THE DARK FANTASTIC (2025) 4 stars UK Premiere at Raindance Film Festival. 26th June British film composer Simon Boswell may not be as well known as the likes of John Williams and Hans Zimmer, but if you are a horror…
TALK TO ME (2022)4 starsSecond Sight Films. Limited Edition 4K & Blu-ray Box Set and Standard Edition 4K and Blu-ray. Out Now You know what they say – it’s all fun and games, till somebody gets hurt… A noisy rowdy…
THE TALE OF OIWA’S GHOST (1961)3 starsRadiance Films. Blu ray. 23rd June/US 24th June THE TALE OF OIWA’S GHOST is one of those films that throws you into the plot and you kind of have to catch up – clearly…
DIRTY BOY (2024) 3 stars Raindance Film Festival. Raven Banner & Firebrook Entertainment. UK Premiere 22nd June Written and directed by Doug Rao – better known as an actor – DIRTY BOY, an interesting arthouse style horror, is his feature…
I HEART WILLIE (2025)3 starsReel 2 Reel Films. Digital. 23rd June I am not sure I understand the recent predilection by low budget horror filmmakers with shoehorning things like Winnie the Pooh, Popeye and Mickey Mouse into their movies, just…
THE BLACK TORMENT (1964)3 stars88 Films. Blu ray 23rd June THE BLACK TORMENT is a colourfully shot sub Hammer-cum-Amicus costume gothic horror, also known as ‘Estate of Insanity’, which may give you some clue as to where this is heading.…
PROTEIN (2024) 4 stars Bulldog Film Distribution. Select cinemas 13th June followed by digital 14th July Sion (Craig Russell) is back from a stint in the army, and arrives in a small town in Wales with just a backpack and…
CANNIBAL MUKBANG (2023) 4 stars The Movie Partnership. Digital. Out Now At a small corner store, Mark (Nate Wise) is doing a bit of shopping when he sees the attractive redhead Ash (April Consalo). He is quite shy but speaks…
BOGIEVILLE (2025) 3 stars Reel 2 Reel. Digital. 9th June The film has an effective opener– a gas station (well more likely a petrol station in reality… more on that later). A woman pulls up in her car and realises…
CONSECRATION (2023) 3 stars Vertigo Releasing. Digital. 16th June A nun walking through the streets. All in white. Grace (Jena Malone) is walking on the other side of the road. Then the nun approaches her and points a gun! An…
DANGEROUS ANIMALS 4 stars Vertigo Releasing. UK and Ireland cinemas. 6th June When is shark movie not a shark movie – when it’s about a ruthless serial killer who uses the toothy terrors as his means of killing his victims……
SWEENEY TODD: SLICE AND DICE (2025)3 starsKaleidoscope Film Distribution. DVD and Digital. Out Now We have had many a depiction of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street – ever since his appearance in a penny dreadful in 1846. Numerous film…