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October Horrors 2018 Day 23 – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, 1986. Directed by John McNaughton. Starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, and Tracy Arnold. SYNOPSIS: Henry and Otis are a pair of former convicts trying to make a living in Chicago when they are joined by Otis’s sister Becky. Unbeknownst to his room-mates, Henry also moonlights as a serial killer, […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wild Rose

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Wild Rose, 2018. Directed by Tom Harper. Starring Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives, James Harkness and Janey Godley. SYNOPSIS: A young woman and ex-offender from Glasgow dreams of becoming a Nashville country star. Wild Rose is a sweet and sincere but light-hearted film about a young single mum from Glasgow, with a […]

Movie Review – Possum (2018)

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Possum, 2018. Directed by Matthew Holness Starring Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Simon Bubb, and Andy Blithe. SYNOPSIS: After returning to his childhood home, a disgraced children’s puppeteer is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life. Matthew Holness, best known for the cult-comedy classics Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace and […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Unicron #5

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Unicron #5… Transformers: Unicron #5 doesn’t just mark the penultimate issue of the series, but of IDW’s whole continuity for Transformers, G.I. Joe and R.O.M. The issue delivers a lot of action as the heroes mount their final defense against Unicron and his invading forces, but there is also a nice amount of introspection from a […]

Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 3 Review – ‘Rosa’

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Villordsutch reviews Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 3 – ‘Rosa’… Written by – Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall Directed by – Mark Tonderai Doctor – “I don’t recognise anyone by that description” Now with a newly decorated TARDIS, which includes a Custard Cream dispenser, the Doctor is struggling to get her new best friends back to […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 22 – The Hunger (1983)

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The Hunger, 1983. Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young, and Beth Ehlers. SYNOPSIS: A scientist specialising in the research of ageing and sleep finds herself at the centre of a love triangle between two centuries old vampires. One of my running themes this year has been to […]

2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Stan & Ollie

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Stan & Ollie, 2018. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones, Danny Huston, Susy Kane and Stephanie Hyam. SYNOPSIS: Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song – a […]

FrightFest Presents Review – The Dark (2018)

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The Dark, 2018. Directed by Justin P. Lange. Starring Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics, and Margarete Tiesel. SYNOPSIS: An undead girl and an abused blind boy hiding in the woods form an unlikely relationship. The influence of Let the Right One In has been reaching far and wide in mainstream horror over the past […]

Movie Review – Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

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Bad Times at the El Royale, 2018. Directed by Drew Goddard. Starring Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Nick Offerman. SYNOPSIS: Circa 1968, several strangers, most with a secret to bury, meet by chance at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. […]