28th Oct2021

‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Oct 27th 2021)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this weeks review of AEW: Dynamite, an episode which has apparently riled-up some wrestling fans online for daring to have Adam Cole dress up as a Ghostbuster! Because that’s apparently making a mockery of his skills and he looks worse here than he ever did in NXT… Er, whatever! The guy is obviously […]

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28th Oct2021

‘The Mutation’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Ricardo Freitas, Amanda-Jade Tyler, Abi Casson Thompson, James Robertson, Megan Purvis, Sarah T Cohen, Derek Nelson, Andrew Rolfe, Allis Smith, Zoe Purdy, Jodie Bennet, Kathi DeCouto, Brendan Jones | Written and Directed by Scott Jeffrey The Mutation follows the aftermath of a deadly experiment on a rat which goes horribly wrong… The scientist behind […]

27th Oct2021

Grimmfest 2021: ‘Happy Times’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Michael Aloni, Shani Atias, Iris Bahr, Stefi Celma, Sophia Santi, Kevin Thoms, Liraz Chamami, Griffin Kramer, Mike Burstyn, Ido Mor, Rigo Obezo, Guy Adler | Written by Michael Mayer, Guy Ayal | Directed by Michael Mayer Now, this was something different. Michael Mayer (Out in the Dark), who directs and co-writes with Guy Ayal, […]

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27th Oct2021

Grimmfest 2021: ‘The Deep House’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: James Jagger, Camille Rowe, Eric Savin, Alexis Servaes, Anne Claessens, Carolina Massey | Written and Directed by Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury The Deep House is the latest film by French filmmakers Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury. This comes after Kandisha which, while better receive than Leatherface, still failed to bring them the acclaim they received […]

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27th Oct2021

‘The Leprechaun’s Curse’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Bao Tieu, Chrissie Wunna, Sofia Lacey, Stephen Staley, Danielle Ronald, Elspeth Foster, Louisa Warren, Lee Hancock | Written by Louisa Warren, Tom Joliffe | Directed by Louisa Warren The leprechaun is back! No not THAT leprechaun. I’m talking about Champdog Films’ leprehaun. yes, the company follow up their film The Leprechaun’s Game, released earlier […]

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27th Oct2021

‘Batman: The Long Halloween Special – Nightmares #1’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Jeph Loeb | Art by Tim Sale | Published by DC Comics So there I was a few days ago moaning at the lack of effort from Marvel, DC, and Image in putting out some decent quality stuff for Halloween. After all, Halloween and Christmas were the two big times of the year […]

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27th Oct2021

‘AEW: Dark’ Review (Oct 26th 2021)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this review of this weeks episode of AEW: Dark, I’m editor Phil and we’ve got another episode of Dark eminating from AEW Universal (I prefer the All Elite Zone TBH). There’s a lot more storytelling on this episode of Dark than usual, I hope that’s going to be the case with these pre-taped […]

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26th Oct2021

LFF 2021: ‘The Medium’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Sawanee Utoomma, Sirani Yankittikan, Yasaka Chaisorn, Boonsong Nakphoo, Arunee Wattana, Thanutphon Boonsang | Written by Banjong Pisanthanakun, Na Hong-jin |  Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter), this Thai found footage horror offers an original spin on the possession genre. Well made, superbly acted and genuinely scary, it’s one of […]

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26th Oct2021

LFF 2021: ‘Bendetta’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphné Patakia, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin | Written by Paul Verhoeven, David Birke | Directed by Paul Verhoeven Director Paul Verhoeven turns his hand to nunsploitation with Bendetta, a French language melodrama based on the true story of a 17th century nun who experienced religious visions and was punished for […]

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26th Oct2021

‘Batwoman 3×02: Loose Tooth’ Review

by Jason Brigger

Stars: Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Dougray Scott | Created by Caroline Dries Batwoman continues their streak of adding former Batman villains to the series and this week we are introduced to Killer Croc. Plus, Alice and Batwoman become partners, Luke has issues he hasn’t addressed yet, and Ryan’s mother […]

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26th Oct2021

‘AEW Dark: Elevation – Episode 34’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this weeks review of AEW Dark: Elevation, which this week comes from the University of Florida in Orlando – which looks and particularly sounds like is a smaller setting than usual. Let’s hope the crowd get into this one. But the big news for this episode is that Leyla Hirsch and Ryo Mizunami […]

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26th Oct2021

‘Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK 3×05’ Review

by Rhys Payne

Season three of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK started off very well but as each episode goes by it seems like the production team almost ran out of energy for the show. Last weeks episode was so disappointing with two versions of the new song called “BDE,” with the only particularly memorable thing being the […]

25th Oct2021

‘Bloody Mary’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Chrissie Wunna, Sarah T Cohen, Antonia Whillans, Beatrice Fletcher, Danielle Ronald, Abi Casson Thompson, Clint Gordon, Stephen Staley, Ellis Tustin | Written by Sophie Storm K. | Directed by David Gregory Producer Scott Jeffrey really knows how to stretch out his budgets doesn’t he? Case in point, Bloody Mary (or Curse of Bloody Mary […]

25th Oct2021

‘The Curse of Humpty Dumpty’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Nicola Wright, Sian Altman, Kate Sandison, Danielle Scott, Antonia Whillans, Antonia Johnstone, Kate Milner Evans, Chris Cordell, Richard Harfst | Written and Directed by Scott Jeffrey I’ve said it numerous times in the past, but the horror genre has often used as metaphor. For political issues; societal issues; to tell stories that hit on […]

25th Oct2021

‘Night of the Ghoul #1’ Review (Comixology Original)

by Dean Fuller

Written by Scott Snyder | Art by Francesco Francavilla | Published by Comixology Originals As we are in the run up to Halloween I was looking for a suitably creepy and eerie book to review to tie in with that. To be honest, most of the major publishers had very slim pickings indeed, which was […]

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25th Oct2021

‘Impact Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021’ PPV Review

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this review of Impact Wrestling’s 2021 Bound For Glory pay per view. The PPV opened with a pre-show that saw Jordynne Grace pin John Skyler to win the Impact Digital Media Championship defeating Skyler, along with Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, Chelsea Green, and Madison Rayne in an intergender match that is only available […]

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25th Oct2021

‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Oct 23rd 2021)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this weeks review of AEW: Dynamite, the second Dynamite in a row to debut on a Saturday night AFTER rampage has aired…making it one hell of a weekend of wrestling for AEW fans in person and at home. This epsidoe features more matches in the Men’s World Title Eliminator Tournament, with TWO first-round […]

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25th Oct2021

‘AEW: Rampage’ Review (Oct 22nd 2021)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this weeks review of AEW: Rampage which eminates from James L. Knight Center, Miami, Florida. We get a stacked commentary team featuring Taz, Ricky Starks, Excalibur AND Chris Jericho! This episode sees the first match in the Men’s World Title Eliminator Tournament, and a rematch between Andrade El Idolo and Pac! Match #1: […]

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25th Oct2021

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (Oct 21st 2021)

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to this review of Impact Wrestling, I’m editor Phil and, as you may have read in his reviews last week, Nathan is taking a break from weekly wrestling reviews. Which means I’ll be doing weekly reviews of AEW and, as with this review, Impact on the regular from now on. Match #1: Bullet Club […]

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22nd Oct2021

LFF 2021: ‘Dashcam’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro, Jemma Moore | Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage, Jed Shepherd | Directed by Rob Savage The filmmaking team behind lockdown hit Host return with this Blumhouse-produced follow-up, shot by the cast and crew on iPhone cameras. Amusingly provocative, fast-paced and filled with shocks and scares, it’s the […]

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22nd Oct2021

LFF 2021: ‘The Feast’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Siôn Alun Davies, Lisa Palfrey, Rhodri Meilir | Written by Roger Williams | Directed by Lee Haven Jones A dinner party devolves into a bloodbath in this stylish, slow burn Welsh language horror from debut director Lee Haven Jones. Fair warning: The Feast is not […]

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22nd Oct2021

‘Fear Pharm 2’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: John Littlefield, Nadine Stenovitch, Tiana Tuttle, Aimee Stolte, Jessica Chancellor, Mason Greer, Taelyn Lewis | Written by Mark S. Allen, Howard Burd | Directed by Dante Yore Last year’s Fear Pharm introduced us to the Walker family, their Halloween maze and the terrible secret behind it. It was a pretty decent low-budget slasher with […]

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