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Movie Review – Helloween (2025)

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Helloween, 2025. Directed by Phil Claydon. Starring Ronan Summers, Caroline Wilde, Michael Paré, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Tamsin Dean, Tee Blackwood. SYNOPSIS: In 2016, a journalist traces the killer clown craze sweeping the nation back to an imprisoned serial killer who is planning to escape. As a nation, the UK has never done Halloween properly. Yeah, […]

Blu-ray Review – Stateline Motel (1973)

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Stateline Motel, 1973. Directed by Maurizio Lucidi. Starring Eli Wallach, Ursula Andress, Fabio Testi, Barbara Bach, Howard Ross, and Massimo Girotti. SYNOPSIS: An armed robber on the run hides out in a remote hotel close to the US border, but his plans get messed up by the owner’s beautiful wife. On first impressions you could […]

Movie Review – Derelict (2024)

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Derelict, 2024. Directed by Jonathan Zaurin. Starring Suzanne Fulton, Pete Bird, Michael Coombes, Dean Kilbey, Leigh Barwell, Nick Cornwall, and Ayvianna Snow. SYNOPSIS: A grieving daughter seeks revenge for her father’s murder, and as one of those responsible is released from prison she discovers that getting revenge isn’t quite so easy. Every so often a […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Corpse Bride (2005)

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Corpse Bride, 2005. Directed by Tim Burton & Mike Johnson. Featuring the voice talents of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Christopher Lee, Albert Finney, Michael Gough, Tracey Ullman, Joanna Lumley, Richard E. Grant, and Paul Whitehouse. SYNOPSIS: A young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld, where he inadvertently […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Dangerous Animals (2025)

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Dangerous Animals, 2025. Directed by Sean Byrne. Starring Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Ella Newton, Liam Greinke, Rob Carlton. SYNOPSIS: A serial killer who uses sharks as his weapon of choice kidnaps a savvy surfer who must use all of her wits to escape. When is a shark movie not a shark movie? When […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Man in Black (1949)

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The Man in Black, 1949. Directed by Francis Searle. Starring Betty Ann Davies, Sidney James, Sheila Burrell, Anthony Forwood, Hazel Penwarding, and Valentine Dyall. SYNOPSIS: A woman and her daughter conspire to steal her stepdaughter’s inheritance after the mysterious death of her husband. Henry Clavering (Sidney James) is a rich man with a keen interest […]

4K Ultra HD Review – The Innkeepers (2011)

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The Innkeepers, 2011. Directed by Ti West. Starring Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, Jake Ryan, Alison Bartlett, John Speredakos, and George Riddle. SYNOPSIS: During the final days of business for an old hotel, two employees decide to go ghost hunting. For fans of what one may call ‘proper’ horror movies, director Ti West’s 2009 […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Bad Lieutenant (1992)

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Bad Lieutenant, 1992. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Stella Keitel, Peggy Gormley, Leonard L. Thomas. SYNOPSIS: A corrupt New York cop investigating the brutal rape of a nun seeks redemption from his life of sin. The titular lieutenant in this movie is so bad he doesn’t even have a name. Those […]

4K Ultra HD Review – Trouble Every Day (2001)

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Trouble Every Day, 2001. Directed by Claire Denis. Starring Vincent Gallo, Béatrice Dalle, Tricia Vessey, Alex Descas, Nicolas Duvauchelle. SYNOPSIS: A newlywed American doctor goes to Paris to track down a woman with similar cannibalistic tendencies as he has. How ironic that a movie from the New French Extremity period is now not so new […]

Blu-ray Review – Castle Freak (1995)

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Castle Freak, 1995. Directed by Stuart Gordon. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller, Jessica Dollarhide, Elisabeth Kaza and Carolyn Purdy-Gordon. SYNOPSIS: A troubled family inherit an ancient castle and everything inside of it, which includes whatever is living in the basement. Stuart Gordon’s 1995 film Castle Freak is something of a underdog whenever the […]