The Prey, 1983. Directed by Edwin Scott Brown. Starring Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin, Jackie Coogan, Carel Struycken, and Gayle Gannes. SYNOPSIS: Six campers head off into the woods where they are stalked by a deformed killer. It doesn’t take a seasoned horror movie veteran to tell you that the old ‘teenagers stalked in […]
Movie Review – Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
Memory: The Origins of Alien, 2019. Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe. Starring Tom Skerritt, Diane O’Bannon, Axelle Carolyn, Roger Corman, Veronica Cartwright, Ben Mankiewicz, and Alan Jones. SYNOPSIS: Documentary focusing on how Alien and, more specifically, its central antagonist came into being. Just when you think there is nothing more to be mined from the […]
Blu-ray Review – Rabid (1977)
Rabid, 1977. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman, and Howard Ryshpan. SYNOPSIS: Reissue of David Cronenberg’s second feature from 1977 in a 2K scan and featuring new extras. A quick search through the Flickering Myth archives will reveal that David Cronenberg’s Rabid has already been reviewed, on Blu-ray, […]
Blu-ray Review – Big Bad Wolves (2013)
Big Bad Wolves, 2013. Directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado. Starring Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad, Rotem Keinan, and Guy Adler. SYNOPSIS: During a spate of child kidnappings and murders, the latest victim’s father, the investigating cop and the main suspect become embroiled in a twisted and violent downward spiral whilst seeking […]
Blu-ray Review – Schramm (1993)
Schramm, 1993. Directed by Jörg Buttgereit. Starring Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Monika M., Micha Brendel, Carolina Harnisch, and Michael Brynntrup. SYNOPSIS: A look inside the mind of a serial killer from the controversial director of Nekromantik. So Schramm is a film that examines the psyche of a serial killer and was made by Jörg Buttgereit, […]
DVD Review – Charlie Says (2018)
Charlie Says, 2018. Directed by Mary Harron. Starring Matt Smith, Suki Waterhouse, Merritt Wever, Hannah Murray, Annabeth Gish, Grace Van Dien, Sosie Bacon, Chace Crawford, and Marianne Rendon. SYNOPSIS: Three ‘Manson Girls’ tell their story to a grad student, coming to realise that what they did in Charlie’s name was wrong. It’s odd that in […]
Blu-ray Review – The Chill Factor (1993)
The Chill Factor, 1993. Directed by Christopher Webster. Starring Dawn Laurrie, Aaron Kjenaas, Connie Snyder, David Fields, and Eve Montgomery. SYNOPSIS: A group of friends on a trip to the snowy mountains fall foul of an evil spirit that possesses one of their number. When a movie comes at you selling itself as ‘The […]
Blu-ray Review – Weird Science (1985)
Weird Science, 1985. Directed by John Hughes. Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler, Michael Berryman, Vernon Wells, and Judie Aronson. SYNOPSIS: A pair of high school nerds create a ‘perfect’ woman using their computer but chaos ensues as she tries to teach them the error of […]
Movie Review – Blood Paradise (2018)
Blood Paradise, 2018. Directed by Patrick von Barkenberg. Starring Andréa Winter, Patrick von Barkenberg, Bauer, Christer Cavallius, Martina Novak, and Rolf Brunnström. SYNOPSIS: A pampered writer goes to a rural retreat for inspiration and falls foul of a few oddball characters. There are already more fish-out-of-water horror movies than you can shake a rusty chainsaw […]
DVD Review – The Hole in the Ground (2019)
The Hole in the Ground, 2019. Directed by Lee Cronin. Starring Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen, David Crowley, James Cosmo, and Simone Kirby. SYNOPSIS: A single mother and her young son move to a rural area of Ireland but a huge hole in the ground near their home appears to be having some […]