By Karolina Gruschka The Aborsky Produktion Oltre La Follia by Luigi Zanuso, is a celebration of the abject. Introduced by the film’s promotion as “a surreal Porno/horror impregnated with the artistic/conceptual vision of the author”, Oltre La Follia displays death, (moral) decay, abject identities and various body fluids and functions in an explicit manner. The […]
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. […]