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The Changeling Limited Edition (1980) Review Following the tragic death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, composer John Russell (George C. Scott) leaves the city and retires to an old mansion in the hope of rebuilding his life. The... Read more
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Requiem (2018) Review Matilda, played by Lydia Wilson (Ripper Street) – is a young cellist whose life is suddenly turned upside down by her mother’s inexplicable and devastating suicide. Still suffering from shock, a strange, disturbing... Read more
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Cold Moon (2016) Review In a sleepy southern town, a young girl disappears – but all hopes of finding her alive are soon shattered by the discovery of a body in the river. But the end of the search is just the beginning of a waking nightmare... Read more
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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
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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
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Incarnate (2016) Review Incarnate wastes no time in setting up its pitch. We see Lindsey (Carice van Houten) and her young son Cameron (David Mazouz) returning on foot to their New York home. The boy spies a homeless man across the road and... Read more
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The Bye Bye Man (Review) (2017) The Bye Bye Man is shocking! So shockingly bad that it’s an insult to the genre and to the audience it is aiming at making a few quid from. It’s template-horror with nothing to hang the horror on... Read more
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) Review It’s not often I get creeped out watching a horror film, very rare indeed, when I was a kid, sure, but as a grown man, no, but The Autopsy of Jane Doe did just that. Well, for two-thirds of its... Read more
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Reclusion opens promisingly – a young girl’s mother is attacked by whatever it is that is lurking underneath the girl’s bed – and it remains intriguing as we jump forward some years and are introduced to the reclusive... Read more
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Lights Out plays out its scare potential within the first five minutes and never really thrills again. It’s a concept rather than a fully-fledged film. It’s film making by numbers. For example the film’s scene-setting opener... Read more
