STING (2024) 4 stars StudioCanal. Digital 15th July. Blu Ray and DVD 15th August STING is a fun creature feature horror with an SF tinge to it. It opens mid story as a batty old dear Helga (Noni Hazelhurst), clearly…
ABSURD (1981) 3 stars 88 Films. Limited Edition 4K UHD + Blu Ray After working together on ANTHROPOPHAGOUS (also available from 88 Films) Joe D’Amato and George Eastman/Luigi Montefiori were originally going to create a sequel to their gut muncher…
THINE EARS SHALL BLEED 4 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 15th July. 1860s America. Reverend Ezekiel Thatcher is a minister taking his family across the country to eventually setup his new ministry. Along for the ride is his long suffering wife…
IN A VIOLENT NATURE 3 stars Altitude Film Entertainment. UK Cinemas 12th July The film starts as it means to go on. At a distance… as if you are looking in on it. Disconnected. It opens with a locked off…
ANTHROPOPHAGOUS (1980) 3 stars 88 Films. UHD+Blu Ray. 8th July The notorious video nasty with the bizarre name – ANTHROPOPHAGOUS (or is it Anthropophagus? The onscreen title here is The Savage Island) – is back as part of the 88…
LOOP TRACK (2023) 4 stars Arrow Films. Limited Edition Blu Ray. Arrow streaming service. 8th July A car driving in the middle of nowhere in New Zealand. The driver, Ian Thompson (Thomas Sainsbury) pulls up in the car park of…
THE LAST BREATH (2024) 3 stars Signature Entertainment. Digital/DVD/Blu ray. 1st July The film opens in WWII with the sinking of the battleship USS Charlotte off the coast of the British Virgin Islands. Cut to modern day – many have…
STOPMOTION (2023) 4 stars Acorn Media International. Blu Ray/DVD/Digital 1st July Ella Blake (Aisling Franciosi) is a stop-motion animator who lives in the shadow of her more famous mother Suzanne (Stella Gonet) whip is both demanding and manipulative. Ella is…
AMP HOUSE MASSACRE 2 stars 4Digital Media. Digital (US Only at the moment). Out Now AMP HOUSE MASSACRE is one of those ‘killer on the loose’ horror thrillers where you honestly hope all the characters die a grisly death! The…
THE DEVIL CAME HOME (2021) 2 stars Miracle Media. Digital. 24th June A man sleeping. Restless. A strange figure wearing googles and an elaborate gas mask and sporting a skull headed cane approaches the man’s house – in a poor…
THE AGITATOR: THREE PROVOCATIONS FROM THE WORLD OF JEAN-PIERRE MOCKY 4 stars Radiance Films. Limited Edition Blu ray. 1st July Radiance continue to surprise with releases from all corners of the filmic world – I have to admit I had…
MADMAN (1981) 3 stars Arrow Films. Limited Edition 4K UHD. 24th June Yet another relatively obscure slasher gets a new lease of life on 4K UHD. The film opens round a campfire at a summer camp for gifted children. Max…