First things first, points off for the film's dull title. Seriously, I can’t help but think that part of the reason there were two people in the cinema was the uninspired name of what turned out to be a spectacular movie. “Ah but there’s a double meaning!” Yes, it’s also the name of the small … Continue reading REVIEW: HOPE
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Kinji Fukasaku’s final completed feature is perhaps an outlier on this website, since it could be argued it’s more sci-fi due to its dystopian future setting, or maybe more of an action thriller, but the cracked leather skin that wraps it all up is horror. Although this is a Japanese film, it’s on a completely … Continue reading Review: Battle Royale
Release Date: 9 July 2026 Directed By: Sébastien Vaniček Run Time: 110 mins REVIEW Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead is to the 80s what Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was to the 70s. A low-budget masterpiece that was a nightmare to film and tested the grit and patience of everyone involved. All the … Continue reading Review: Evil Dead Burn – Raging Inferno or Barely a Spark?
Don’t you hate it when you find a recipe online and the writer gives you their life story before you get to the actual meat of it all? Well, I’m about to do that. Sorry. I grew up in the UK in the wake of the Video Nasties scare. Disgusting, corrupting, depraved movies were finally … Continue reading Review: Evil Dead – The Raimi Trilogy
Release Date: 28 May 2026 Directed By: Kane Parsons Run Time: 110 min REVIEW What’s going on? Why is Hollywood making the best horror films right now? Hollywood is meant to turn up late, copy what someone else did, balls it all up and sweep up all the undeserved money. Whatever happened to studios snapping … Continue reading Backrooms: A Fresh Take on Horror Cinema
Release Date: 16 April 2026 Directed By: Lee Cronin Run Time: 133 min REVIEW Decades after we were gifted the wholesome Mummy movie starring Brendan Fraser, Lee Cronin has wrapped the ancient monster back in horror. Cronin's version is nasty and gory, with an atmosphere strikingly similar to his previous film Evil Dead Rise. In … Continue reading Review: Lee Cronin’s THE MUMMY