Stake Land, 2010. Directed by Jim Mickle. Starring Connor Paulo, Nick Damici, Danielle Harris and Kelly McGillis. SYNOPSIS: A vampire epidemic has swept across the nation and its up to vampire hunter Mister to escort young Martin to Canada, the New Eden where they can be safe. Stake Land is like Zombieland with vampires instead […]

Episode 50, 2011. Directed by Joe Smalley and Tess Smalley. Starring Josh Folan, Chris Perry, Natalie Wetta, Keithen Hergott and Eleanor Wilson. SYNOPSIS: A group of paranormal inspectors who dispel hauntings are sent to explain the happenings of a haunted insane asylum. Recently I have began to realise that sometimes it’s better to go into […]

The Beast Must Die, 1974. Directed by Paul Annett. Starring Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray and Michael Gambon. SYNOPSIS: The Beast Must Die is a twist on the murder-mystery genre, where a group of people are brought together under the suspicion that one of them is a werewolf. It is up to […]

Don’t Go in the House, 1980. Directed by Joseph Ellison. Starring Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet and Bill Ricci. SYNOPSIS: Donny is tormented by his past, in particular the way his mother would punish him. When she finally bites the proverbial biscuit, Donny starts to hear voices… Don’t Go in the House was originally released hassle […]

21 Jump Street, 2012. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Ellie Kemper, Rob Riggle and Ice Cube. SYNOPSIS: Two cops go undercover in a high-school to crack a synthetic drug ring. The churning out of yet another unwanted and needless remake of an 80s TV show […]

Carnage, 2011. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly. SYNOPSIS: After their sons are involved in a fight, two sets of parents meet to discuss the situation only for the evening to descend into chaos. Two married middle class couples having a constant argument for 80 minutes […]

Resistance, 2011. Directed by Amit Gupta. Starring Tom Wlaschiha, Michael Sheen, Andrea Riseborough, Iwan Rheon, Kimberley Nixon and Stanislav Ianevski. SYNOPSIS: During World War II, a group of women living in a rural Welsh village wake up one morning to discover that all of the men have mysteriously vanished. There are times when you wonder […]

The Devils, 1971. Written and Directed by Ken Russell. Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Max Adrian, Dudley Sutton, Murray Melvin and Gemma Jones. SYNOPSIS: A promiscuous 17th century priest is accused of the demonic possession of a sexually-repressed nun. “This film is based upon historical fact. The principal characters lived and the major events depicted […]

Contraband, 2012. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Caleb Landry Jones, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas, Ben Foster and Kate Beckinsale. SYNOPSIS: Mark Wahlberg is Chris Farraday, an expert in the field of smuggling, who left the profession for the sake of his family, but finds himself pulled back in by his brother-in-law Andy (Caleb […]

Special Forces (France: Forces spéciales), 2011. Directed by Stéphane Rybojad. Starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou and Benoît Magimel. SYNOPSIS: A female journalist finds herself held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The release of this film is somewhat timely, or untimely depending on your viewpoint, following the death in Syria of noted journalist Marie Colvin. […]