Thriller
A Cure for Wellness (2016) Review Dane DeHaan is excellent as Lockhart, a young, odious, ambitious young executive cajoled into visiting an opulent health centre in the Swiss Alps to retrieve Roland Pembroke (Harry Groener), his... Read more
Body Horror
Raw (2016) Review Naive freshman Justine (Garance Marillier) is following in her parents’ footsteps by attending the reputable Saint-Exupéry Veterinary school, where her older sister Alexia (Ella Rumpf) is already studying. No sooner has... Read more
Zombies
Peelers (2016) Review Former baseball player Blue Jean (Wren Walker) has sold the small town strip club she manages. We join her, and her staff, for the venue’s final hurrah. Amongst the club’s customers is a group of Mexican mine... Read more
Supernatural
The Amityville Horror (1979 film) Review When I was a wee lad I was enthralled by the arrival of a video cassette recorder into our family home. It opened up a whole new world of entertainment to me. I was now able to see films I would have... Read more
Sci-fi Horror
Life (2017) Review Director Daniel Espinosa’s Alien-inspired Life was unfortunately released just a couple of months before Ridley Scott’s much-hyped Alien: Covenant. Why unfortunate? Well, folks were more likely to give an... Read more
Monsters
The Void (2016) Review Deputy Daniel Carter (Aaron Poole) has parked up on a quiet road to kill some time on his night-shift. He spies a blood-soaked man limping by so does the decent thing and whizzes him over to a local hospital, a hospital... Read more
Demons and Witches
The Love Witch (2016) Review Every now and then a film comes along that whips the critical establishment into a collective frenzy and every now and again that particular film leaves you wondering exactly why. The Love Witch is one such film... Read more
Monsters
47 Meters Down (2017) 47 Meters Down focusses on two sisters, Lisa (Mandy Moore) and Kate (Claire Holt), who are on holiday in Mexico. They decide to go shark diving – for Kate it’s the thrill of being in the water with sharks, for... Read more
Monsters
Hunting Grounds (AKA Valley of the Sasquatch) (2015) Review Father and son Roger and Michael Crew (Jason Vail, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte) have lost their home, following the passing of their wife and mother, and they are forced into relocating to... Read more
Supernatural
The Resident (2015) Review Psychological thriller The Resident (formerly The Sublet), not to be confused with the ghastly Hilary Swank film of the same name, is a rare beast. The story is familiar, there’s no surprises and consequently... Read more
