NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN (1981) 4 Stars Severin Films. Special Edition 4K UHD/Blu Ray. 26th February Me and NIGHTMARES IN A DAMAGED BRAIN have history – during the whole video nasties debacle, of which this a ‘prime’ title, I…
UNDERGROUND (2023) 3 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 26th February Set in Guernsey in the Channel Islands, the film starts with a police officer reporting on the case of missing girls. The story then goes back in time to introduce the…
BAD BIOLOGY (2008) 3 stars. Severin Films. Special Edition 4K UHD/Blu Ray. 26th February Frank Henenlotter has never been noted for his subtlety – and BAD BIOLOGY does nothing to dispel that view. This was his return to the director’s…
DELIVER US (2023) 3 stars. Altitude. Digital platforms 19th February DELIVER US, another film in the long running fascination with the Anti-Christ, opens strongly with several naked folk being lined up and beheaded. Their back skin is sliced off as…
OUT OF DARKNESS (2023) 4 stars Signature Entertainment. Cinemas 23rd February Set 45,000 years ago, OUT OF DARKNESS opens around the campfire with a disparate group of six telling tales of horror – there is Adem (Chuku Modu) their leader,…
INSIDE (2007) 4 stars Second Sight. Blu Ray. 5th February Label Second Sight take another dip into the tranche of films which have become known as ‘New French Extremity’ – a group that includes their recent release HIGH TENSION (2003),…
SLOTHERHOUSE (2022) 3 stars Plaion Pictures. Digital download 12th February In the jungles of Panama a cute sloth is pulled from a tree by a crocodile – somehow it survives and drags itself to shore only to be shot by…
THE SEEDING (2023) 3 stars Lightbulb Film Distribution. Digital Download 12th February THE SEEDING is one of those horror movies where you’ll find yourself saying “You probably don’t want to do that”… The film opens in the Utah desert –…
CONTAGION OF FEAR (2023) 3 stars 4DigitalMedia. Out Now – Digital in UK/DVD & Digital in USA CONTAGION OF FEAR is a well made thriller with one of those poster/sleeve images that makes it look rather more exciting than it…
DEATH OCCURRED LAST NIGHT (1970) 4 stars Radiance Films. Blu Ray. Limited to 3000 copies. Out Now SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD… Donatella Berzaghi (Gillian Bray) has been missing for a month. Whilst she is 25, she has a mental age of…
MESSIAH OF EVIL (1974) 4 stars Radiance Films. Blu Ray. 27th November. Cert 15 Messiah of Evil is one of those relatively obscure, little seen, independent horrors from the 70s with a reputation that increases with each passing year as…
INSIDE THE MIND OF COFFIN JOE 4 stars Arrow. Limited Edition Blu Ray Box set One of the films in this wide ranging box set is called Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind, which is a good as a description as…