Juan of the Dead (Spanish: Juan de los Muertos), 2011. Written and Directed by Alejandro Brugués. Starring Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina and Andrea Duro. SYNOPSIS: Cuba is under attack by a zombie invasion, so Juan sets up a business killing your loved one. The best zombie films aren’t actually about zombies. In fact, […]

Prometheus, 2012. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris and Rafe Spall. SYNOPSIS: During their search for clues to the origins of mankind, a team of explorers discover a threat that could lead to humanity’s extinction. 2012 appears to the year of ‘hyped’ […]

Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland, 1989. Directed by Michael A. Simpson. Starring Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, and Mark Oliver. SYNOPSIS: You can’t keep a happy murderous camper away in this third visit to yet another doomed camp. In an attempt to keep the budget down, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland was shot back-to-back with Sleepaway […]

Catch .44, 2011. Written and Directed by Aaron Harvey. Starring Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis, Malin Akerman, Nikki Reed, Deborah Ann Woll, Reila Aphrodite and Brad Dourif. SYNOPSIS: Three sassy sisters-in-crime are sent to intercept a lucrative drug deal at an isolated diner, but what should have been a simple job quickly goes bad, leading to […]

Luke Owen on last night’s episode of The Apprentice 2012… 9 weeks in. ¾ of the way through. Only 3 weeks left. By now, we must only have the strong candidates left right? I’ll pause while you stop laughing at my silly suggestion. This week saw our candidates take on the world of English sparkling […]

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, 1988. Directed by Michael A. Simpson. Starring Pamela Springsteen, Renée Estevez, Brian Patrick Clarke, and Valerie Hartman. SYNOPSIS: The camp killer is back to ensure everyone has a safe and happy summer – or not. Unfortunately, it is near impossible to discuss Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers without revealing the […]

The House by the Cemetery, 1981. Written and Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco and Ania Pieron. SYNOPSIS: A family move from New York to an isolated house, by a cemetery. Supernatural happenings occur. Banned as a “video nasty” in the 80s, its HD restored print is being released by Arrow Films […]

Iron Sky, 2012. Directed by Timo Vuorensola. Starring Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie Paul, Kym Jackson, Götz Otto and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: In 1945, the Nazis retreated to a secret base on the moon. In 2018, they come back… There are times when a film’s premise makes it a must watch. This could […]

Sleepaway Camp, 1983. Directed by Robert Hiltzick. Starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, and Desiree Gould. SYNOPSIS: A summer camp turns disastrous when it emerges there’s a killer amongst the campers. Taking obvious inspiration from Friday the 13th (1980), this camp-based slasher still manages to find an original spin on what was rapidly becoming a tired […]

War of the Dead, 2011. Directed by Marko Mäkilaakso. Starring Andrew Tiernan, Mikko Leppilampi, Samuel Vauramo, Mark Wingett, Andreas Wilson and Jouko Ahola. SYNOPSIS: A platoon of soldiers encounter a horde of Nazi zombies after being driven deep into a Russian forest. I don’t think that George A. Romero knew when he titled his cheeky zombie […]