BLACK CAB (2024)3 starsAcorn Media International. Blu ray, DVD and Digital. 7th April Middle of nowhere. The countryside. A woman in white walking through the trees. A cab driving through the night on country roads. Pregnant woman in the back.…
A DUO OF EARLY CLASSIC CRONENBERGThe Brood (4 stars)/Scanners (4 stars)Second Sight. Limited edition 4K and Blu ray (also available as separate Blu ray and 4K releases). Out Now Following the low budget delights of SHIVERS (1975) and RABID (1977)…
SCREAMBOAT (2025) 4 stars Signature Entertainment. Vue cinemas. 2nd April In 2024 the original incarnation of one of the most famous cartoon icons, one Mickey Mouse, fell into public domain. What this meant was that, likes the recent horror movies…
SEW TORN (2024) 4 stars Vertigo Releasing. UK and Ireland Digital. 31st March Opens intriguingly with lead character Barbara Duggen (a very good Eve Connolly, with her expressive face) in three scenarios appearing to be near death in each of…
SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS (1971) 4 Stars 88 Films. Deluxe Limited edition 4K UHD & Blu ray. Also available as Blu ray only and also a DVD. 31st March La corta notte delle bambola divetro There can’t be many…
YUMENO KYUSAKU’S GIRL HELL (1977) 3 stars 88 Films. Blu Ray. 24th March aka: Yumeno Kyûsaku no shôjo jigoku/Girl Hell/Raging Hell Fires/Teenage Girl Hell/The Woman from Mars At an exclusive girls school — the sort where young ladies will grow…
ASSAULT! JACK THE RIPPER (1976)4 stars88 Films. Blu Ray. 24th MarchOriginal Japanese title: Bōkō Kirisaki Jakku In a restaurant Yuri (Tamaki Katsura) is working as a waitress — when an older man tries to hit on her, she deliberately drops…
DON’T TORTURE A DUCKLING (1972)4 starsArrow Video. Limited edition UHD. Also available on Arrow’s streaming service.Aka: Non si sevizia un paperino The film opens with the camera panning across a remote Italian landscape. A long stretch of road snakes through…
DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (1981)4 stars88 Films. Blu ray. 24th March Back in the 70s and 80s TV movies were all the rage – covering all sorts of genres including horror. Most disappeared into the ether to be forgotten…
DON’T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS (2023)3 stars101 Films. Digital. Out Now Carrie (Bella DeLong) and Gaby (Ana Zambrana) are excited to see each other – they are in a park waiting for birthday girl Olivia (Crystal Lake Evans) to turn…