YOU CAN’T RUN FOREVER (2024) 3 stars Signature Entertainment. Digital Platforms and DVD. Out Now YOU CAN’T RUN FOREVER is the kind of film you’ll be interested in watching because it stars the ever reliable J.K. Simmons – this time…
PANDEMONIUM (2023) 3 stars Arrow Films. Limited Edition Blu Ray. Out Now A man, Nathan (Hugo Dillon), awakens on a winding mountainside road. “I’m not hurt”, he declares – as the camera pulls out wider we see his upside down,…
SORRY CHARLIE (2023) 4 stars Miracle Media. Digital 27th May Apparently inspired by true story of a killer that used recordings of a baby crying to draw women out of their houses and kill them. Charlie (Kathleen Kenny) works from…
IN FLAMES (2023) 4 stars Blue Finch Film Releasing. In cinemas – out now IN FLAMES is a Pakistani-Canadian psychological horror which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and was Pakistan’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2024 Academy…
CRIMSON PEAK (2015) 4 stars Arrow Films. Limited Edition 4K UHD. Out Now Guillermo del Toro has always been one the most visual directors working today – and CRIMSON PEAK is a prime example. It opens intriguingly with a bloodied…
COUNT DRACULA (1970) 3 stars 88 Films. UHD and Blu ray. Out Now It never ceases to amaze me which films are starting to turn up in beautiful 4K presentations – I certainly never thought Jesus Franco’s COUNT DRACULA would…
THE COFFEE TABLE (2022) 4 stars Second Sight Films. Digital 20th May THE COFFEE TABLE (La Mesita del Comedor) from Spain, is one of those films which you can’t say too much about – or your spoil the surprises in…
BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (1981) 4 stars Severin Films. Special Edition 4K/Blu ray Box set. UK release 13th May Also known variously as THE EVIL PROTEGE and NIGHT WARNING, this is one of those notorious titles that got swept up…
BASKET CASE (1982) 4 stars Arrow. Limited edition 4K UHD and Blu ray – plus 4K streaming. 30th April BASKET CASE, the super low budget feature debut of writer/director Frank Henenlotter – a filmmaker with a singular world vision –…
WITCH (2024) 3 stars 101 Films. Digital 29th April Set in a small town in England in 1575, this British folk horror starts somewhat confusingly with scenes of some kind of possibly satanic ceremony that will eventually make sense. They…
NYCTOPHOBIA (2024) 3 stars Miracle Media. Digital 22nd April Nyctophobia, in case you were wondering, is an extreme fear of the dark – taken from the Greek word for night. Useful information for your next pub quiz! It’s clearly a…
BAD SHEPHERD (2024) 3 stars Scatena & Rosner Films. Digital 22nd April Four guys in one of those big, shiny, pick-up trucks so beloved of city folks, are driving through a remote forest, heading out on a hunting trip. They…