Stars: Adeline Rudolph, Karl Urban, Martyn Ford, Tati Gabrielle, Jessica McNamee, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Chin Han | Written by Jeremy Slater, Ed Boon, John Tobias | Directed by Simon McQuoid Five years after the reboot, Mortal Kombat II finally throws viewers into the franchise’s signature competition, leaning much more heavily […]
Stars: Brittany Allen, Christina Bennett Lind, Linc Hand, Elizabeth Cappuccino, Gene Gallerano, Jimmy Mehs, Zach Franklin, Gina D’Acciaro | Written and Directed by Gene Gallerano, William Pisciotta The Yeti takes a familiar creature-feature concept and places it in a stark, frozen landscape, aiming for tension and mood rather than spectacle. While films about Bigfoot-like creatures […]
Stars: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, David Duchovny, Patricia Heaton | Written by John Hughes, Amy Holden Jones | Directed by Brian Levant Director Brian Levant has long been associated with family-friendly entertainment, helming crowd-pleasing hits such as Problem Child 2, Beethoven, The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way, The Flintstones in Viva […]
What starts as an exclusive high-stakes poker game quickly spirals into something far more dangerous in The Highest Stakes. Invited to a mysterious private game, five strangers soon realise the cards on the table are the least of their worries as hidden agendas, long-buried secrets and deadly consequences begin to surface. With paranoia rising and […]
Stars: Ryan Carnes, Ciara Hanna, Jamie Bernadette, Nicky Whelan, Charles W Harris III, Brett Azar, Casey Seymour Kim, John Fiore | Written by Jacob Cooney, Timothy Morgan | Directed by Tom DeNucci “Hi, are you the landlord?” The Last Tenant is a spectacle of intrigue and possibilities. In the title itself, we ask: “Who is […]
Stars: Dani Filth, Emily Booth, Stuart Laing, Edmund Dehn, Eileen Daly, Rebecca Eden, Louie Brownsell, David McEwan | Written and Directed by Alex Chandon When it comes to killer thrillers, films like Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and Se7en immediately spring to mind. These are the kinds of films that take us on a […]
What if the scariest horror movie… wasn’t a movie at all? In this review, we’re taking a look at Content – a chilling, screenlife-style horror that unfolds entirely through phones, laptops, and digital screens. The film follows a seemingly polite filmmaker who manipulates, stalks, and ultimately blackmails his actors into becoming part of a real-life […]
Stars: Hallie Shepherd, Kurt Deimer, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Danny Vinson, Kevin Wayne, McKalin, Ariana Livingston | Written by Bernadette Chapman | Directed by Kevin Wayne A gang of paranormal investigators. A tragedy in the not-too-distant past, leaving a disfigured child in its wake. A supposedly haunted horror-themed attraction in the backwoods. A hulking monster in a […]
Stars: Hayley McFarland, Joshua Burge, Sean Gunn | Written and Directed by Adam Seidel In this drama thriller, we see a man discover that his brother is having an affair with his wife, and they plan on running away together (it somehow gets worse for him as the movie continues). He obviously takes the news […]
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun, Emma Thompson, Nicholas Galitzine, Hong Chau, Molly Gordon, Tosin Cole, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O’Dowd, Patrick Stewart, Brett Goldstein, Regina Hall, Bella Ramsey | Written by Craig Mazin | Directed by Kyle Balda Adapted from the best-selling German novel Three Bags Full by screenwriter Craig Mazin (Chernobyl), cheerful family […]
Stars: Adam Scott, David Wilmot, Peter Coonan, Florence Ordesh, Will O’Connell, Michael Patric | Written and Directed by Damian McCarthy Adam Scott stars in the Irish haunted-hotel horror Hokum, from writer/director Damian McCarthy, who previously made Oddity and Caveat. As such, it’s a solid enough piece of work, strong on atmosphere and jump scares, but […]
Stars: Roy Scheider, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Daniel Stern, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Ed Bernard, Malcolm McDowell, Joe Santos, James Murtaugh | Written by Dan O’Bannon, Don Jakoby | Directed by John Badham When I think of Roy Scheider, I immediately think of the horror classic Jaws and the adventure TV series SeaQuest DSV. But […]
Stars: Winter Bassett, Jordan Laemmlen, Vincent Catalina, Alexander Stavrou, Stephen Januzik, Lamby Laemmlen, Luke Rhoades | Written by Winter Bassett, Jordan Laemmlen | Directed by Jordan Laemmlen A couple’s getaway to an idyllic cabin in the woods takes a sinister turn when a mystery visitor comes-a-knocking one night. Things are already tense between Jane (Winter […]
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, Sian Clifford, Atheena Frizzell, FKA twigs, Jessica Brown Findlay | Written and Directed by David Lowery Writer/director David Lowery (A Ghost Story, The Green Knight) returns with Mother Mary, a bizarre concoction that’s part anguished two-hander and part ghost story, with a tiny dash of gore thrown in […]
Stars: Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Patrick McGoohan | Written by Lee Falk, Jeffrey Boam | Directed by Simon Wincer The 1990s gave us no shortage of memorable comic-book movies, from Dick Tracy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Batman Returns, The Crow and Blade. Yet one hugely […]
What begins as a troubling mystery for 16-year-old Ally Braun soon spirals into something far darker when she starts uncovering the truth behind her mysterious illness. Adopted into the world of wealthy biotech parents who seem to offer her everything, Ally begins to realise there may be sinister motives hidden beneath the surface. As disturbing […]
Writer/director Les Sekely made a name for himself with cult curios like Night of the Living Date, The Not-So-Grim Reaper and The Alien Conspiracy: Grey Skies. But in 1998, he delivered what would become a genuine favourite among genre fans: Vampire Time Travelers. Now, the film gets the deluxe treatment it deserves courtesy of Visual […]
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi-Lewis Parry | Written by Alex Garland | Directed by Nia DaCosta Danny Boyle hands over directing duties to Nia DaCosta (Candyman) for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the second half of the 28 Years Later two-parter, effectively forming the third and fourth instalments of […]
Stars: Nathan Shepka, Nicolette McKeown, Stephen Kerr, Olly Bassi, Nico Palmieri, David McCallum, Gary Collinson | Written by Nathan Shepka, Tom Jolliffe | Directed by Nathan Shepka The sixth film from writer/director/producer/actor Nathan Shepka, who does indeed take up all those roles for Death Among the Pines. I haven’t yet seen any of his other […]
When an unexploded World War II bomb is discovered at a busy construction site in central London, what begins as a routine day quickly spirals into a high-stakes emergency. With the threat of disaster looming, military and police forces are deployed to coordinate a mass evacuation, racing against time to clear the area before catastrophe […]
