30th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Slaxx’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Romane Denis , Sehar Bhojani, Stephen Bogaert, Brett Donahue, Kenny Wong, Tianna Nori, Erica Anderson | Written by Patricia Gomez, Elza Kephart | Directed by Elza Kephart Back in 2010 writer/director Quentin Dupieux brought forth Rubber on an unsuspecting genre audience. That film, about a tyre that killed people – not by running them […]

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30th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Butchers’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Simon Phillips, Michael Swatton, Julie Mainville, Anne-Carolyne Binette, James Hicks, Nick Allan, Blake Canning, Samantha De Benedet, Jonathan Largy, Frederik Storm | Written by Adrian Langley, Daniel Weissenberger | Directed by Adrian Langley I remember seeing Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the middle of the 90s, almost two decades after it was […]

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30th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘The Reckoning’ 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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30th Oct2020

‘Spell’ VOD Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorraine Burroughs, Hannah Gonera, Kalifa Burton, John Beasley, Tumisho Masha, Steve Mululu, Peter Butler | Written by Kurt Wimmer | Directed by Mark Tonderai If there is one thing that horror films have taught us by now, don’t return to your childhood home that you ran away from in the […]

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30th Oct2020

‘The Times of Harvey Milk’ Blu-ray Review (Criterion)

by Chris Cummings

Features: Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann  | Written by Judith Coburn, Carter Wilson | Directed by Rob Epstein Back in 1984, director Rob Epstein (Lovelace, Howl) along with narration writers Judith Coburn and Carter Wilson, worked together to bring us the acclaimed documentary film, The Times of Harvey Milk. A powerful 90 minute look […]

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30th Oct2020

Rewind: ‘Psycho’ Review

by Xenia Grounds

Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland, Frank Albertson | Written by Joseph Stefano | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock There’s no denying that when we look back on the horror film genre, one of the directors that we strongly associate with it is Alfred Hitchcock. Yes, there […]

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30th Oct2020

‘Batgirl #50’ Review (DC Comics)

by Dean Fuller

Written by Cecil Castellucci | Art by Emanuela Lupacchino, Various | Published by DC Comics First off, full confession, I have not read a single issue of this book before this one. No particular reason, but there are only so many hours in the day, and this was not a book that really registered on […]

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30th Oct2020

‘Hunter’s Moon’ Review

by Chris Thomas

Stars: Katrina Bowden, Jay Mohr, Will Carlson, Spencer Daniels, India Ennenga, Amanda Wyss, Daniel R. Hill, David Labrava, Emmalee Parker, Lexi Atkins, Sean Patrick Flanery, Thomas Jane | Written and Directed by Michael Caissie Left alone for the night in their new orchard farmhouse, three teenage sisters soon find themselves at the mercy of some […]

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29th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Lucky’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Brea Grant, Yasmine Al-Bustami, Kristina Klebe, Kausar Mohammed, Hunter C. Smith, Dhruv Day Singh | Written by Brea Grant | Directed by Natasha Kermani Luck isn’t with self-help author May Ryer lately. Her books aren’t selling and when a masked intruder breaks into the house she shares with husband no one seems concerned. Even […]

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29th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Origin Unknown’ Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Daniel Martínez, Lisette Morelos, Paulina Gil, Horacio Garcia Rojas, Arap Bethke, Matías del Castillo, Ramón Medína, José Luis Badalt | Written by Michael Caissie, Rigoberto Castañeda | Directed by Rigoberto Castañeda Written by Michael Caissie (Hunter’s Moon) and adapted and directed by Rigoberto Castaneda (Blackout), Origin Unknown – aka Sin Origen – is a […]

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29th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Let’s Scare Julie’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Isabel May, Odessa A’zion, Brooke Sorenson, Jessica Sarah Flaum, Dakota Baccelli, Blake Robbins | Written and Directed by Jud Cremata Emma has recently moved in with her cousin Taylor after her father’s untimely death. The victim of a prank by Taylor’s friends, Emma ups the ante by planning to scare the […]

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29th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Redwood Massacre: Annihilation’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Danielle Harris, Damien Puckler, Gary Kasper, Jon Campling, Tevy Poe, Benjamin Selway | Written and Directed by David Ryan Keith Writer/director and seemingly one-man filmmaking factory (setting up his own production company, being the sound department on his own films etc.) David Ryan Keith was previously responsible for two films I absolutely adore – […]

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29th Oct2020

Frightfest 2020: ‘Benny Loves You’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Karl Holt, Claire Cartwright, George Collie, James Parsons, Anthony Styles, Darren Benedict, Lydia Hourihan, David Wayman | Written and Directed by Karl Holt Child’s Play has a lot to answer for… actually scratch that. The killer doll cliche in horror films goes back a lot further than that , in fact it goes all […]

29th Oct2020

‘Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm’ Review – Second Opinion

by Chris Thomas

Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Dani Popescu, Manuel Vieru, Miroslav Tolj, Alin Popa | Written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Nina Pedrad | Directed by Jason Woliner The original Borat was perfectly willing to blend scripted and unscripted material together to make an extremely funny, if difficult to watch film. It […]

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29th Oct2020

‘AEW: Dynamite’ Review (Oct 28th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I used to be a candidate for dumbest dip-shit of the year, but I lost to a bowling ball covered in bacon grease. We’ve got a big match between Kenny Omega and Penta El Zero M and…another promo […]

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29th Oct2020

‘All Elite Wrestling: Dark’ Review (Oct 20th & 27th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this double-sized review of All Elite Wrestling: Dark, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have five million matches to get to, so let’s get to them before I smash my balls with a tire-iron. OCTOBER 20th 2020 Shawn Spears with Tully Blanchard def. Christopher Daniels – 2.7 Brandi Rhodes with […]

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28th Oct2020

‘Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Dong-Won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee, Re Lee, Hae-hyo Kwon, Min-Jae Kim, Gyo-hwan Koo, Do-Yoon Kim, Ye-Won Lee | Written by Sang-ho Yeon, Ryu Yong-jae | Directed by Sang-ho Yeon When Train to Busan arrived on the movie scene it was just what the zombie sub genre needed. A focus on a father protecting his daughter […]

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28th Oct2020

‘Batman: Three Jokers #3’ Review (DC Black Label)

by Dean Fuller

Written by Geoff Johns | Art by Jason Fabok | Published by DC Black Label This book has been outstanding on pretty much every level. Great covers, sensational art and a script that not only delivered what we hoped for, but also supplied the cherry and cream to go on top of that particular pie. […]

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28th Oct2020

‘Child Eater’ DVD Review

by Chris Cummings

Stars: Cait Bliss, Colin Critchley, Jason Martin, Dave Klasko, Brandon Smalls, James Wilcox, Melinda Chilton, Andrew Kaempfer, Kara Durrett, Weston Wilson | Written and Directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen Back in 2012, writer and director Erlingur Thoroddsen made a short film called Child Eater. It was a very good short, a mere fifteen minutes of haunting […]

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28th Oct2020

‘Impact Wrestling’ Review (Oct 27th 2020)

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this week’s IMPACT Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the fall-out of Bound For Glory, with a new World Champion being crowned as such by way of one of the best matches in IMPACT’s history. Rosemary is getting married to John E Bravo tonight, so change the […]

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28th Oct2020

‘WWE Hell In A Cell 2020’ PPV Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of WWE’s Hell In A Cell 2020 Pay Per View, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have three Cell matches in one night. Hell, why didn’t they just go all the way and have six Cell matches? It’d save some time on lifting and lowering the cage if […]

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28th Oct2020

Impact Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2020′ PPV Review

by Nathan Favel

Welcome to this review of Impact Wrestling’s Bound For Glory 2020, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the big duke-a-roo between Eric Young and Rich Swann for the World Title, so let’s not waste any time picking our butt-holes and licking our hillbillies. Bound For Glory, which I should have booking […]

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