I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: far too often, microbudget indie horror filmmakers seem content to do little more than half-heartedly rehash tired old tropes in a manner that demands little of themselves and even less of their audiences. It makes me very happy to say that this is most emphatically not […]
Review by Quin Roger Sewhcomar’s no-budget crowd funded film Do You Like My Basement? Is one of those titles that you will probably either love or hate. On one hand, it’s a bit whimsical and gives a wink at the horror genre; on the other hand, for those who like their horror mean and nasty, […]
By Keri O’Shea You’d think God and Satan wouldn’t have a great deal in common, what with being timeless adversaries and all, but they do: they each seem to have an unreasonable obsession with human fertility. One side thinks Onanism is a sin because it wants arses on pews and the other, well – most […]
By Keri O’Shea Vampires vs. werewolves, in a film directed, produced, edited and starring the same person? Wait – a twelve-minute film? I have to say, my curiosity was piqued by just what Seize the Night would be able to achieve in that short time frame. As you might expect, there’s a lot of ambition […]
By Tristan Bishop I’m pretty sure I’ve been guilty of claiming that the zombie film is dead myself on more than one occasion; but, much like their featured antagonists, they just don’t stay dead. Of course, the problem with this is they tend to not be so fresh after a while. I Am A Hero […]
By Keri O’Shea It’s kind of hard not to get lost for words when you find yourself reviewing an – albeit beautifully re-released – piece of classic 80s schlock like Bride of Re-Animator. It’s one of those things where I think that if you wanted to see it, you probably will have gotten around to […]
By Nia Edwards-Behi A blend of slasher and ghost story, Dark Signal is a competently made but uninspiring and frustrating film. It opens with a young woman being murdered by a serial killer. Elsewhere, strapped-for-cash mother Kate (Joanna Ignaczewska) joins her boyfriend, Nick, in an endeavour to steal back £40,000 he’s owed by a client. […]
By Quin The Unraveling is the first film written and directed by Thomas Jakobsen. However, he does have a huge list of post-production and editing related credits on IMDB for his work on stand-up comedy specials – quite a few good ones actually, like Mike Birbiglia, Aziz Ansari and Jim Jefferies just to name a […]
By Marc Patterson If you’re a hardcore horror junkie like me then you might often find yourself judging a film by its first five minutes. With Bite, don’t do that. The first seven minutes play out like a hundred other direct-to-video, low-budget, found footage schlock-fests that have been forced-fed to me over the years. I […]
By Ben Bussey The arrival of yet another no-budget zombie gore movie – even one that involves female wrestlers – is liable to be met with little more than a dismissive shrug by many of us. However, the UK DVD release of Fight Like A Girl is a more momentous occasion than we might realise. […]
By Tristan Bishop Discounting the big 80’s comedy hit Splash (and its sequel Splash Too) and a certain Disney film, mermaids haven’t really made much of an impact on the cinematic world. Sure, there was the bit in Cabin In The Woods, but that amounted to little more than a throwaway joke (albeit still the […]