LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (2023) 4 stars Second Sight. 4K UHD/Blu Ray Limited Edition and Standard Edition. 28th November I first reviewed this when it came out at the cinema. Here’s what I had to say: Set in America…
J-HORROR RISING Arrow Video. Limited edition Blu Ray. 28th October I have been on a bit of a journey through Japanese horror cinema of late, what with Radiance’s release of DAIEI GOTHIC – JAPANESE GHOST STORIES and now this from…
DAIEI GOTHIC – JAPANESE GHOST STORIES 4 stars Radiance Films. Limited edition Blu Ray. 28th October Here’s an interesting box set from Radiance exploring a trio of lesser known versions of ghost stories from Japan. All the films here look…
LORE (2023) 4 stars Kaleidoscope Entertainment. Digital Download. Available Now The anthology style film continues to be an enduring format explored by filmmakers – presenting several stories within it’s framework. As such LORE is one of the better of it’s…
HÄXAN (1922) 4 stars Radiance Films. Blu Ray. 28th October HÄXAN (The Witch) is something of a curio, being given the full deluxe treatment by Radiance – a Swedish silent movie documentary with dramatic reenactments on witchcraft and satanic practices…
TRICK ‘R TREAT (2007) 4 stars Arrow Video. 4K UHD Limited Edition. 28th October TRICK ‘R TREAT is a great anthology horror which cleverly intermingles it’s tales of terror mixed in with humour to give a more cohesive narrative –…
HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE (2023) 3 stars Beyond Visible Films. UK and Ireland digital platforms. 14 October One of those found footage films that actually works, because they have a genuine reason to be shooting footage, HAUNTED ULSTER LIVE inevitably draws…
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE/THE SEVENTH VICTIM (both 1943) 4 stars Criterion Collection. 4K UHD+ Blu Ray Two famous productions from producer Val Lewton, which I very likely saw first on the Double Bills on the Beeb back in the…
DOGRA MOGRA (1988) 3 stars Radiance Films. Limited Edition Blu ray. 28th October The film opens kind of freakily – a floating foetus. A woman being strangled. Dissonant music. Puts you on edge immediately. A young man (Yôji Matsuda) awakens…
THE LAST SACRIFICE (2024) 4 stars Intermission – Official Selection at Sitges Film Festival It seems in the 60s and 70s, Britain was a hotbed of witches covens and Black Magic ceremonies – it was also a time when a…