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Writer/Director Steven Mena’s prequel to his own 2004 movie Malevolence is a grim affair. In a current genre climate that sees a general audience PG-13 geared flaccid horror thrills Bereavement is a gory break from the norm. It’s far from... Read more
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The Darkest Hour? Damn right! Only it’s not just an hour this sci-fi/horror nonsense will darken in your otherwise idyllic world. Trying adding another twenty nine minutes to that and you’ll be closer to the truth. What starts out as a frothy... Read more
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When Stephen King’s book Carrie received the big screen treatment, becoming both a critical and box office success, studios were keen to cash in and buy up the rights to any other King material regardless of their quality. For every The... Read more
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University student Cheryl (Natasha Hovey) is travelling by train alone on the West Berlin underground. She is on her way to meet her friend Kathy (Paola Cozzo). She gets freaked out when she realises she is not alone on the platform and that a... Read more
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For all those old enough to remember Basket Case was a landmark film for any spotty adolescent’s trek through the video cassette boom that unleashed all sorts of grisly offerings into the homes and young minds of those parents not quite... Read more
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You know how it is…you’re sat in a bar minding your own business, overhearing inane conversation from the lowlifes frequenting the venue that evening, when all of a sudden a bloodied hunk of a man burst through the door. Only in this... Read more
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A certain amount of affection is levied in reviewing The Boogeyman as it was a key movie in terms of my formative years. With its provocative video cover of a priest (played by Llewelyn Thomas) holding a crucifix out front as blood drips down... Read more
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There cannot be many, reading this review, that are unfamiliar with the alleged haunting that occurred at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville in 1975. I imagine that they would also be familiar with that for subsequent years there has been... Read more
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She Who Must Burn opens with a nurse asking a gentleman waiting silently in reception, whether he has an appointment. He doesn’t answer. The nurse informs the doctor that there is a man waiting without an appointment. The doctor comes... Read more
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The Bloodstained Butterfly starts promisingly when Françoise Pigaut (Carole André), a young female student, is murdered in a city park during a thunderstorm. Her body is discovered the next day by two young children. So far so good, but then... Read more
