15th Jul2024

‘The Blue Rose’ Review

by Jim Morazzini

Stars: Nikko Austen Smith, Manny Liotta, George Baron, Olivia Scott Welch, Ray Wise, Danielle Bisutti, Evee Bui, Glume Harlow, Jordyn Denning, Logan Miller | Written and Directed by George Baron Writer/director/star George Baron was sixteen when he started filming The Blue Rose, two years later he had a finished feature film playing on the festival […]

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09th Aug2021

Fantasia 2021: ‘King Knight’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Andy Milonakis, Johnny Pemberton, Angela Sarafyan, Barbara Crampton, Ray Wise, Kate Comer, Emily Chang, Josh Fadem, Swati Kapila, Shane Brady | Written and Directed by Richard Bates Jr. The latest genre opus from Richard Bates Jr., whose previous work includes Excision, Trash Fire and Tone Deaf, King Knight reunites Bates with […]

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31st May2021

Grimmfest May Madness: ‘To Your Last Death’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Morena Baccarin, William Shatner, Ray Wise, Bill Moseley, Damien C. Haas, Dani Lennon, Benjamin Siemon, Florence Hartigan, Austin Bitikofer | Written by Jim Cirile, Tanya C. Klein | Directed by Jason Axinn [NOTE: With the film screening as part of this months Grimmfest May madness event, here’s a reposting of our review of To […]

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01st Feb2021

‘Beast Mode’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: C. Thomas Howell, James Duval, Leslie Easterbrook, Robert Costanzo, James Hong, Douglas Bennett, Daz Crawford, Ray Wise, Constance Brenneman, Carrie Finklea, Teddy Margas, Allana Matheis, Suzanne Quast | Written by Chris W. Freeman, Spain Willingham, Drew Fortune | Directed by Chris W. Freeman, Spain Willingham When Breen Nash (Howell) accidentally kills his only client […]

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06th Oct2020

‘To Your Last Death’ Blu-ray Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Morena Baccarin, William Shatner, Ray Wise, Bill Moseley, Damien C. Haas, Dani Lennon, Benjamin Siemon, Florence Hartigan, Austin Bitikofer | Written by Jim Cirile, Tanya C. Klein | Directed by Jason Axinn Part Archer, part animated digital “motion” comic, the art style of To Your Last Death makes it feel like you’re watching a […]

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18th May2020

‘Killer Instinct’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Robert Patrick, Amanda Crew, Kim Delaney, Hayley Marie Norman, Johnny Pemberton, Nancy Linehan Charles, Ray Wise, AnnaLynne McCord | Written and Directed by Richard Bates Jr. The latest genre opus from Richard Bates Jr., whose previous work includes Excision, Trash Fire and Suburban Gothic, Killer Instinct (formerly known as Tone-Deaf) tells the story of […]

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05th Oct2019

Grimmfest 2019: ‘Tone-Deaf’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Robert Patrick, Amanda Crew, Kim Delaney, Hayley Marie Norman, Johnny Pemberton, Nancy Linehan Charles, Ray Wise, AnnaLynne McCord | Written and Directed by Richard Bates Jr. The latest genre opus from Richard Bates Jr., whose previous work includes Excision, Trash Fire and Suburban Gothic, Tone-Deaf tells the story of Olive (Amanda Crew), a millennial […]

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23rd Aug2019

Frightfest 2019: ‘To Your Last Death’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Morena Baccarin, William Shatner, Ray Wise, Bill Moseley, Damien C. Haas, Dani Lennon, Benjamin Siemon, Florence Hartigan, Austin Bitikofer | Written by Jim Cirile, Tanya C. Klein | Directed by Jason Axinn Part Archer, part animated digital “motion” comic, the art style of To Your Last Death makes it feel like you’re watching a […]

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12th Nov2015

‘Maneater’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: James Remar, Sherilyn Fenn, Ron Carlson, Graham Greene, Gregory Cruz, Ray Wise, Q’orianka Kilcher, Allegra Carpenter, Ivana Korab, Stephanie Hodes | Written by Arch Stanton | Directed by Hank Braxton A photographer and his group set out in the dead of winter for the Alaskan wilderness to take advantage of the limited, but beautiful […]

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26th Aug2015

Frightfest 2015: ‘Night of the Living Deb’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Maria Thayer, Michael Cassidy, Ray Wise, Chris Marquette, Julie Brister, Syd Wilder, Brian Sacca, Grant Garry, Ned Donovan | Written by Kyle Rankin, Andy Selsor | Directed by Kyle Rankin There are some films that, upon viewing, you just can’t help but fall in love with (and Night of the Living Deb is not the […]

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06th Aug2015

‘The Lazarus Effect’ VOD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Sarah Bolger, Evan Peters, Donald Glover, Ray Wise, Scott Sheldon, Emily Kelavos | Written by Luke Dawson, Jeremy Slater | Directed by David Gelb This fear-filled Flatliners, for that’s essentially what The Lazarus Effect is – a horror take on Joel Schumacher’s classic “scientists play god” movie – ups the […]

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26th Jun2015

Competition: Win horror ‘Digging Up the Marrow’ on DVD

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the release of the documentary mash-up Digging Up The Marrow from horror master Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen) – out now on DVD – we have a copy to giveaway! Based on the dark illustrations of celebrated artist Alex Pardee and starring Ray Wise (RoboCop, X-Men First Class, Twin Peaks), Digging Up The Marrow […]

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22nd Jun2015

‘Digging Up the Marrow’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Ray Wise, Adam Green, Will Barratt, Josh Ethier, Rileah Vanderbilt, Kane Hodder, Sarah Elbert, Tom Holland, Mick Garris, Alex Pardee, Jimmy McCarthy, Nic Henley, Caitlyn Brisbin, Robert Pendergraft | Written and Directed by Adam Green The problem with found footage movies is sometimes, instead of pulling the audience closer into the action, we end […]

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05th Jun2015

‘Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales’ DVD Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Amber Benson, Angela Bettis, AJ Bowen, Jose Pablo Cantillo, James Duval, William Forsythe, Eddie Hargitay, Danielle Harris, Noah Hathaway, Marc Senter, Megan Thompson, Alex Urbom, Ray Wise | Written and Directed by Tom Holland Originally conceived and made as a 9-episode web series for the now defunct FearNet, Tom Holland’s Twisted Tales has been […]

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12th Mar2015

UK release announced for Adam Green’s ‘Digging Up the Marrow’

by Phil Wheat

From horror maestro Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen) comes the ingenious genre mash-up of documentary and dark fantasy – Digging Up The Marrow – on DVD 15th June 2015. This faux documentary has already accrued a cult following after generating buzz from highly secretive screenings at a handful of film festivals. Based on the dark illustrations […]

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13th Feb2015

‘Dead Still’ VOD Review

by Richard Axtell

Stars: Ben Browder, Ray Wise, Gavin Casalegno, Steffie Grote, Elle LaMont, Han Soto, Carrie Lazar, Lawrence Turner, Aspen Steib, Luke J. Watson, Corey Mendell Parker, Toby Nichols, Evelyn Boyle | Written by Philip Adrian Booth | Directed by The Booth Brothers Upon the death of his great grandfather, Brandon Davis (Ben Browder), a wedding photographer inherits an […]

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04th Feb2015

‘Dead Still’ – starring Ben Browder – to make UK debut

by Phil Wheat

Released digitally by Content Films on 9th February 2015, Dead Still is a new horror film from Christopher Saint Booth and Philip Adrian Booth – aka the Booth Brothers – whose previous films include Death Tunnel, The Exorcist File, Dark Place, The Possessed, Spooked, The Ghosts of Waverly Hills, Sanatorium and Children of the Grave. […]

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22nd Dec2013

‘Big Ass Spider’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

Stars: Greg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar, Clare Kramer, Lin Shaye, Ray Wise, Lloyd Kaufman | Written by Gregory Gieras | Directed by Mike Mendez When it comes to movies about giant animals, fish, reptiles and insects Syfy and The Asylum pretty much have that genre dominated.  Normally low quality they sometimes entertain but often show a certain quality […]

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10th Nov2012

‘Excision’ Blu-ray Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, John Waters, Malcolm McDowell, Marlee Matlin, Ray Wise | Written and Directed by Richard Bates Jr. Beverley Hills 90210 star AnnaLynne McCord pulls off an amazing Bela Lugosi style transformation to play a dowdy, delusional, egocentric, sociopathic outcast Pauline – a modern-day Carrie if you […]

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