SHADOWS OF WILLOW CABIN (2025) 3 stars GrimmVision. Digital. 29th June. At a remote cabin Albert (Bryan Bellomo) arrives. He used to come there when he was younger which will figure in the plot in some way. He is waiting,…
HOLD THE FORT 3 stars Signature Entertainment. Digital. 29th June At only 76 minutes long – including credits – HOLD THE FORT doesn’t waste your time. It opens with an old couple defending their property. He is determined to keep…
ROUND THE DECAY (2025) 3 stars Seven Tales. Digital – 22nd June UK. 23rd June US. The film starts in what we assume is the past – a scared, possibly Native American woman, running through the forest. She is caught…
AUDITION (1999) 4 stars Arrow Video. UHD. 15th June Original title: Ôdishon If you have seen Takashi Miike’s slow burn AUDITION before then the words “kitty, kitty, kitty” will likely set you on edge! Shigeharu Aoyoma (Ryô Ishibashi) is a…
EXIT 8 (2025) 4 stars Vertigo Releasing/Visions Home Video. Digital. 8th June. Blu Ray. 29th June You know the feeling. You arrive at a strange underground station and can’t find your way out, wandering along unfamiliar corridors. EXIT 8 takes…
THE REMEDY (2025) 4 stars SXSW London, World Premiere. 4th June Two men enter a room where a light is flickering. One is Jason (Tim Granaderos), the other a police officer — who is attacked by an unseen force and…
AFFECTION (2025) 4 stars Blue Finch Film Releasing. Digital. 8th June A woman (Jessica Rothe) awakens in a bed. Next to her, to her surprise, is a man sleeping. She leaves the bedroom and goes downstairs but she seems confused.…
13 SOULS 3 stars Seven Tales. Digital. 25th May One year, when I was at FrightFest, nearly every horror film shown started with the inspired by or based on true events card at the start. 13 SOULS is another one…
WOKEN (2023) 3 stars 101 Films. Digital. 25th May. A panicked woman runs to a cliff edge – the wind is blowing and it is stormy. She jumps. The same woman – Anna (Erin Kellyman) asleep – she awakens and…
THE DEVIL’S CANDY (2015) 4 stars Second Sight. Limited Edition UHD & Blu Ray plus separate UHD and Blu ray releases. 25th May. An odd guttural muttering sound on the soundtrack. Then the loud blast of an electric guitar. Raymond…
SLITHER (2006) 4 stars Visions Home Video. UHD+Blu Ray. Steelbook. Out Now In his directorial debut James Gunn takes a B movie premise and runs with it – you know with a title like SLITHER things will eventually get slimy,…
DIABOLIC (2025) 3 stars Lightbulb Film Distribution. Blu Ray DVD and Digital. 25th May Apparently inspired by true events (honest it is), DIABOLIC features a fringe offshoot of the Mormon Church called the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) — polygamy,…