It’s a sadly familiar story for horror fans everywhere: an ostensibly new release pops up on your radar with a generic title and premise, and shortly after picking it up you learn it’s in fact a few years old already and has been sat gathering dust on the distributor’s shelf this whole time, none of […]
Sitting down to watch an ultra low-budget genre film from a first time feature filmmaker always feels something of a lottery. More often than not, sad to say, you wind up with something that really wasn’t worth anyone’s time, and it’s liable to leave you feeling either resentful or sympathetic to the individuals who put […]
Phenomena (1985) Distributor: Arrow Video DVD Release date: 7th March 2011 (UK) Directed by: Dario Argento Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi Review by: Stephanie Scaife I should probably start with saying that I’m not the biggest Argento fan in the world. I think he’s a little overrated and whilst he has made a couple […]
DVD Review: Altitude (2010) Directed by: Kaare Andrews Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Landon Liboiron, Jake Weary Review by: Kayley Viteo As far as supernatural horror thrillers set in an airplane go, Altitude doesn’t exactly crash and burn, although there is some serious turbulence. Still, there’s something about this film that is engaging […]