away. I don’t really like romantic comedies or ‘rom-coms’ as they are better known. Hate is probably too […]

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05th Feb2020

‘Anyone Home?’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Monique Gabriela Curnen, Kathy Baker, Luke Ganalon, Jon Jon Briones, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Maree Cheatham, Jasper Cole, Victoria Cruz, Jill Jordan, Cici Lau | Written by Patrick Cunningham, William Day Frank | Directed by Patrick Cunningham Genre movies based in the home usually take one of a few routes. They can be a haunted house […]

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31st Jan2020

‘Door In The Woods’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Jennifer Pierce Mathus, David Rees Snell, CJ Jones, John-Michael Fisher, Katherine Forbes, Cassie Self, Elisabeth Bate, Mark Landon Smith | Written and Directed by Billy Chase Goforth I quite like the title Door In The Woods and the images it conjures up. In my head I had some kind of weird horror version of […]

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20th Jan2020

‘Bloody Marie’ VOD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Susanne Wolff, Dragos Bucur, Alexia Lestiboudois, Teun Luijkx, Jan Bijvoet, Therese Affolter, Mark Rietman, Kim Hertogs, Leny Breederveld, Dennis Rudge, Murth Mossel, Valentijn Dhaenens, Martijn van der Veen, Anna Tenta | Written and Directed by Lennert Hillege, Guido van Driel The Netherlands is not a country that is very well known for its movies. […]

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14th Jan2020

‘A Serial Kiler’s Guide To Life’ VOD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Katie Brayben, Poppy Roe, Sian Clifford, Fiona Glascott, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Sinead Matthews, Tomiwa Edun, David Newman | Written and Directed by Staten Cousins Roe [NOTE: With the film now out on deman, here’s a reposting of our review of A Serial Kiler’s Guide To Life, from the films screening at last years London Frightfest] […]

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13th Jan2020

‘Ellipse’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Josiah Authier, Grant Martin, Michelle Medoff, Jack William | Written by Grant Martin | Directed by Joe Bland, Grant Martin Low budget sci-fi in many people’s minds are films featured on (unsurprisingly) the SyFy channel. Usually filled with poor CGI and ridiculous storylines. But for every SyFy original there’s a Freaks or The Endless […]

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07th Jan2020

‘Lost Gully Road’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Adele Perovic, John Brumpton, Jane Clifton, Eloise Mignon, Alexander Capper, Lewis Revell | Written by Donna McRae, Michael Vale | Directed by Donna McRae A young woman, Lucy, is alone in an isolated house awaiting her sister who is soon to be joining her. It seems she is there to get away from someone […]

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06th Jan2020

‘The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Jimmy Driscoll, Burt Grinstead, Maureen Keiller, David Nash, Matthew Pilieci, Anna Stromberg, Denise Walker | Written by Burt Grinstead, Anna Stromberg | Directed by Burt Grinstead I have always been fond of the found footage sub genre in horror. Like most people it all stems from the greatness of The Blair Witch Project and […]

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23rd Dec2019

Alain’s Top 25 Christmas Movies!

by Alain Elliott

I absolutely love Christmas and the films made for it! I’ve had a hard time compiling just twenty five movies for my favourite festive films ever. But here is my list. Disagree with any of it? Have I missed out any of your favourites? Follow Nerdly on social media and let us know. 1. Home […]

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17th Dec2019

‘The Cunning Man’ Short Film Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Simon Armstrong, Ali Cook, Ian Kelly, Charlotte Jo Hanbury | Written by Ali Cook | Directed by Zoe Dobson Shown at this year’s Frightfest, The Cunning Man is not the most obvious of shorts to be playing at that festival. Inspired by John Harries (1785-1839) a physician and ‘cunning man’ – a healer who uses […]

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12th Dec2019

‘Blood Myth’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Jonathan McClean, Anna Dawson, Hannah Chalmers, Matt Ray Brown, Charlie Walker McClimens, Adrian Annis, Neil Summerville, Daniel Thrace, Ian Small, Eva McGillivray, George Nettleton, Tony Goodall | Written and Directed by Sean Brown, Luke Gosling Blood Myth is one of those awful generic horror movie titles that doesn’t garner any interest from me. But […]

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03rd Dec2019

‘Marla’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Lisa van Dam-Bates, Travis Johnny Ware, Katie Hemming, Jason Stange, Palmer Chase | Written and Directed by Lisa van Dam-Bates Lisa van Dam-Bates directs and stars in Marla, aka Marla Mae, her first feature film about a woman who gets an IUD implanted by an old friend, only for it to be a much worst idea […]

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28th Nov2019

‘The Curse Of Buckout Road’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Evan Ross, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Danny Glover, Henry Czerny, Colm Feore, Mayko Nguyen, Jim Watson, Kyle Mac, Michelle Mylett, John Ralston, Patrick Garrow, David Hayter | Written by Shahin Chandrasoma, Matthew Currie Holmes | Directed by Matthew Currie Holmes There seems to be endless low budget horror with titles like the one above (and I have […]

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18th Nov2019

‘Somewhere In The Middle’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Features: Jasika Nicole, Griffin House, Jeff Nishinaka, Aaron Tap, Dan McCaw, Jessica De Gouw, Keegan-Michael Key, Tracie Thoms | Directed by Nathan Ives I love a good documentary. A well made documentary,whatever the subject can draw you in and captivate you perhaps more than any other genre of movie. I don’t have to be interested […]

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08th Nov2019

‘The Baylock Residence’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Kelly Goudie, Sarah Wynne Kordas, Lindsay Foster, Karen Henson, Kieron Brook, Penelope Butler, Fiona Shore, Cara Middleton | Written and Directed by Anthony M. Winson There are a handful, well enough movies to call it a sub genre, of horror movies et during World War II. But they usually, rather strangely, involve zombies of […]

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31st Oct2019

‘Mermaid’s Curse’ DVD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager, Brendan Taylor, Jessie Fraser, Steve Bradley, Barbara Wallace, Trevor Gemma, Natasha Quirke, Leala Selina, Casey Strandquist | Written by Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin, Bob Woolsey, Meagan Hotz, Lindsey Mann | Directed by Nicholas Humphries A horror version of The Little Mermaid sounds like the best and worst idea for a movie […]

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29th Oct2019

‘What Death Leaves Behind’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Khalil McMillan, Vincent Young, Shaira Barton, Christopher Mann, Erin O’Brien, Johnny Alonso, Alexandra Tydings, Kelly Dowdle, Shaira Barton, Amanda Diaz, Dennis Jeantet, Al Sotto | Written by Chad Morton, Rachel K. Ofori, Scott A. Hamilton, Nico Giampietro | Directed by Scott A. Hamilton Cellular memory – A parallel hypothesis to body memory positing that memories can be […]

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24th Oct2019

‘Patina’ Short Film Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Alan Maxson, Annabel Barrett, Matt Kelly | Written and Directed by Alan Maxson The Twilight Zone and more recently Black Mirror have created future worlds that aren’t so great. Featuring things we should worry about and usually making technology seem like something we should be very wary of. Patina follows that idea, with robots that […]

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