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…
THE RULE OF JENNY PEN 4 stars Vertigo Releasing. Cinemas. Out Now Geoffrey Rush plays Stefan Mortensen, an uncompromising and irascible judge who suddenly has a stroke, whilst overseeing a case, and finds himself at Royal Pine Mews – a…
DIE ALONE (2024) 4 starsLightbulb Film Distribution. Digital Download 10th March An engaging, more low key, character driven entry into the ubiquitous zombie sub genre, DIE ALONE is, at its heart, a tragic love story. Like many recent horror entries…
THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (1988) 3 starsFabulous Films. Blu ray. Out Now Wes Craven’s THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW, is a loose adaptation of the true experiences of Voodoo and Zombies by ethnobotanist Wade Davis as laid out in…
DRESSED TO KILL (1980) 4 starsArrow Video. Limited Edition 4K UHD. 3rd March Back in the day I saw DRESSED TO KILL several times, but usually in various bits, as I was working at my local Odeon at the time…
CARA (2024) 4 stars Reel 2 Reel Films. Digital. 17th February I have seen CARA referred to elsewhere as a kitchen sink horror – and that’s an apt description. It’s not an easy watch, but it is anchored by a…
IN TENEBRAS: INTO THE DARKNESS (2024) 2 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 17th February This is one of those films supposedly inspired by actual events. The opening titles inform us that a German U boat was captured off the coast of…
THE BABY IN THE BASKET (2025) 3 stars Shepka Productions/Flickering Myth. Digital (U.K. and U.S.) plus DVD in the U.K. 17th February St Augustine’s 1944, during WWII. A nun out at night is chased by a wolf into the convent.…
MOM (2024) 4 stars Blue Finch Film Releasing. Digital. 17th February. The opening establishes we are in horror territory: An empty house. The furniture is covered in sheets. Thunder. Water dripping. The camera prowls as the music builds to a…
V/H/S BEYOND (2024) 3 starsAcorn Media International. Blu ray, DVD and Digital. Out Now Another day, another entry in the ongoing V/H/S series of anthology films. I have lost count of how many have been made and have to admit…