CHAIN REACTIONS (2024) 4 stars Lightbulb Film Distribution. Digital and Blu ray. Out Now THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) is rightly seen as a seminal, influential, classic horror film – plenty has been written about it and I am…
THE DRAFT! (2023) 3 stars Blue Finch Film Releasing. Digital. 27th October Original title: Setan Alas! – Which translate as Damn Devil. THE DRAFT! A horror with comedic overtones from Indonesia, is one of those difficult films that you can’t…
STRANGE HARVEST (2024) 4 stars Vertigo Releasing. Digital. 27th October Although it is entirely fictional, and doesn’t have one of those ‘Based on a true story’ screens at the beginning, STRANGE HARVEST is presented in the style of one of…
THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976) 4 stars 88 Films. Blu Ray. Out now In the same style as their previous THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1972), Director Charles B. Pierce and scriptwriter Earl E. Smith explore a monster of…
PLEASE DON’T FEED THE CHILDREN (2024) 3 stars Signature Entertainment. Digital. Available Now DVD 20 October. A virus is running rife. It turns people into cannibals. It seems it is carried by children, with most asymptomatic when bitten. Millions have…
THE HOUSE AT HALLOW END (2024) 4 stars Signature Entertainment. Digital. 20th October This was originally titled The Beldham – a folkloric character, a bird-like crone who feeds on the souls of infants. A kind of witch. Single mother Harper…
WALLACE PEEBLES PARANORMAL INSPECTRE (2025) 3 stars Miracle Media. Digital. Out Now WALLACE PEEBLES PARANORMAL INSPECTRE (and yes that is the correct spelling) is a mockumentary based on those numerous ghost hunting shows that seem to proliferate on obscure TV…
BEAST OF WAR (2025) 4 stars Signature Entertainment. Digital Available Now. DVD & Blu ray 20th October With a title like BEAST OF WAR I nearly passed on reviewing this – that will teach me not to read the whole…
DAIEI GOTHIC VOL 2 – Japanese Ghost Stories 4 stars Radiance Films. Limited Edition Blu ray. Out Now Radiance bring us another trio of lesser known ghost tales from Japan. Two from director Tokuzo Tanaka and one from Kimiyoshi Yasuda.…
UNCLE SAM (1996) 3 stars 88 Films. Blu ray. Out Now In 1988 director William Lustig and writer Larry Cohen brought us the fun exploitationer MANIAC COP. UNCLE SAM is an attempt, in some ways, to bring the same vibe,…