Reviews
Review: Aliens 30th Anniversary Blu-Ray
The 30th anniversary Blu-ray of Aliens is housed in a terrific package. This is something collectors will want to keep an eye out for as it contains both a collectible booklet of artwork from the Dark...
Frightfest 2016 Review: Broken
Broken begins with its tetraplegic central character, John, crapping himself and immediately giving his live-in caregiver Evie a hard time for not helping him quickly enough. This could feasibly be us...
Frightfest 2016 Review: Downhill
In the current horror landscape, populated as it is by remakes, reboots, sequels, etc, new ideas should be celebrated. But what happens when a filmmaker has a few too many ideas? The result migh...
Frightfest 2016 Review: Night Of Something Strange
Claiming a movie is worth seeing for the gore alone might sound like a backhanded compliment, but in the case of Night Of Something Strange, well, you ain’t seen gore like this before – tr...
Review: Doomed: The Untold Story Of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four
I cannot begin to express how excited I was when this documentary was announced. I’ve had a fascination with Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four for years and years. When I finally managed to ...
Frightfest 2016 Review: Ibiza Undead
With a title like Ibiza Undead surely we can expect a thought-provoking, no-holds-barred deconstruction of the zombie sub-genre, tossed with some acidic, well-considered meta humour? Hardly. With his ...
Frightfest 2016 Review: Enclosure
There’s scarcely a setting for a horror movie more consistently frightening (and overused) than the woods. From The Blair Witch Project to Exists and Willow Creek, filmmakers and audiences alike...
Frightfest 2016 Review: Mercy
Back in 2013, Anthony DiBlasi’s chilly slow-burner Missionary was one of the most talked-about films of the Frightfest weekend – and it wasn’t even considered, by most, to be a strai...
Frightfest 2016 Review: We Are The Flesh
Hype is a strange beast. Nowadays, in our relentless, 24/7 news cycle, it can make or break a film. This is particularly pertinent when it comes to horror, as every movie wants to be the next ‘s...