28th Sep2021

‘Blood Conscious’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Oghenero Gbaje, DeShawn White, Lenny Thomas, Nick Damici, Lori Hammel | Written and Directed by Timothy Covell Writer/director Timothy Covell starts Blood Conscious where most genre films end, after the massacre. Kevin (Oghenero Gbaje), his older sister Brittney (DeShawn White; Motherless Brooklyn), and her fiancé Tony (Lenny Thomas; Diego of the Dead) are planning […]

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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

‘Sacrilege’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Emily Wyatt, Tamaryn Payne, Naomi Willow, David English, Ian Champion, Jon Glasgow, Emma Spurgin Hussey, Rory Wilton | Written and Directed by David Creed Sacrilege begins with a man running screaming from a darkened house. He fumbles with his car keys as his body begins to smoke and then burst into flames. He stumbles […]

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24th Sep2021

Dead Northern Film Festival: ‘Zomblogalypse’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Miles Watts, Tony Hipwell, Hannah Bungard, Alan Melikdjanian, Joanne Mitchell, Andrew Dunn, Andrina Carroll, Lyndsey Craine, Victoria Delaney, Peet Torjussen, Gemma-Louise Keane, Jennifer Jordan | Written and Directed by Miles Watts, Tony Hipwell, Hannah Bungard Zomblogalypse began life as a series of fifteen-minute episodes that ran on YouTube from 2008 to 2011. The tale […]

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24th Sep2021

‘The 100 Candles Game’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Magui Bravi, Luz Champané, Amparo Espinola, Clara Kovacic, Agustin Olcese, Amy Smart, James Wright | Written by Mauro Croche, Guillermo Lockhart | Directed by Victor Catala, Brian Deane, Oliver Lee Garland, Guillermo Lockhart, Tony Morales, Nicolás Onetti, Nicholas Peterson, Daniel Rübesam, Christopher West [NOTE: With the film out next week in the UK, here’s […]

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23rd Sep2021

‘Night of the Animated Dead’ VOD Review

by Kevin Haldon

Features the voices of: Josh Duhamel, Dule Hill, Katharine Isabelle, James Roday Rodriguez, Katee Sackhoff, Will Sasso, Jimmi Simpson, Nancy Travis | Written by John Russo | Directed by Jason Axinn It wasn’t that long ago that I saw Jason Axinn’s star-studded brutal gore fest animated feature To Your Last Death which to be honest […]

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23rd Sep2021

‘Blood Born’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Antoine Perry, Rosie Moss, Melanie Haynes, Laurine Price, Cole Gerdes, Leah Verrill | Written and Directed by Reed Shusterman The script for Blood Born wants to tap into some of the deepest and most primal of human fears and instincts. The desire to have children and the fears of the complications that come with […]

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23rd Sep2021

Video Review: ‘Small Engine Repair’ – as close to perfection as it gets!

by Kevin Haldon

Here’s Kev with a video review of indie drama Small Engine Repair which is in available on digital now. You can also check out his written review right here. Events spin wildly out of control when three lifelong friends agree to do a favor on behalf of the brash young woman they all adore. Directed […]

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22nd Sep2021

‘The ParaPod Movie’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Ian Boldsworth, Barry Dodds, Carol Fieldhouse, Chris French | Directed by Ian Boldsworth Starting as a comedy podcast about ghosts, mysteries and conspiracies in 2015, ParaPod has now become a movie. The first podcast to make that transfer to full feature film. I though had never listened to the podcast and knew very little […]

22nd Sep2021

‘The Haunting of Hythe House’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Luke Stevenson, Michelle Archer, J. Taviner, Silas Welsh, Nicholas Taviner, Louisa Warren, Taylor Rae Papworth | Written and Directed by Steven M. Smith Judging by his latest film, The Haunting of Hythe House, writer/director/producer Steven M. Smith (I Am Hooligan, Scare Attraction) is a little upset that his films haven’t been getting good reviews. […]

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22nd Sep2021

‘The Reckoning’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Joe Anderson, Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington | Written by Edward Evers-Swindell, Charlotte Kirk, Neil Marshall | Directed by Neil Marshall England. 1665. The great plague has caused a frenzy of fear, distrust and death. Desperate and terrified, the population turns to superstition, the Catholic Church taking cruel advantage of the grim witch-hunting […]

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21st Sep2021

‘Dune’ Review (2021)

by Chris Thomas

Stars: Stellen Skarsgaard, Dave Bautista, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Timothee Chalamet, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin, David Dastmalchian, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling | Written by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth | Directed by Denis Villeneuve As a preteen, Dune was probably the novel that meant more to me. It was my […]

21st Sep2021

‘Dune World’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Drew Patrick, Houston Baker, A.T. Tomas, Jeff Kirkendall, Cassandra Hayes | Written by John Oak Dalton | Directed by Mark Polonia With Denis Villeneuve’s Dune getting its first festival showings, Mark Polonia, (Virus Shark, Shark Encounters of the Third Kind) is here to cash in with Dune World. And not […]

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21st Sep2021

‘The Ballad of Billy McCrae’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Ian Virgo, Sianad Gregory, David Hayman, Ross O’Hennessy, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Gerald Tyler, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Carli De’La Hughes, Tim Duthrane | Written by Philip Palmer | Directed by Chris Crow British gangster or small-town British revenge-style movies are a dime a dozen. There’s so many of them around, I assume because they are cheap […]

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21st Sep2021

Video Review: ‘Kate’ – Ass-Kicking Assassin… Assassinated?!

by Kevin Haldon

Here’s Kev with a video review of action thiller Kate, which is in available to watch on Netflix now. A female assassin has 24 hours to get vengeance on her murderer before she dies. Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Kate stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, Miku Patricia Martineau, Tadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura and Michiel Huisman.

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20th Sep2021

‘The War Below’ Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: Sam Hazeldine, Tom Goodman-Hill, Kris Hitchen, Elliot James Langridge, Sam Clemmett | Written by J.P. Watts, Thomas Woods | Directed by J.P. Watts I find it somewhat incredible that after all these years we are still finding new and exciting stories to tell about the First and Second World War. There seemingly is no […]

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20th Sep2021

‘Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Drew Hirschboeck, Jeffrey T. Smith, Miranda Byers, Lyle DeRose, Tim Atnip, Rodrigo Tactaquin, David Iannotti | Written and Directed by Clay DuMaw Imagine possessing unlimited power in the form of a pistol that never misses. When Jack Wyatt (Drew Hirschboeck), a gold miner, discovers a cursed weapon – the titular Gun From Hell – […]

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17th Sep2021

‘Hall’ VOD Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Yumiko Shaku, Carolina Bartczak, Julian Richings, Vlasta Vrana, Mark Gibson, Bailey Thain, Kathleen Fee | Written by Derrick Adams, Francesco Giannini, Adam Kolodny | Directed by Francesco Giannini Often, the best movies tell a very simple story but they tell that story extremely well and Hall, featured at both Frightfest and Blood in the […]

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17th Sep2021

‘Witches of Blackwood’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Cassandra Magrath, John Voce, Nicholas Denton, Nikola Dubois, Lee Mason | Written by Darren Markey | Directed by Kate Whitbread Filmed and released in its native Australia as The Unlit, Witches of Blackwood is a slow-burning tale of family secrets and dark heritages. How does writer Darren Markey and director Kate Whitbread’s (Surviving Georgia) […]

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17th Sep2021

Video Review: ‘Malignant’ – Wan to Watch?

by Kevin Haldon

Here’s Kev with a video review of Malignant which is in cinemas now. Check out our written review right here. Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities. Directed by James Wan, Malignant stars Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, […]

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17th Sep2021

Video Review: ‘Holiday Monday’ – Banking on a Hit?!

by Kevin Haldon

Here’s Kev with a video review of action thriller Holiday Monday which is available on Amazon Prime now. Two men are hired to protect a man who is fleeing a drug syndicate. The initial meeting turns into chaos and with a dead body, briefcase of stolen money and an assassin on their tail, Nick and […]

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15th Sep2021

‘The Djinn’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe, John Erickson, Donald Pitts | Written and Directed by David Charbonier, Justin Powell Writer/directors David Charbonier and Justin Powell follow up their tale of the all too real horrors of human trafficking, The Boy Behind the Door, with another tale of a young boy forced to fight for […]

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