Chillerama (2011) Directed by: Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, Joe Lynch Starring: Joel David Moore, Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Richard Riehle Review by: Ben Bussey The drive-in is about to close down. The locals pile in by the car load, and owner Cecil Kaufman (Riehle) plans to give them a final night to remember, […]
The Glass Man (2011) Directed by: Christian Solimeno Starring: Andy Nyman, James Cosmo, Neve Campbell, Christian Solimeno Review by: Ben Bussey At a glance, Martin (Nyman) would appear to be the man who has everything. He wears fine bespoke suits and an expensive watch, drives a top-of-the-range car, and lives in a well-furnished town house with […]
Black Heaven (2010) Distributor: Arrow Films DVD Release Date: 5th September 2011 Directed by: Gilles Marchand Starring: Louise Bourgoin, Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Pauline Etienne Review by: Keri O’Shea A young couple, Gaspard (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) and Marion (Pauline Etienne) are enjoying summer in the idyllic South of France when, by chance, they find a mobile phone. Their […]
by Ben Bussey READER ADVISORY: spoilers ahead (though perhaps that’s a given on a retrospective…) 22nd August 1986; a day that will live in… well, I can’t honestly say I have any conscious memory of that particular day. I was six years old and living in North-East England. As such, I certainly wasn’t aware that it was the […]
Umbrage: The First Vampire (2009) Distributor: Left Films DVD Release Date: 17th October 2011 Director: Drew Cullingham Starring: Doug Bradley, Rita Ramani, Jonnie Hurn, Natalia Celino Review by: Aaron Williams We open on a sweeping shot of a forest, a Jeep steadily working its way along rocky roads. Cut to inside the moving car and […]
Curio (2010) Distributor: ISIS Ltd DVD Release Date (UK): 12th September 2011 Directed by: Steven Nesbit Starring: Wayne Russell, Jennifer Bryer, Sydney Wade, Richard Wood Review by: Ben Bussey All-American lady Lauren (Jennifer Bryer) and her half-English little girl Emily (Sydney Wade) travel to the Yorkshire moors to visit the quaint little cottage that was […]
Wreckage (2010) Distributor: Chelsea Films DVD Release Date (UK): 22 August 2011 Directed by: John Mallory Asher Starring: Mike Erwin, Aaron Paul, Scoot McNairy, Cameron Richardson, Kelly Kruger Review by: Stephanie Scaife Directed by John Mallory Asher, Wreckage brings the indistinguishable-victims-get-stalked-and-killed genre to a scrap yard; as the tagline so helpfully warns us, “The spare […]
Cowboys & Zombies (AKA The Dead and the Damned) (2010) Distributor: Left Films DVD Release Date (UK): 8th August 2011 Directed by: Rene Perez Starring: David A. Lockhart, Camille Montgomery, Rick Mora Review by: Ben Bussey The old west. It’s the rootinist, tootinist place. You got lone gunslingers having daring shoot-outs with bad guys in […]
Erotibot (2011) Distributor: Bounty Films DVD Release Date (UK): 26th September 2011 Directed by: Naoyuki Tomomatsu Starring: Yuuya Tokumoto, Mahiro Aine, Maria Ozawa, Asami Review by: Ben Bussey Sukekiyo (Yuuya Tokumoto) is not the greatest android in the world. The third robotic manservant of his household, he is neither as charming as Number 1, nor […]
The Rig (2010) Distributor: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment DVD Release Date (UK): 8th August 2011 Directed by: Peter Atencio Starring: Serah D’Laine, William Forsythe Review by: Aaron Williams Be honest with yourself for a second. If you’ve seen the poster to The Rig (below) then you should have some sort of idea of what to expect by […]
Evil Rising AKA Sauna (2008) Distributor: Matchbox Films DVD Release Date (UK): 25th July 2011 Directed by: Antti-Jussi Annila Starring: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen Review by: Keri O’Shea It’s a rare treat to come across a film like Evil Rising (more on that damn title change anon): a project with unusual vision and high production […]