24th Sep2024

‘Long Gone Heroes’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Frank Grillo, Eden Brolin, Melissa Leo, Andy Garcia, Mekhi Phifer, Beau Knapp, George Carroll, Josh Hutcherson, Juan Pablo Raba | Written by John Swab, Santiago Manes Moreno | Directed by John Swab Long Gone Heroes marks the fifth collaboration between director John Swab and actor Frank Grillo beginning with Body Brokers and most recently […]

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24th Sep2024

‘Greedy People’ Video Review

by Kevin Haldon

Greedy People is a 2024 American crime comedy film directed by Potsy Ponciroli and written by Michael Vukadinovich. The film stars Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Simon Rex, Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Uzo Aduba, and Jim Gaffigan. This follows the residents of a small island town who must navigate a sensational murder […]

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23rd Sep2024

‘Death Bitch’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Linnea Swanson, Lawrence Waller, Doug Waugh, Traci Burr, Ken Brewer, Tom Grindle, Al Zuniga, Bridget Powers | Written by Ken Brewer, Meri Gyetvay | Directed by Ken Brewer With a title like Death Bitch, you know you’re not about to see a sensitive drama or family-friendly, faith-based film. But in case you had any […]

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20th Sep2024

‘Inherit the Witch’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Max Dimitrov, Maddie Crofts, Elizabeth Arends, Hugo Wilkinson, Cradeaux Alexander, Christopher Sherwood, Imogen Smith, Rohan Quine | Written and Directed by Cradeaux Alexander Inherit the Witch opens with video from 1984, it’s footage of the party celebrating the 14th birthday of Cory (Max Dimitrov) and his twin sister Jessie (Maddie Crofts). It looks like […]

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20th Sep2024

‘Civil War’ 4K UHD Steelbook Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jessie Plemons | Written and Directed by Alex Garland British writer-director Alex Garland has form when it comes to depicting the apocalypse, having previously written the 2002 zombie classic 28 Days Later. With his latest film, he turns his attention to […]

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19th Sep2024

‘The Demon Disorder’ Review (Shudder)

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Charles Cottier, Dirk Hunter, Christian Willis, John Noble, Tobie Webster | Written by Steven Boyle, Toby Osborne | Directed by Steven Boyle The Demon Disorder marks the directorial debut of Steven Boyle, it’s also his first credit as a writer, or rather co-writer along with Toby Osborne (Black Hat, Population Purge). He’s no stranger […]

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19th Sep2024

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Blu-ray Review

by Jasmine Valentine

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 […]

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19th Sep2024

‘The Lockdown’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Leo Howard, Caity Lotz, Michael Biehn, Hon Ping Tang, Ron Weaver | Written by Ryan C Jaeger, H. Daniel Gross, Stephen Niver | Directed by Ryan C Jaeger The Lockdown opens in a with a scene of an anonymous inmate being executed by lethal injection in a prison somewhere in Myanmar. From there it […]

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18th Sep2024

Frightfest 2024: ‘Saint Clare’ Review

by Joe Hennessy

Stars: Bella Thorne, Frank Whaley, Ryan Phillippe, Rebecca De Mornay, Jan Luis Castellanos, Bart Johnson, Dylan Flashner, Joy Rovaris | Written by Mitzi Peirone, Guinevere Turner | Directed by Mitzi Peirone Like most teenagers, Clare Bleeker (Bella Thorne) is a normal teenage girl who harbours secrets. But, unlike most teenagers, Clare is a serial killer […]

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18th Sep2024

‘Kung Fu Games’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jose Manuel, Caitlin Dechelle, Mark Strange, Jade Xu, Miguel Peralta, Lathrop Walker, Matt Goodwin | Written by Ryan C Jaeger, H. Daniel Gross | Directed by Ryan C Jaeger The trailer for Kung Fu Games boasts that it’s from one of the executive producers of Halloween: Resurrection. For those who don’t remember, that’s the […]

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18th Sep2024

‘Sleep’ Blu-ray Review

by Matthew Turner

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 […]

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17th Sep2024

‘Speak No Evil’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough | Written and Directed by James Watkins Directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake, The Woman in Black) and produced by Blumhouse, Speak No Evil is an American remake of the 2002 Danish thriller of the same name (also known as Gaesterne). […]

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17th Sep2024

‘How to Make a Werewolf’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Jace A. Edwards, Melahnie Bagley, Jonathan Meyer, Yve, Miles Nelson, Adam Burden | Written by Omar Reid | Directed by Steph Henderson, Omar Reid Most guys are happy to wake up to some head. But not Xen (Jace A. Edwards; Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Descendants: The Rise of Red) the unfortunate dude at the […]

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16th Sep2024

Frightfest 2024: ‘Mermaid Legend’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Jun Etoh, Mari Shirato, Kentarō Shimizu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Junko Miyashita, Yoshiro Aoki, Takashi Kanda | Written by Takuya Nishioka | Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda As FrightFest unveils its line-up each year, part of the fun is seeing what cult gems they have unearthed to show on a large screen. Amongst 2024’s line-up was Mermaid […]

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16th Sep2024

Frightfest 2024: ‘Traumatika’ Review

by Joe Hennessy

Stars: Susan Gayle-Watts, Ranen Navat, AJ Bowen, Sean O’Bryan, Emily Goss, Rebekah Kennedy | Written and Directed by Pierre Tsigaridis From the off, Pierre Tsigaridis’ sophomore film, Traumatika, promises its audience an exploration of the various sub-types of childhood trauma, focusing on emotional, physical, and sexual abuse alongside a gratuitous amount of violence. The story […]

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13th Sep2024

‘The Twisters’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Mark Justice, Tiffany, Kayla Fields, Sofia Riba, Paul Logan, Curtis Strong | Written by Jeffery Anderson | Directed by Michael Su No, that’s not a typo, for their latest mockbuster, The Twisters the folks at The Asylum simply added “The” to the title of the film they’re cashing in on. That’s a pretty ballsy […]

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13th Sep2024

‘The Whip’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Meg Fozzard, Shian Denovan, Tom Knight, Ray Bullock Jr., Gala Wesson, Daniel Davids | Written by Christopher Presswell, Forgács W. András | Directed by Christopher Presswell The Whip opens with Emily (Meg Fozzard), who suffers from a brain injury, and her sister Sadie (Shian Denovan; Cat Sick Blues, All Roads Lead to Home) who […]

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13th Sep2024

‘We Are Zombies’ Video Review

by Phil Wheat

We Are Zombies is a 2023 Canadian French zombie horror comedy film based on the comic series The Zombies That Ate the World written and directed by Yoann-Karl Whissell, François Simard and Anouk Whissell. The film stars Alexandre Nachi, Derek Johns and Megan Peta Hill. In a city infested with the living-impaired aka non-cannibal zombies […]

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12th Sep2024

’12 to Midnight’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Robert Bronzi, Daniel Roebuck, Valerie Bittner, Tito Ortiz, Sadie Katz, Helene Udy, A.C. Bernardi, Patrick Voss Davis | Written by Mark Savage, Joe Knetter, Jeff Miller, Tom Parnell | Directed by Mark Savage 12 to Midnight stars Charles Bronson lookalike Robert Bronzi (Exorcist Vengeance, From Hell to the Wild West) and a title that […]

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12th Sep2024

‘The Apocalypse Box’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Tom Butcher, Russell Biles, Ray Calleja, Aryana Neo, Corrinne Wicks, Lola Knight, Sylvester McCoy, Paul Foot | Written and Directed by James Eaves It was pretty much inevitable that we’d get a movie like The Apocalypse Box at some point this year. With a contentious election and political rioting in both France and the […]

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12th Sep2024

‘The Curse of the Crimson Altar’ Blu-ray Review (88 Films)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele, Michael Gough, Virginia Wetherell, Rosemarie Reede, Derek Tansley | Written by Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln, Jerry Sohl | Directed by Vernon Sewell The Tigon-produced The Curse of the Crimson Altar is often regarded as a classic of the genre due to its eerie atmosphere and notable […]

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11th Sep2024

‘Red Rooms’ Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: Juliette Gariépy, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Laurie Babin, Elisabeth Locas, Natalie Tannous, Pierre Chagnon, Guy Thauvette | Written and Directed by Pascal Plante Well… what the hell was that all about? I will say though this was a technically well-executed movie. So much so that you find yourself bafflingly transfixed to the screen, for the most […]

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