Review by Ben Bussey “You got kind of a dark side, don’t you?” Bruce Wayne asks Selina Kyle; to which she replies, “no darker than yours, Bruce.” Yes, quote fans, that exchange comes right out of 1992’s Batman Returns – which remains one of, if not the most twisted and weird superhero movie ever to […]
Review by Tristan Bishop I have a feeling Robert Rodriguez might be a vampire himself. Let alone how he doesn’t seem to age (he looks a good twenty years younger than 45), he doesn’t even seem to sleep. The last 12 months have seen him direct Machete Kills and the forthcoming Sin City: A Dame […]
By Comix Movies are a tough business. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry has got a script to pitch, a vision to fulfill, and a stake in financing a flick that could either sink or swim depending on the tides of fandom. Also, lets say you do manage to get a studio, actors, production, effects, and […]
Review by Tristan Bishop 88 Films have gotten a fair bit of stick round these parts for their ‘Grindhouse Collection’ releases – Mostly due to the fact that nearly all the films released under that banner never saw a big screen at all, let alone one of the legendary grindhouses. The Corpse Grinders redresses the […]
By Keri O’Shea and Ben Bussey Caution: the following discussion contains some moderate spoilers – although the film doesn’t necessarily have that much actual plot to spoil. Still, you might want to skip this if you’d prefer to go in cold… Keri: Okay, so last night we went to see Under The Skin, a film perhaps a […]
Review by Ben Bussey Let’s hear it for metaphor, fuelling the fires of the horror genre for time immemorial. Nothing validates a tawdry spectacle of murder and monstrosity better than some nice hints of symbolism; the sense that this gruesome slice of cheap thrills has an underlying social message, relevant to the contemporary audience… and […]
Review by Ben Bussey The above image is included just to ensure we are all well aware that this film is a product of the early 1990s. I realise to my alarm that 90s retro seems to be a thing now, and it occurs to me that some younger readers might need to have some […]
By Keri O’Shea Damn it, I have to admit – I do love a bit of 70s glamour. Oh, sure, we have the hairpieces, the false eyelashes and the ‘fuck the natural look’ make-up in spades today, but it just doesn’t look as…charming, somehow. Perhaps that feeling is exacerbated when you sit down to watch […]
By Tristan Bishop Small casts, man. Low budget horror films with small casts always start the old alarm bells going. More often than not you’ve got ninety minutes or so of tedium awaiting you. The same goes for single location films. Unless we’re talking Alfred Hitchcock then these generally don’t come off all that well […]
Review by Annie Riordan Yesterday was my birthday. Today is “recovering from a severe blueberry vodka hangover” day, so suffice it to say that I am in even less interested in mincing words right now than usual. I didn’t much care for Dark House. Granted, it was nowhere near as abysmal as the malodorous bucketful […]
By Comix In Balkan folklore, a dhampir refers to a half human/half vampire creature that has all the powers of the bat undead without all that sunlight and garlic crap to ruins its fun. Traditionally believed to have unruly black hair and lack of shadow, they are most likely found creeping around human virgins looking […]