10th Sep2024

Frightfest 2024: ‘The Monster Beneath Us’ Review

by James Rodrigues

Stars: Jack Forsyth-Noble, Nicola Wright, Becca Hirani, Marshall Hawkes, Jennifer Lim, Sue Kelly, Karl Hughes, Alice Mukunku, Tom Ryan | Written and Directed by Sophie Osbourne Set in Yorkshire in 1898, The Monster Beneath Us begins by showing a man in distress. Residing in his country house, Lord James Abbington (Jack Forsyth-Noble) is worrying housekeeper […]

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19th Dec2022

‘Firenado’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Toby Wynn-Davies, Sian Altman, Daniel Godfrey, Nicola Wright, Matthew Marcelis | Written by Tom Jolliffe | Directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, Scott Jeffrey Dr. Devlin (Toby Wynn-Davies; Nefarious, The Ghosts of Borley Rectory) is on the verge of a breakthrough. I’m not entirely sure what his techno-babble means, even his intern Anna (Sian Altman; The […]

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20th Oct2022

‘Jack Frost’ VOD Review (Amazon Prime)

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sarah T. Cohen, Nicola Wright, Stephen Staley, Kate Sandison, Rochard Kovacs, Amanda Vixx, Kelly Rian Sanson, Lauren Staerck, Keith Eyles, Sylvia Clegg | Written by Craig McLearie | Directed by Liana Failla Jack Frost opens with a prologue that sees Lesley take on Jack Frost and win… time running out for the frosty one […]

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18th Oct2022

‘Dragon Fury: Wrath of Fire’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Nicola Wright, Richard Kovacs, Harry Moxley, Lila Lasso, Kelly Rain Sanson, Charlie Esquire, Giedre Jacket, Gillaim Broderick, Mike Kelson, Mirella Camillo, Stephen Staley | Written by Craig McLearie | Directed by Adam Cowie The original Dragon Fury, which we reviewed back in the summer of 2021, was something of a departure for producer Scott […]

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29th Mar2022

‘Jurassic Island’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sarah T. Cohen, Tony Goodall, Nicola Wright, Alistair Stoneman, Jamila Wingett, Ray Whelan, Ricardo Freitas | Written by Dominic Ellis, Tom Joliffe | Directed by Dominic Ellis What a shocker, another Scott Jeffrey produced horror getting reviewed on Nerdly… I think we must have reviewed at least 80% of Jeffrey’s output across the handful […]

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10th Mar2022

‘Exorcist Vengeance’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Robert Bronzi, Elizabeth McNally, Anna Liddell, Sarah Alexandra Marks, Steven Berkoff, Nicola Wright, Simon Furness, Ben Parsons, Nicole Nabi | Written by Jeff Miller, Matthew B.C. | Directed by Scott Jeffrey, Rebecca Matthews As Exorcist Vengeance opens a woman lays bleeding in the street as Father Jozsef (Robert Bronzi; The Gardener, Escape from Death […]

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02nd Mar2022

‘Beneath the Surface’ VOD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Georgie Banks, Jamie Robertson, Annie Knox, Matthew Marcelis, Stephanie Lodge, Beatrice Fletcher, Nicola Wright | Written by Paul W. Franklin | Directed by Scott Jeffrey, Rebecca Matthews Beneath the Surface, the new film from directors Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews, the team that gave us The Gardener, Exorcist Vengeance and so many others, begins […]

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29th Dec2021

‘The Gardener’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Nicola Wright, Richard Kovacs, Sarah T. Cohen, Jake Watkins, Robert Bronzi, Gary Daniels | Written by Ben Demaree | Directed by Scott Jeffrey, Rebecca Matthews The Gardener opens on a note meant to trigger memories of Charles Manson and his family. The first thing we see is a masked home invader killing a pregnant […]

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28th Dec2021

‘The Jack in the Box: Awakening’ DVD Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Nicola Wright, Matt McClure, Victor Mellors, James Swanton, Mollie Hindle, Michaela Longden, Jason Farries | Written and Directed by Lawrence Fowler The Jack in the Box: Awakening is a sequel to writer/director Lawrence Fowler’s The Jack in the Box. That one of the better killer doll type films of the past couple of years […]

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23rd Nov2021

‘Spider in the Attic’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Chris Cordell, Nicola Wright, Sarah Alexandra Marks, Chelsea Greenwood, Clint Gordon, Danielle Scott, Kate Sandison | Written by Scott Jeffrey, Rhys Waterfield | Directed by Scott Jeffrey Spider in the Attic opens with what is one of the best mad scientist lines I’ve heard in a long time. “Idiots! Why discard credible science because […]

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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 […]

19th Oct2021

‘Amityville Scarecrow’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Kate Sandison, Amanda-Jade Tyler, Nicola Wright, Andrew Rolfe, Chelsea Greenwood, Sofia Lacey | Written by Shannon Holiday | Directed by Jack Peter Mundy Following hot on the heels of Amityville Cult, set in Amityville Texas, we now have Amityville Scarecrow, (formerly Amityville Cornfield) and this time Amityville is located in the UK, presumably, it’s […]

15th Jul2021

‘Hatched’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Megan Purvis, Nicola Wright, Amanda-Jade Tyler, Derek Nelson, Georgie Banks, Nicole Nabi, Thomas Loone, Marshall Hawkes, Richard Kovacs, Ricardo Freitas, David Castleford | Written by Scott Jeffrey, Craig McLearie | Directed by Scott Jeffrey, Rebecca Matthews The second dinosaur-themed movie from producer/director Scott Jeffrey in the space of two weeks (the first being Dinosaur […]

02nd Jul2021

‘Medusa: Queen of the Serpents’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Megan Purvis, Sarah T. Cohen, Nicola Wright, Stephanie Lodge, Thomas Beatty | Written by Matthew B.C., Scott Jeffrey | Directed by Matthew B.C. Medusa, or Medusa: Queen of the Serpents, depending on which country you’re watching this one in, tells the story of Carly, a former prostitute who returns to the fold after a […]

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02nd Jul2021

‘Dragon Fury’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Nicola Wright, Chelsea Greenwood, Sofia Lacey, Chrissie Wunna, Richard Lovell, Rachel Roberts, Andrew Rolfe | Written by Scott Jeffrey, Rhys Wakefield | Directed by Scott Jeffrey Dragon Fury, the third Scott Jeffrey production I’ve personally reviewed this week, is something of a departure for the prolific producer this time turning his hand to a […]

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25th May2021

‘Conjuring the Genie’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Sarah T. Cohen, Megan Purvis, Barbara Dabson, Bao Tieu, Nicola Wright, Stephanie Lodge, Sam Woodhams, Antonia Johnstone, Amanda-Jade Tyler, Jamie Robertson, Ryan Davies, May Brown, Ben Reid, Max Been, Kate Sandison | Written and Directed by Scott Jeffrey UK horror uber-producer Scott Jeffrey is back behind the camera as writer and director of Conjuring […]

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19th Oct2020

‘Witches of Amityville’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Kira Reed Lorsch, Donna Spangler, Jake Francis, Nicola Wright, Georgina Jane, Jon Callaway, Sarah T. Cohen, Amanda-Jade Tyler, Toby Wynn-Davies, Barbara Dabson, Brittan Taylor, Jim Arnold, Lee Cutler, Sophie Jay, Venetia Cook | Written by Tom Jolliffe | Directed by Rebecca Matthews With a title shortened from Witches of Amityville Academy (probably so as […]

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09th Mar2020

‘Don’t Speak’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Stephanie Lodge, Ryan Davies, Jake Watkins, Will Stanton, Georgina Jane, Helen Minassian, Nicola Wright, AJ Blackwell | Written and Directed by Scott Jeffrey Yet ANOTHER film from the ever-prolific UK genre outfit Proportion Productions, Don’t Speak sees the company, and in particular director Scott Jeffrey, on familiar ground. Now if I tell you that […]

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