By Svetlana Fedotov You ever feel like someone is out to get you? Like someone or something is purposely hounding you, intent on making every day of your life just a tiny bit more miserable than the last? If so, then you’re either batshit insane or completely on point, and luckily (or unluckily) for the […]
Given that Italian exploitation cinema of the 70s and 80s is among the oddest in the world, it seems quite the feat to find an Italian movie of that era which is a bit odd even by the nation’s standards. The principle claim to fame of Luigi Cozzi’s Contamination in the UK is the fact […]
By Ben Bussey I realise it’s bad form to start off a review with a stab at someone else’s, however… as well acquainted as we are with absurd, over-enthusiastic DVD cover quotes which invariably promise far more than the film itself ultimately has to offer, the choice of cover quote for Adam Green’s latest movie […]
It’s no surprise when a low-budget straight to DVD shark movie turns out to be complete and utter garbage, but there’s a particularly bitter sting in the case of Shark Killer. Contrary to the utterly generic ominous fin cover art chosen by distributor Image Entertainment, this was a movie that, on a conceptual level at […]
British contributions to the sword and sorcery genre are surprisingly few and far between. The Americans and Italians churned them out like butter, but the UK was a rather less active participant. It’s not too hard to see why; the genre came to prominence after John Milius struck gold (or perhaps ‘forged steel’ would be […]
Opening disclaimer: at the time of writing I’ve yet to get through the entire seven disc Blu-ray set that Studiocanal have lovingly put together for Series 5 of TV classic The Avengers (in the wake of series 4 enjoying similar treatment earlier this year). However, I just had to bring this review forward a little, […]
By Jamie Brownlie Writing for this site is seriously starting to make me wonder if I actually like movies or if I just like the idea of movies. This is the fourth review I’ve written for BAH and I’ve yet to see a movie that I truly love. I love movies, I think. I think […]
By Ben Bussey It’s curious how I find myself teeming with respect and admiration for Guillermo del Toro, yet seem to have very little of those sentiments for the bulk of the Hispanic horror filmmakers crossing over to English language work in his wake. Promoted heavily on its links to del Toro’s output (specifically producer Belén Atienza, […]
By Jamie Brownlie Oh, look. Ben’s sent me another movie. What am I in store for this time? It’s definitely going to be micro-budget, that’s a given. Oh, and it’s going to be a horror movie, this is Brutal As Hell after all. But what kind of micro-budget horror movie is the question? Dear Lord, […]
By Svetlana Fedotov Empty Zone is written a little like everything you ever read while reading like something you’ve never really read before. It’s a mish mash of a million subjects that have been played to death, but what they did with that pile of ideas worked out pretty decently. A sci-fi, dystopian, horror, riot-grrl-robotics-expert […]
By Tristan Bishop Quick! How many truly great second sequels can you think of? Nope? Me neither* – as film fans we can doubtless reel off a fairly lengthy list of sequels that improve on the original, but by part three of a series we are generally left disappointed. Whether this is as a result […]