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 […]
The Last Victim (aka Dear Mr. Gacy) (2010) Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD Release date: 7th March 2011 (UK) Directed by: Svetozar Ristovski Starring: William Forsythe, Jesse Moss Review by: Stephanie Scaife John Wayne Gacy was responsible for the rape and murder of 33 teenage boys and young men in and around the Chicago area […]
Sharktopus (2010) Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD Release Date (UK): 14th March 2011 Directed by: Declan O’Brien Starring: Eric Roberts, Sara Malakul Lane, Kerim Bursin, Liv Boughn Review by: Ben Bussey At a top-secret lab in a top-secret location, a top-secret military bioengineering division are working on a top-secret project. Headed by the father-daughter duo of egomaniacal […]
Island of Death (1975) (AKA Island of Perversion/Devils In Mykonos) Distributor: Arrow Video DVD Release Date: 21st March 2011 Directed by: Nico Mastorakis Starring: Bob Behling, Jane Ryall, Jessica Dublin, Gerard Gonalons Review by: Keri O’Shea Ah, how to describe Island of Death? It’s fair to say there’s nothing quite like it: a pair of […]
Confessions of a Sex Maniac (1974)/ Love Variations (1969) Distributor: Odeon Entertainment DVD Release Date (UK): 28th February 2011 Review by: Ben Bussey Okay, now that I’ve got your attention… “Wait a second,” I hear you cry. “Isn’t this meant to be a horror movie site? Since when did they start covering porn?” Yes, this […]
Phenomena (1985) Distributor: Arrow Video DVD Release date: 7th March 2011 (UK) Directed by: Dario Argento Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi Review by: Stephanie Scaife I should probably start with saying that I’m not the biggest Argento fan in the world. I think he’s a little overrated and whilst he has made a couple […]
Virgin Witch (1971) Distributor: Odeon Entertainment DVD Release Date (UK): 28th February 2011 Directed by: Ray Austin Starring: Ann Michelle, Vicki Michelle, Keith Buckley, Patricia Haines Review by: Ben Bussey Two beautiful, virginal, adolescent sisters run away from home with dreams of fame and fortune in London town. Promptly picked up by a smooth-talker in […]
Review: Gnaw (2008) Distributors: 4 Digital Media (UK) Directed by: Gregory Mandry DVD Release date: 21st February 2011 Starring: Hiram Bleetman, Nigel Croft-Adams, Sara Dylan Review by: Stephanie Scaife I’m not sure why it’s taken so long for this to surface on DVD in the UK, having done the festival circuit for over 2 years then […]
Vamp (1986) Distributor: Arrow Video UK Release Date: 21st February 2011 Directed by: Richard Wenk Starring: Chris Makepeace, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe, Grace Jones Review by: Ben Bussey “I’m in the mood for love, simply because they’re naked!” It all starts out like any other 80s college comedy. Keith (Makepeace) and AJ (Rusler) […]