Deep Rising, 1998.Directed by Stephen Sommers. Starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Kevin J. O’Connor, Wes Studi, Derrick O’Connor, Jason Flemyng, Clifton Powell, Trevor Goddard, and Djimon Hounsou.SYNOPSIS:A group of mercenaries board a luxury cruise liner with the intent of stealing its cargo, unaware that something monstrous has already taken over its decks.The deep […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Guest (2014)
The Guest, 2014.Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe, Joel David Moore, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick, and Brendan Meyer.SYNOPSIS:A soldier infiltrates the lives of a grieving family, claiming that he was friends with their son who died in action. Cue lots of suspicious activity and some accidental deaths.There was a moment […]
Blu-ray Review – Night Shift (1982)
Night Shift, 1982.Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Richard Belzer, and Clint Howard.SYNOPSIS:Ron Howard’s second directorial effort, Night Shift, comes to Blu-ray via the Warner Archive Collection. It’s a lesser-known 1980s comedy that showcased Henry Winkler’s ability to play more than Fonzie on Happy Days while giving Michael Keaton and […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Passing
Passing, 2021.Written and Directed by Rebecca Hall. Starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Justus Davis Graham, Ethan Barrett, Ashley Ware Jenkins, and Amos J. Machanic.SYNOPSIS:Passing follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully […]
Book Review – Seconds by Jez Conolly and Emma Westwood
Rachel Bellwoar reviews Seconds by Jez Conolly and Emma Westwood…Seconds isn’t the first film to create suspense around the appearance of a person whose face is covered in bandages. The Invisible Man did it. So did Eyes Without a Face and Dark Passage. Never are these films content to let the bandages stay on, either. […]
October Horrors 2021 – Fade to Black (1980)
Fade to Black, 1980.Written and Directed by Vernon Zimmerman. Starring Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, Eve Brent, Linda Kerridge, James Luisi, Mickey Rourke, Peter Horton.SYNOPSISA film-obsessed loner embarks upon a violent killing spree inspired by characters from classic cinema.If you were to describe me as a movie-obsessed oddball, then you would be […]
Video Game Review – The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Shaun Munro reviews The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes…It’s not unkind to say that The Dark Pictures Anthology – Supermassive Games’ attempt to spin interactive horror game Until Dawn into a wider “universe” of stories – has proven itself a deflating enterprise so far.Neither Man of Medan nor Little Hope got close to capturing their progenitor’s gonzo […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho, 2021.Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Synnøve Karlsen and Rita Tushingham.SYNOPSIS:A fashion student from Cornwall moves to London and finds herself experiencing disturbing visions of a previous occupant of her bedsit room in the 1960s.Edgar Wright loves horror and Edgar […]
Apple TV+ Review – Invasion
Martin Carr reviews Invasion on Apple TV+…The word Invasion feels implicitly threatening. It suggests solid characters in crisis, an impending threat of global significance and most importantly conflict. Marauding alien lifeforms, threats to life and limb and earthly upheaval should all be on the cards. Some light vivisection and flashes of operating table mayhem might also add […]
October Horrors 2021 – M (1931)
M, 1931.Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgens, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut and Theodor Loos.SYNOPSIS:In Berlin, several children fall victim to a serial killer. With pressure mounting from a terrified city, both the police and the criminal underworld launch their own hunts for the killer before he can strike again.The serial […]
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