Arachnid (2001) Distributor: Arrow DVD Release Date (Fantastic Factory Boxset): 18th April 2011 DVD Release Date (Individual): 6th June 2011 Directed by: Jack Sholder Starring: Chris Potter, Alex Reid, José Sancho, Neus Asensi Review by: Ben Bussey Yes, that thing you see in the picture above, and on the DVD cover art to the left, is […]
Beyond Re-Animator (2003) Distributor: Arrow DVD Release Date (Fantastic Factory boxset): 18th April 2011 DVD Release Date (Individual): 25th April 2011 Directed by: Brian Yuzna Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, Elsa Pataky, Simón Andreu Review by: Ben Bussey The saying goes that third time’s a charm, but part three has tended to be a precarious one for most of […]
Blood Cabin (Murder Loves Killers Too) (2008) Distributor (UK): 4Digital Media DVD Release Date (UK): 4th April 2011 Directed by: Drew Barnhardt Starring: Allen Andrews, Christine Haeberman, Scott Christian, Mary LeGault Review by: Ben Bussey Isn’t it always the way; a low budget horror film does shitty business under one title so they release it overseas with […]
My Soul to Take (2010) Distributor: Momentum DVD Release Date (UK): 4th April 2011 Directed by: Wes Craven Starring: Max Thieriot, John Magaro, Emily Meade Review by: Stephanie Scaife I’ve never been entirely convinced by Wes Craven’s reputation as one of the “Masters of Horror”, being that by my calculations; only approximately 5% of his […]
Faust: Love of the Damned (2000) Distributor: Arrow Video DVD Release Date (Fantastic Factory boxset): 18th April 2011 DVD Release Date (Individual): 9th May 2011 Directed by: Brian Yuzna Starring: Mark Frost, Jennifer Rope, Jeffrey Combs, Andrew Divoff Review by: Keri O’Shea This is one of the harder reviews I’ve had to write in a while because, […]
13 Assassins (2010) Distributor (UK): Artificial Eye Theatrical Release Date (UK): 6th May 2011 Directed by: Takashi Miike Starring: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Goro Inagaki Review by: Ben Bussey Japan, the mid-1800s: it is a time of peace. The samurai are a dying breed, no longer needed, or so it would seem. But there is […]
Husk (2011) Distributor: After Dark Originals DVD Release Date: 21st March 2011 (UK), 29 March 2011 (USA) Directed by: Brett Simmons Starring: Devon Graye, Wes Chatham, C J Thomason, Tammin Sursok Review by: Ben Bussey Scarecrows; surely one of the most powerful, yet astonishingly underused boogie men in horror film history. In many respects they’re not too […]
Altitude (2010) Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD Release Date (UK): 14th March 2010 Directed by: Kaare Andrews Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Juilianna Guill, Ryan Donowho, Landon Liboiron, Jake Weary Review by: Ben Bussey This is not the film that the above image, or the DVD cover art below, would suggest it is. That is the image that sold this […]
Distributor: Odeon Entertainment DVD Release Date: 7th March 2011 Directed by: Robert Hartford-Davis Starring: Patrick Magee, Tony Beckley, Ann Todd, Suzanna Leigh Review by: Ben Bussey A small congregation sits in a crumbling suburban church. All clad in garments drab and dirty enough to have stepped directly out of a Charles Dickens novel, they are […]
The Beyond (AKA E tu vivrai nel terrore – L’aldilà/7 Doors of Death) (1981) Distributor: Arrow Video DVD/Blu-ray Release Date: 14th March 2011 Directed by: Lucio Fulci Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Moreale Review by: Nia Edwards-Behi What can one really say about Lucio Fulci without resorting to hyperbole? Be it through over-stating his […]
A Reckoning (2009) Directed by: A.D. Baker Starring: Leslie Simpson, Axelle Carolyn Review by: Nia Edwards-Behi Editor’s note: this review was previously published at Nia’s blog Cannibal Hollywood. A Reckoning is a small film, but thoroughly grand. It’s horror and melodrama and poetry for the same reason: it’s a meditation on the human condition. Despite […]