THE MILL KILLERS (2024) 4 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 21st April Aka: Scopophobia The film opens in black and white – except with flashes of colour. A red cash box is being carried by Eden Chamberlain (Lisa Marged) as she…
LYLA (2023) 2 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 21st April Originally made as a Tubi original, this is something of a one man show. Written and directed by Gordon Cowie, who was also the cinematographer, editor and producer. He probably made…
TO THY REST (2025)3 starsMiracle Media. Digital. 21st April A series of strange imagery flash across the screen – A man awakens. It is travelling medium Arthur Sydenham Sharp (Rikki Chamberlain). He is at Helsinki airport, waiting to be picked…
THE UGLY STEPSISTER (2025)4 stars. Vertigo Releasing, in association with Shudder and IFC Films. US Cinemas from 18th April & UK Cinemas from 25th April THE UGLY STEPSISTER (Den stygge stedsøster) is a horror version of the famous fairy tale…
RUMPELSTILTSKIN (2025)3 starsMiracle Media. Digital. Out Now The king (Colin Malone) is on his throne drinking whilst the queen is screaming in pain as she is giving birth. It’s a girl … which displeases the king. The monarch demands to…
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…