12th Aug2025

‘The Hermit’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Malina Weissman, Julie Chang, Anthony Turpel, Devon Michaels, James Quattrochi, Marilyn Busch | Written by William Walkerley | Directed by Salvatore Sclafani Directed by Salvatore Sclafani (Dutch II: Angel’s Revenge) and written by a debuing William Walkerley, The Hermit is a surprisingly ambitious backwoods slasher that blends genre familiarity with psychological intrigue. […]

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11th Aug2025

‘Elevation’ DVD Review

by Janine Pipe

Stars: Anthony Mackie, Danny Boyd Jr., Maddie Hasson, Morena Baccarin | Written by John Glenn, Jacob Roman, Kenny Ryan | Directed by George Nolfi A single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to face monstrous creatures to save the life of a young boy. The synopsis of Elevation doesn’t really […]

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07th Aug2025

‘Earthquake Underground’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Matthew Gademske, Angela Cole, Houston Rhines, Tim Dorsey, Jenny Tran, Pakob Jarernpone, Deaton Gabbard, Lyindaa Russell, LeJon Woods, Cayla Black | Written by M.L. Miller | Directed by Brian Nowak Earthquake Underground is a low-budget disaster thriller with a wild premise: a high-rise hotel under renovation collapses straight down into the earth following a […]

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30th Jul2025

‘The Jolly Monkey’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Dominic Keating, Jane Hajduk, Courtney Fulk, Neirin Winter, Anthony Jensen, Patrick Labyorteaux, Kathleen Turner, Lisa Cole, Landon Jacob Lee, Aria Surrec, Zack Gold, Saskia Norman | Written and Directed by Ryan Ebert Every now and then, a film studio surprises you, and with The Jolly Monkey, Asylum Pictures delivers one of its most unexpected […]

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25th Jul2025

‘Captain Hook: The Cursed Tides’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Richard Rowden, Sean Cronin, Munraj Bhachu, Ewen Weatherburn, Destiny Viva, John Craggs, Brandon Ashplant, Cameron Ashplant | Written and Directed by Lars Janssen It’s not often you get a reinterpretation of Captain Hook that casts him as something approaching a tragic antihero, let alone a horror-tinged outlaw seeking redemption. But Captain Hook: The Cursed […]

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25th Jun2025

‘Shark Warning’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Gordon Mudd, Jonas Silbor, Andi Rexha, Andrew J Katers, Angela Cole, David Chokachi, Rebecca Ritz, Canyon Prince | Written by Ryan Ebert | Directed by Jimmy Gadd As someone with a soft spot for both aquatic carnage and the gloriously unhinged cinema of The Asylum, I approached Shark Warning with tempered expectations and a […]

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29th May2025

‘Last Breath’ DVD Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: Finn Cole, Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Cliff Curtis, Mark Bonnar, MyAnna Buring | Written by Alex Parkinson, Mitchell LaFortune, David Brooks | Directed by Alex Parkinson Directed by Alex Parkinson, Last Breath is a big-screen adaptation of his 2019 documentary of the same name, retelling the harrowing true story of Chris Lemons, a deep-sea (saturation) […]

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22nd May2025

‘Heretics’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Eric Roberts, Neeley Dayan, Anna DeRusso, Scott Mazzapica, Sara Kamine, Shelby Wright | Written by Ryan Ebert | Directed by Jose Prendes Heretics, which shouldn’t be confused with Heretic or even The Heretics as much as its makers, mockbuster kings The Asylum, would like you to. The film is, surprisingly, only their second foray […]

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07th May2025

‘Dick Dynamite: 1944’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Snars, Olly Bassi, Shaun Davidson, Mark Burdett, Valerie Birss, Adam Harper, Andy Moore, Irvine Welsh, Graham Scott, Colin Mcafferty | Written and Directed by Robbie Davidson   Let’s get this out of the way… Robbie Davidson’s Dick Dynamite: 1944 is a raucous, full-throttle plunge into wartime absurdity that feels like a Molotov cocktail hurled […]

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07th May2025

‘The North Witch’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Anna Shields, Jessy Holtermann, Kaitlyn Lunardi, Ameerah Briggs, Brianna Cala | Written by Anna Shields | Directed by Bruce Wemple Since 1972 over forty people have gone missing in a remote stretch of Canada known as The Barren Lands. Their disappearance, according to locals, is linked to The Barren Cabin which disappeared in 1963, […]

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28th Apr2025

‘Crown of Shadows’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Megan Tremethick, Andrew Gourlay, Dorian Todd, Michael Daviot | Written by Lawrie Brewster, Sarah Daly | Directed by Richard Campbell Crown of Shadows, also know as The Reign of Queen Ginnarra (the title under which it played film festivals), is a dark, Gothic medieval horror film from director Lawrie Brewster – credited on the […]

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09th Apr2025

‘Ape x Mecha Ape: New World Order’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Jared Rivet, Ashley Ahlquist, Ashley Dakin, Bix Krieger, Jessica DeBonville, Sean Young | Written and Directed by Marc Gottlieb Ape x Mecha Ape: New World Order is the third film in what might be loosely called a “trilogy,” if only because someone at The Asylum remembered that things often come in threes. It all […]

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08th Apr2025

‘Bangkok Dog’ DVD Review

by Kevin Haldon

Stars: D.Y. Sao, Brian Le, Bear Williams, Sahajak Boontanakij, Ron Smoorenburg | Written by Laurence Walsh | Directed by Chaya Supannarat Our story kicks off with Special Agent Andrew Kang (D.Y. Sao), a U.S.-based operative with a serious love for solving problems with his fists or more accurately, his entire arsenal of martial arts skills. […]

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25th Mar2025

‘Legacy’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Tony Curl, Adam Templar, Ian Griggs, Shaun Stone, Dave Courtney, Bobby Robertson, Shantel Page, Melly Myers | Written and Directed by Dan Brothers Legacy, written, produced and directed by Dan Brothers, is a crime drama that dives deep into the world of the Saviour family as they fight to protect their legacy from those […]

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24th Mar2025

‘Alien Lifeblood’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Camille Balsamo, Reid Collums, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Lance E. Nichols, Siena D’Addario, Adam Dougherty | Written by Reid Collums | Directed by Eliza Hooper Directed by Eliza Hooper, Alien Lifeblood is a sci-fi horror film that explores the lengths to which love and desperation can drive individuals. The narrative centres on Nick and Laura Harper, […]

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09th Jan2025

Competition: Win kangaroo horror ‘Rippy’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

Forget Skippy the Bush kangaroo – meet RIPPY the bloodthirsty zombie marsupial – in the Australian horror out now on digital platforms and available to own on DVD from 13th January. To celebrate, we have a DVD up for grabs! THE TERMINATOR and ALIENS star Michael Biehn goes up against a zombie kangaroo in the […]

28th Nov2024

Competition: Win Christmas animation ‘Superklaus’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of Christmas comedy animation Superklaus – available on DVD & Digital from 2nd December from Altitude – we have a DVD up for grabs! Santa with memory loss, supervillains, tech boffins, robots, and a race against time to save Christmas – eye-popping family animation SuperklausS has got the lot! Destined to […]

30th Oct2024

‘The Well’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Lauren LaVera, Claudia Gerini, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Linda Zampaglione, Yassine Fadel, Melanie Gaydos, Gianluigi Galvani, Courage Osabohine | Written by Federico Zampaglione, Stefano Masi | Directed by Federico Zampaglione {NOTE: With the film out now on DVD, here’s reposting of our review of the fantastic Italian horror, The Well] Lisa Gray, a budding art […]

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29th Oct2024

‘Classified’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Tim Roth, Marysia S. Peres, Abigail Breslin, Kim DeLonghi | Written by Bob DeRosa | Directed by Roel Reiné Classified is a title with a double meaning. It not only refers to the work C.I.A. assassin Evan (Aaron Eckhart; London Has Fallen, Chief of Station) does, but it’s how he gets the […]

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02nd Oct2024

‘Beware the Boogeyman’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Elissa Dowling, Airisa Durand, Chynna Rae Shurts, Rollyn Stafford, Nicolette Pullen, Jason Reynolds, Khail Duggan, James Luster, Steve Larkin, Jax Kellington, Calvin Morie McCarthy, Marcella Laasch | Written and Directed by Calvin Morie McCarthy, Josh Dietrich, Kai Pacifico Eng, Tim Coyle I would have expected the new indie anthology film Beware the Boogeyman to […]

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03rd Jul2024

‘Freelance’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba, Christian Slater, Alice Eve, Marton Csokas, Sebastian Eslava | Written by Jacob Lentz | Directed by Pierre Morel Freelance, the latest film from WWE star turned actor John Cena, delivers an engaging mix of action and comedy, elements that Cena has increasingly become known for. Directed by […]

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10th Jun2024

Kung Fu classic ‘The Crippled Masters’ comes to Blu-ray!

by Phil Wheat

The cult classic, The Crippled Masters, newly restored from original 35mm archival elements, will be released July 23, during Disability Pride Month, in a special collector’s edition on Blu-ray and DVD from Film Masters. An unusual Kung Fu film from the grindhouse era, it was originally released internationally in Mandarin in 1979 as Tiān cán […]

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