Terra Formars, 2016. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Rinko Kikuchi, Rila Fukushima, Shun Oguri, Emi Takei, Kane Kosugi, and Hideaki Itô. SYNOPSIS: In the 24th century a group of social misfits are sent to Mars on a mission to destroy cockroaches sent there years before, only the roaches have evolved slightly. Based on the manga […]
DVD Review – The Bouncer (2018)
The Bouncer, 2018. Directed by Julien Leclercq. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sami Bouajila, Sveva Alviti, Kevin Janssens, and Sam Louwyck. SYNOPSIS: An ageing bouncer struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter when he becomes involved with the criminal underworld. Another year, another direct-to-DVD release starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, the craggy-faced Muscles from Brussels whose career went […]
Blu-ray Review – The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire, 1971. Directed by Riccardo Freda. Starring Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Valentina Cortese. SYNOPSIS: A grizzled detective investigating the murder of a young woman gets romantically involved with the daughter of the victim’s lover as each of the primary suspects is killed off one by one. Coming […]
Blu-ray Review – Kindergarten Cop / Kindergarten Cop 2
Kindergarten Cop, 1990 Directed by Ivan Reitman. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Richard Tyson, Miko Hughes. SYNOPSIS: UK Blu-ray releases of hard-man-cops-turned-kindergarten-teachers action comedies. There comes a point in every action hero’s movie career when they have to relent and prove they are not just a gun and a pair of fists, […]
DVD Review – Leprechaun Returns (2018)
Leprechaun Returns, 2018. Directed by Steven Kostanski. Starring Taylor Spreitler, Pepi Sonuga, Sai Bennett, Mark Holton, Linden Porco, and Emily Reid. SYNOPSIS: A group of eco-warrior students tear down a farmhouse and unwittingly awaken the dormant Leprechaun that fell into the well 25 years before. The second reboot for this franchise after the abysmal […]
DVD Review – Hell Fest (2018)
Hell Fest, 2018. Directed by Gregory Plotkin. Starring Amy Forsyth, Cynthea Mercado, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Tony Todd, Christian James, Roby Attal, and Reign Edwards. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenagers are stalked through a horror-themed carnival by a masked silent killer. Take a look at the synopsis above and have a think about how many movies that […]
Blu-ray Review – Next of Kin (1982)
Next of Kin, 1982. Directed by Tony Williams . Starring Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson, Charles McCallum, Tommy Dysart, and Debra Lawrance. SYNOPSIS: A young woman inherits a large retirement home from her mother, and after reading her dead mother’s diary a series of mysterious deaths begins to occur. Before he became […]
Blu-ray Review – Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz
Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz Limited Edition Box Set Directed by José Larraz. Starring Karl Lanchbury, Vivian Neves, Pia Andersson, Marianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska, Murray Brown, Michael Byrne, Patricia Granada, Lidia Zuazo, Rafael Machado, and Larry Dann. SYNOPSIS: Limited edition box set containing three genre-straddling movies from the 1970s by Spanish director José […]
FrightFest Presents Review – Lifechanger (2018)
Lifechanger, 2018. Directed by Justin McConnell. Starring Jack Foley, Lora Burke, Elitsa Bako, Steve Kasan, Rachel VanDuzer and Bill Oberst Jr. SYNOPSIS: A shape-shifter moves from body to body in order to get closer to his former love. Romance can be found in the most unlikely of places, and there are none more unlikely than […]
Blu-ray Review – Kolobos (1999)
Kolobos, 1999. Directed by Daniel Liatowitsch & David Todd Ocvirk. Starring Amy Weber, Donny Terranova, Nichole Pelerine, Promise LaMarco, Ilia Volok and Linnea Quigley. SYNOPSIS: Five people agree to take part in an experiment where they stay in a house filled with cameras… and a killer. Lurking somewhere in a post-Scream, pre-Saw horror movie void, […]