Review by Ben Bussey We’ve all seen our share of nightmarish visions of a post-apocalyptic future in which the world is overrun by zombies. How about a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled period piece? That is the fairly promising hook for Exit Humanity, the new film from writer/director John Geddes. In the alternate timeline he cooks up for […]
Review by Ben Bussey First things first: given that this film was made in 2010, I’m sure we’ll all agree it’s a wee bit silly for it to be sold in the west as A Better Tomorrow 2012 – or worse, A Better Tomorrow 2K12 (yeesh, has anyone said ‘2K’ in the last twelve years, […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife Mild spoilers ahead. I was fairly reluctant to get on board with Prometheus when I first read that Ridley Scott was returning to the world of Alien, because – let’s face it – the franchise had long run out of steam and Scott hasn’t made a decent film since, well, Blade […]
Review by Ben Bussey Learn that The House is a Thai horror movie from 2007 that’s only just getting a Region 2 DVD release now, and you’d be forgiven for coming in with low expectations. Finding out it’s a ghost story may well inspire even less confidence; J-horror and the many far eastern imitations that […]
Review by Ben Bussey Certain key things may come to mind when we mention Cuba: missile crisis, cigars, Buena Vista Social Club… but, to date, zombie movies probably wouldn’t pop up on that list. Well, they do now, thanks to writer/director Alejandro Brugués, who brings us what is said to be the first ever Cuban […]
Review by Stephanie Scaife I was surprised when the screener for Catch .44 showed up in the mail, a flashy looking thriller sporting a relatively decent cast (Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker, Brad Dourif) and I hadn’t heard of it. A little digging showed that Catch .44 was filmed in the summer of 2010 and had […]
Review by Ben Bussey There is the potential for something uniquely powerful when a horror film centres on the military. In a sense, these films get to the crux of what horror is really about: order versus chaos. The military – with its strictly regimented chains of command, codes of conduct and threat of force […]
A short but sweet review from Nia Edwards-Behi If I may indulge in some flagrant cliché abuse, the Soska Sisters are not just going places, but they’re paving the way to an exciting, vital and game-changing career in genre filmmaking. The powerhouses behind Dead Hooker in a Trunk have made their second film, American Mary, […]
A short but sweet review from Nia Edwards-Behi If I may indulge in some flagrant cliché abuse, the Soska Sisters are not just going places, but they’re paving the way to an exciting, vital and game-changing career in genre filmmaking. The powerhouses behind Dead Hooker in a Trunk have made their second film, American Mary, […]
Review by Ben Bussey Don’t you just love it when the hype proves true? To an extent, reviewing The Raid seems a bit arbitrary right now. There are already countless reviews out there, and while I’ve tried not to read too many I get the impression that what I say here will not diverge greatly […]
by Stephanie Scaife *spoilers ahead* Okay, so let’s not get too pernickety about naming sub-genres here. There are always a lot of grumblings over what’s apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic and dystopian, however one thing is clear regardless – the world has gone to shit and you’re going to have to fight for survival and adapt to your […]