FADE TO BLACK (1980) 4 stars 88 Films. Limited Edition 4K/Blu ray. 16th March Eric Binford (Dennis Christopher) is a shy, introverted movie obsessive who lives with his wheelchair bound Aunt Stella (Eve Brent) who doesn’t approve of his fixation…
PLAY DEAD (2025) 3 stars Seven Tales. Digital. 9th March Alison awakens in a basement. She has blood on her hands and a wound in her side. There are other people, who appear to be dead, on the ground around…
DOLLY (2025) 3 stars Vertigo Releasing in association with IFC and Shudder. Cinema. 6th March Dropping off his daughter, Chase (Sean William Scott, the one familiar face here) heads out with his girlfriend Macy (Fabianne Therese). They are going for…
THE MONSTER WITHIN (2025) 3 stars Seven Tales. Digital. 2nd March The film opens well with a woman gagged and tied up in a basement. Crying for help. She manages to get up and tries to use a handy axe…
GOD OF FROGS 3 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 2nd March This is a multi story anthology – with none of the stories particularly engaging. The first is called ‘Mother of All Fogs’ and set in 1969: we are at a…
ELSE (2024) 3 stars Blue Finch Film Releasing. Digital. 2nd March ELSE is a French/Belgian head scratchingly weird body horror presumably inspired partially by Covid. Anx (Matthieu Sampeur) is something of an anxious introvert and is trying and failing to…
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 4 stars StudioCanal. Blu Ray. DVD. 2nd March It is kind of weird reviewing a film set at Christmas, featuring a killer Santa, at the end of February – that being said SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT…
BEYOND MAMUSHI (2025) 4 stars Independent production. Playing Festivals The film opens on what you assume is a happy scene – a woman, Kate (Corina Jayne), is flying a colourful kite in the park. It is soon obvious all is…
BARE SKIN (2026) 3 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 23rd February Several people arrive at a fancy building and head to one room – they are there for a group session to discuss their various traumas with Dr Hedonia (Rachel Alig).…
LURE (2026) 3 stars Reel2Reel Films. Digital. 2nd February A frightened man being chased through a forest – he is dumped into a fire it seems. Cut to the titles. Another man struggling, chained to a bed. An older man…
WE BURY THE DEAD (2024) 3 stars Signature Entertainment. Digital HD 2 February & Blu-ray & DVD 16 February. A massive explosion of an American experimental weapon off the coast of Tasmania. An electromagnetic pulse that causes decimation. Reports of…
INHABITANTS (2025) 3 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 26th January Young couple Francis (Josh Rivera) and Olivia (Anna Jacoby-Heron) are moving in together. There is a box from his Mum that he opens. In there is a poorly painted picture of…