The House of the Devil, 2009. Directed by Ti West. Starring Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace, Brenda Cooney, and Greta Gerwig. SYNOPSIS: A university student accepts a babysitting job that turns out not to be quite what was advertised. Harking back to an era when these types of movies were […]
The Passion of the Christ: Mel Gibson’s Controversial Biblical Film Revisited
We look at the story behind The Passion of the Christ… The Passion of the Christ has been a hotbed of controversy since the day the project was announced. Whilst some took offense with the film’s blood-soaked violence and anti-Semitic overtones there were a great many who admired Mel Gibson’s singular vision and what he’d […]
10 Great Slow-Burn Horror Movies To Fill You With Dread
Casey Chong with ten slow-burn horror movies that will fill you with dread… One of the most interesting things about the horror genre is its diverse A-to-Z elements from body horror to found footage, dark fantasy, slasher and supernatural. Then, there’s the slow-burn horror and as the name suggests, this subgenre focuses on the deliberate […]
Movie Review – Die Alone (2024)
Die Alone, 2024. Written and directed by Lowell Dean. Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, and Frank Grillo. SYNOPSIS: Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, a young man with amnesia teams up with an eccentric survivalist to find his missing girlfriend. Lowell Dean’s biological horror Die Alone takes the well-worn […]
American Psycho at 25: The Story Behind the Satirical Horror Classic
Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the controversial American Psycho on the 25th anniversary of its release… American Psycho was many things. In one sense it was mired in controversy from the get-go due to the problematic nature of its source material and in another the movie marked the critical and transformative turning point […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Four Sided Triangle (1953)
Four Sided Triangle, 1953. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Barbara Payton, James Hayter, Stephen Murray, John Van Eyssen, and Percy Marmont. SYNOPSIS: A scientist creates an exact replica of the woman he loves when she marries his childhood friend. This 4K UHD release is the second to come from the resurrected Hammer Films stable following […]
Blu-ray Review – F/X & F/X2: The Grande Illusion
F/X & F/X2: The Grande Illusion Directed by Robert Mandel/Richard Franklin. Starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Tom Noonan, Rachel Ticotin, Kevin J. O’Connor, Mason Adams, Roscoe Orman, Tom Mason, Cliff De Young, Martha Gehman, and Jerry Orbach. SYNOPSIS: Box set featuring the two special effects-themed action thrillers starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy. The idea […]
Movie Review – G20 (2025)
G20, 2024. Directed by Patricia Riggen. Starring Viola Davis, Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Antony Starr, and Clark Gregg. SYNOPSIS: Terrorists take over the G20 summit with President Sutton, bringing her governing and military experience to defend her family, company, and the world. Viola Davis plays an American president worth rooting for in G20, which is […]
Movie Review – Rumpelstiltskin (2025)
Rumpelstiltskin, 2025. Directed by Andy Edwards. Starring Hannah Baxter-Eve, Joss Carter, Adrian Bouchet, Colin Malone, James Dance, and Evyn George. SYNOPSIS: A modern retelling of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, albeit a bit more sweary. What? Not another childhood favourite being given the low budget horror movie treatment? Okay, this isn’t Winnie the Pooh, […]
Johnnie To, Hong Kong Cinema’s Modern Master
Simon Thompson delves into the career of Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To… Intensely prolific (with a back-catalogue dating all the way back to 1980) and defiant, Johnnie To is a Hong Kong filmmaking giant who, despite approaching the age of 70 this year, has shown no sign of slowing down or falling out of love […]
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