Stars: Jolene Purdy, Nicholas X. Parsons, Midori Francis, Michael Patrick Lane, Missi Pyle | Written by Salvatore Cardoni, Brian Rawlins | Directed by Yoko Okumura The opening of Blumhouse’s latest film, Unseen introduces us to a pair of women. There’s Sam (Jolene Purdy; Donnie Darko, WandaVision) who we see catching a buzz before she starts […]
Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Gregory Sims, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Connor Paolo, Mac Brandt | Written by Johnny Lozano, Michael McClung | Directed by Mark Burman Ambush, from director Mark Burman (Piranha Sharks, South Bureau Homicide) and his co-writers Johnny Lozano and Michael McClung (American Martyr) is the latest film to try and turn one of the […]
Stars: Brittany Baker, Pooch Hall, Chris Whitcomb, Eric Lutes, David Gere, Brendan Kelleher, Salvatore DelGreco, Angie Campbell, Eric Allan Kramer | Written and Directed by Matthew Kohnen Alarmed is the latest original film from the streaming service Tubi. Regular readers may have noticed it’s been a while since I’ve reviewed one of those, and there’s […]
Stars: Ethan Daniel Corbett, Amanda Jones, Nic Caruccio, Sean Whalen, Michael Paré, Kate Hodge, Jonathan Huynh-Mast, Adam Pepper | Written and Directed by Jose Prendes The Headless Horseman is one of the latest horror films from The Asylum to hit DVD here in the UK, and it;s what sounds like a mashup of Ghost Rider […]
Stars: Camila Rodríguez, Roe Dunkley, Vincent De Paul, Crist Moward | Written by David Liz, Manuel Delgadillo | Directed by David Liz Eliza (Camila Rodríguez; Huracán, Night Shift) runs through the rain as voices yell in the background. It’s disorienting, like some kind of a nightmare, and that’s what it is, a nightmare. Eliza is […]
Stars: Eva Green, Mark Strong, Billie Gadsdon, Chai Fonacier | Written by Garret Shanley | Directed by Lorcan Finnegan Christine (Eva Green; Dark Shadows, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) is a successful fashion designer. She lives with her marketing consultant husband Felix (Mark Strong; Cruella, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) and their daughter […]
Stars: Craig David Dowsett, Chris Cordell, Nikolai Leon, Paula Coiz, Maria Taylor, Natasha Tosini, Danielle Ronald, Natasha Rose Mills, Amber Doig-Thorne, May Kelly | Written and Directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield It seems like we’ve been hearing about Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey forever. And now it’s here, the latest attempt to turn childhood favourites […]
Stars: Topher Hansson, Kamarra Cole, Lisa Wilcox, C.J. Graham, Michael Shields, Trent Haaga, Felissa Rose, Warrington Gillette | Written by Vincent Cusimano, Lola Devlin | Directed by Tom Devlin Teddy Told Me To, the directorial debut of effects artist Tom Devlin (Camp Twilight, Evil Bong 777) is based on a character he created for an […]
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Elyse Levesque, Trezzo Mahoro, Lochlyn Munro, Garry Chalk, Rachelle Goulding | Written and Directed by Michael Winnick Disquiet is defined as “a feeling of anxiety or worry”, and it’s something one often feels when in a hospital even if they’re just visiting. So imagine what Sam (Jonathan Rhys Meyers; Dangerous Game: […]
Stars: Felissa Rose, Brian Ceponis, Daniel John Kearney, Christina Krakowski, Noah Welter, Jess Uhler, Lynn Lowry, Brandon Krum, Hans Hernke, Hannah Fierman | Written and Directed by Mark Cantu After sitting through the less-than-satisfying Viking Wolf I wanted a lycanthropic film with a bit more bite to it. As it happened, I had the screener […]
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 […]
Stars: Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne, Sjur Vatne Brean, Silje Øksland Krohne, Liv Mjönes, Vidar Magnussen, Mia Fosshaug Laubacher, Arthur Hakalahti, Ståle Bjørnhaug | Written by Stig Svendsen, Espen Aukan | Directed by Stig Svendsen When I first saw the title Viking Wolf, Vikingulven in its native Norwegian, I had visions of Norse lycanthropes raiding and […]
Stars: Casper Van Dien, Ian Alexander, Megan Le, Elyse Dinh, Vivien Ngo | Written and Directed by Corey Deshon “The following is based more on fact than fiction.” These words appear in Daughter’s opening credits. Combined with footage of two gas-masked figures, Father (Casper Van Dien; Mad Heidi, Battle for Saipan), and Brother (Ian Alexander; […]
Stars: Sarah McGuire, Patrick McGee, Laurie Catherine Winkel, Paige Maria | Written and Directed by Patrick Rea They Wait in the Dark opens with a young girl staring at her mother’s corpse laying on her bed, a bloody wound where her throat used to be. The image is filtered as if a dream or a […]
Stars: Sam Worthington, Phoebe Tonkin, Gilbert Bradman, Edward Carmody, Matt Nable | Written and Directed by Matt Nable Transfusion opens somewhere in the Middle East as an Australian special forces unit infiltrates an enemy bunker. The mission is going according to plan until suddenly it isn’t and Ryan Logan (Sam Worthington; Terminator Salvation, 9 Bullets) […]
Stars: Tim Pocock, Dan Ewing, Ben Chisholm, Sophie Don, Felix Williamson, John Reynolds | Written and Directed by Luke Sparke I was surprised that Devil Beneath managed to stealthily fly under my radar, I’m a fan of both monster movies and of writer/director Luke Sparke (Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall). It took me about five minutes to […]
Stars: Nikki Kris, Matthew T. Clark, Logan Laurel, Clint Carmichael, Amdrea M/ Anderson, Joseph Lopez | Written and Directed by Sean Patrick Cannon Evie (Nikki Kris; Clown Fear, Elsewhere) and Hart (Matthew T. Clark; Eyelet, Gaia) are a married ghost-hunting team. Years ago Evie lost her daughter Faith (Logan Laurel; Angel Girl, Vengeance Turns), to […]
Stars: Xander Bailey, Ryan Youngwoong Kim, Lesley Grant, Dylan J. Harris, Rashod Freelove, Carolina Vargas, Tom Sizemore | Written by Alex Heerman | Directed by Brian Nowak No, Bullet Train Down is not a crossover of the Gerard Butler “…Down” franchise and the recent Brad Pitt film. But since it is from The Asylum you […]
Stars: Robert LaSardo, Dane Bingenheimer, Kate Watson, Michael Paré, Johnny Huang, King Jeff, Sarah French, William ‘Bill’ Connor, Thomas Haley | Written by Adrian Milnes | Directed by Michael Su Bridge of the Doomed certainly can’t be accused of being a slow burn. Within the first few minutes, an army base comes under attack, and […]
Stars: Wu Jing, Wang Zhi, Andy Lau, Zina Blahusova, Clara Lee, Liya Tong, Matias Lorieri, Jeremiah Blakely, Temur Mamisashvili, Yanmanzi Zhu | Written by Gong Geer, Frant Gwo, Cixin Liu, Hongwei Wang, Ruchang Ye, Yang Zhixue | Directed by Frant Gwo Released in 2019 The Wandering Earth became one of the largest grossing non-English language films […]
