The Last House on the Left, 1972. Directed by Wes Craven. Starring David Hess, Sandra Peabody, Fred J. Lincoln, Lucy Grantham, Richard Towers, Cynthia Carr, Martin Kove, Marc Sheffler, and Jeramie Rain. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage girls are kidnapped and brutalised before the attackers in knowing seek shelter at the home of the parents of one of […]
Blu-ray Review – Vigil (1984)
Vigil, 1984. Directed by Vincent Ward. Starring Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona Kay, and Gordon Shields. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl living in an isolated house comes to terms with changes in her life after her father dies in an accident. Vigil is not the type of movie to put on if you’re looking […]
Blu-ray Review – Birth of the Dragon (2016)
Birth of the Dragon, 2016. Directed by George Nolfi. Starring Philip Ng, Billy Magnussen, Yu Xia, Wang Xi’An, Steven Roberts, Simon Yin, and Xing Jin. SYNOPSIS: A fictionalised account of the legendary fight between Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man in 1964. The film is called Birth of the Dragon and you already know it […]
Blu-ray Review – Jake Speed (1986)
Jake Speed, 1986. Directed by Andrew Lane. Starring Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins, John Hurt, Donna Pescow, and Leon Ames. SYNOPSIS: A woman hires a fictional hero to help find her kidnapped sister. Post-Indiana Jones, the 1980s suddenly filled up with adventure movies featuring a rough-and-ready hero helping out an attractive young woman (who […]
Blu-ray Review – Black Water (2018)
Black Water, 2018. Directed by Pasha Patriki. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jasmine Waltz, Kris Van Damme, Al Sapienza, and Courtney B Turk. SYNOPSIS: An undercover operative wakes up on board a submarine that officially does not exist. Black Water sees two of the world’s greatest ever action movie stars teaming up […]
Blu-ray Review – Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Insidious: The Last Key, 2018. Directed by Adam Robitel. Starring Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Bruce Davison, Spencer Locke, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard, and Ava Kolker. SYNOPSIS: Parapsychologist Elise Rainier if forced to confront her past when she is called back to the house where she grew up to take on the ghosts that […]
Blu-ray Review – The Grifters (1990)
The Grifters, 1990. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Henry Jones, Sandy Baron, Michael Laskin, Pat Hingle, and Xander Berkeley. SYNOPSIS: A small-time con man is caught between his professional criminal mother and conniving girlfriend. Released as the first in 101 Films’ new Black Label range, highlighting cult movies from different […]
Blu-ray Review – Space Truckers (1996)
Space Truckers, 1996. Directed by Stuart Gordon. Starring Dennis Hopper, Tim Loane, Ian Beattie, Charles Dance, Shane Rimmer, Sandra Dickinson, George Wendt, Stephen Dorff, and Debi Mazar. SYNOPSIS: A space trucker takes on a job to deliver a cargo to Earth, unaware that it is a consignment of killer robots. Even back in the dark […]
Blu-ray Review – Rawhead Rex (1986)
Rawhead Rex, 1986. Directed by George Pavlou. Starring David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Hugh O’Conor, Ronan Wilmot, John Olohan, and Heinrich von Schellendorf. SYNOPSIS: A farmer unleashes a demon known as Rawhead Rex, who proceeds to go on the rampage across rural Ireland. There is an unwritten rule in horror filmmaking that you don’t reveal your […]
Blu-ray Review – The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
The Bloodthirsty Trilogy Box Set Directed by Michio Yamamoto. Starring Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Atsuo Nakamura, Shin Kishida, Midori Fujita, Chôei Takahashi, Sanae Emi, Toshio Kurosawa, and Yukiko Kobayashi. SYNOPSIS: Blu-ray box set of three Hammer-inspired Japanese vampire movies from the 1970s. Made by Japan’s legendary Toho Studios – the company responsible for, amongst others, […]