CHUM (2026) 3 stars Plaion Pictures. Digital. 17th August. Honestly, did we need another movie about a killer shark – probably not, but here it is anyway and with the title CHUM, it sounds like a can of dog food.…
HELLCAT (2025) 3 stars Blue Finch Film Releasing. Digital. 14th August HELLCAT is one of those horror movies that starts with a good idea but then loses its way. A pick-up truck pulling a large, rather rundown, old caravan trailer.…
HARBINGER (2026) 3 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 10th August. US 11th August. Blu ray 101 Films 7th September An old remote house. Julia (Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott) is phoning the police when she is knocked out by a strange man with…
THE CARD PLAYER (2003) 3 stars Shameless Films. 4K. Blu ray. Digital. 10th August Original title: Il cartaio A killer is using an online poker card game to play against the police as they investigate various grisly murders. He uses…
KILLER PARTY (1986) 3 stars Arrow Video. Limited Edition Blu Ray. 10th August There be spoilers ahead…. The film opens like an old fashioned chiller, with creepy music and a misty graveyard – a funeral service for Annabelle Fitzwilliam Carslow.…
TWO BOXES: TELEVISED TERROR IN FRANCO’S SPAIN 4 stars Transmission Video Releasing via Radiance. Blu Ray A duo of short films from Spain – If you are of a certain age in the UK then chances are you will remember…
X THE UNKNOWN (1956) 4 stars Hammer Films. Limited collectors edition. 4K UHD/Blu Ray. 27th July. Having had much success with THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT Hammer were looking to follow up — hopefully with another tale involving Professor Q. But Nigel…
MOCKBUSTER (2025) 4 stars Digital. Miracle Media. 26th July. You probably know The Asylum movies – even if you haven’t realised it. Probably their best known productions are the SHARKNADO movies. As per the title of this documentary, they make…
THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT (2026) 3 stars Acorn Media International. Digital, Blu Ray and DVD. 20th July. Rebecca Owens (Willa Holland) is an intern at River Fields Mortuary. Overseen by her boss Raymond Delver (Paul Sparks), she is performing an embalming,…
THEY WAIT IN SHADOWS (2026) 3 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 20th July. Sisters Ingrid (Jessica Hunt) and Jenny (Meghan Adara). The film opens with them as youngsters playing with an ouija board. Their Dad is less than impressed. We later…
HUSH (2016) 4 stars Arrow Video. Limited Edition 4K. 13th July HUSH is a gripping variation on the much explored masked serial killer sub genre directed by Mike Flanagan, a filmmaker who has proven himself to be a master of…
THE CURSE (2025) 3 stars Blue Finch Film Releasing. UK and Ireland digital platforms. 13 July The film opens, as many do, with a frightened, distressed girl running from something. It doesn’t end well. Writer/Director Kenichi Ugana also sets his…