Adam Page on the J-horror popularity explosion of the late 90s and its impact on Hollywood…I know I’m starting this with a generalisation, but there is an odd sort of arrogance that comes with being American. It’s not malicious, it’s more of a quiet, deeply held assumption that the best ideas of the world will […]
Netflix releases trailer for medical drama Pulse starring Willa Fitzgerald
Netflix has released today the new trailer for Pulse, the streamer’s first medical drama starring Willa Fitzgerald (Reacher) as Danny Sims, a young doctor who becomes chief resident during a hurricane lockdown which causes all sorts of trouble.Pulse stars Willa Fitzgerald (Reacher), Justina Machado (One Day at a Time), Colin Woodell (The Continental), Jack Bannon (Pennyworth), Jessica […]
Essential Japanese Horror Movies
Tom Jolliffe offers up some essential Japanese horror movies…When it comes to horror cinema across Asia, Japan in particular has had a long association and skill with the genre. The early 00’s boom in particular saw a huge interest in Japanese horror, but long before some of these iconic films like The Grudge or Dark Water […]
Back to 2001: Ten Essential Movies from Twenty Years Ago
Tom Jolliffe ventures back 20 years to 2001 and offers up 10 essential films from that year…It’s a little bit frightening but 20 years ago we had become well ensconced in the 21st century. The first apocalypse had been averted and we were slowly ambling toward 2012 hoping the Mayans were wrong (spoiler alert, we’re […]
Marvelous Tech-Horror Movies You Should Track Down
Marvelour Videos presents tech-horror films you should track down…We often don’t think about technology being scary. After all, these pieces of tech are something we interact with on a daily basis. But isn’t that the idea? That something as simple as a television or a phone has managed to create a symbiotic relationship with us […]
Blu-ray Review – Pulse (1988)
Pulse, 1988.Directed by Paul Golding. Starring Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Robert Romanus and Dennis Redfield.SYNOPSIS:A family are terrorised by a rogue surge of electricity.Contained within the special features of Pulse, the latest addition to the Eureka Classics range of Blu-ray titles, is a video essay narrated by film critic Lee […]
Blu-ray Review – Pulse (2001)
Pulse, 2001. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, and Kurume Arisaka. SYNOPSIS: After a computer programmer commits suicide his friends start to experience strange happenings through their computers. Arrow Video delve back into their vault of millennial J-horror with Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2001 cult favourite Pulse, a morose meditation on isolation, death […]
