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| | The Fountain
1st Nov 06
The Fountain is a beautiful, romantic film that took my breath away – but not completely. |  | | | |
| | | Predators
13th Aug 10
Plural, as in 'more than one', and no aliens in sight. |  | | | |
| | | Tombs of the Blind Dead
2nd Mar 05
This movie involves a lot of talking and a lot of walking around, opening doors, then walking a bit further, opening another door, then wiping off dirty hands, then perchance a glimpse of nudity with no follow-through. |  | | | |
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| |  | Friday the 13th Part 2
20th May 13
Friday the 13th Part 2 starts with Adrienne King, uninspiring final girl from the first movie, on the phone to her parents. She reassures them she’s fine, and then tells them about the ordeal, accompanied by a set of budget appeasing flashbacks, including the infamous decapitation of Mrs Voorhees (and why not?) But what’s this? Whose workman like trousers and boots are those? Eh, oh, what’s that, a swift ice pick to the temple and it’s goodbye... read more...
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| | |  | Bait 3D
14th May 13
It’s time to head down under for our latest fix of underwater killer fish action. We’ve had the recent Shark Night, which people mainly complained about because of its lack of gore and nudity. We’ve had a few ridiculous outings from Roger Corman (Sharktopus leaps to mind) and from Asylum (Two-Headed Shark Attack, really?) and Piranha 3D and its double-D sequel, which people moaned about because of its overabundance of gore and... read more...
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| | |  | Motel Hell
4th May 13
Back in 1980, English director Kevin Connor – who had previously helmed classics like The Land that Time Forgot - was having trouble finding work in Los Angeles, when a fortuitous encounter eventually landed him the job of directing this oddball little horror movie. He accepted on one condition: that it plays for laughs.
The plot centres around Farmer Vincent (Rory Calhoun) and his sister Ida (Nancy Parsons), who run Motel Hello whilst... read more...
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| | |  | Delirium Photos of Goia
22nd Apr 13
Serena Grandi’s huge tits and no-slouch bum are all over the montage title sequence of one of Lamberto Bava’s more embarrassing but most enjoyable late 80’s schlockers. This accurately sets the tone of a movie in which Grandi’s norks are constantly bulging beneath wet T-shirts, heaving in ill-fitting outfits, unleashed for all to see or being soaped up in a hygienic yet titillating fashion. It becomes obvious very quickly that Delirium is... read more...
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| | |  | Friday the 13th
4th Mar 13
The movie opens with a scene setting with a jump back to the late 50s at Crystal Lake, where a couple of teenage camp counsellors are sneaking off to have sex, until they’re interrupted by a point of view shot. “Oh it’s you…” they say to POV shot, and start to make an excuse for what they’re doing there, but quicker than you can shout “Mario Bava” the POV shot knifes them to death.
Roll on twenty years later, and the camp is finally being... read more...
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| | |  | Lisa and the Devil
27th Feb 13
Coinciding with the release of Mario Bava’s masterful Black Sunday this month is a more colourful, later offering from the great director, Lisa and the Devil. As is customary with the Arrow titles, the Blu Ray disc comes loaded with extras including the alternative version, House of Exorcism. So…let’s see. They made Lisa and the Devil shortly after The Exorcist was released, re-cut and re-shot some scenes, then... read more...
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| | |  | Piranha 3DD
20th Feb 13
It’s a year after the events of the last film and the lake and associated small town have been abandoned since the tourism trade dried up as a result. At a nearby lake two unlucky fisherman (Jake Busey and Clu Gulager – his son directed this you know) are investigating a dead cow bobbing around in the water, only to discover piranha eggs have been laid inside it. They hatch, and those cameos end pretty quickly.
In steps final girl Maddy, a marine... read more...
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| | |  | Black Sunday (Blu Ray)
12th Feb 13
The influence and importance of Mario Bava’s films cannot be underestimated. In terms of a visually lavish style, Bava preceeded Dario Argento, and was key in shaping a more European take on the cinema of darkness for the modern age. Having lensed a number of films for various Italian filmmakers as a younger man, he was often asked to complete direction after the original directors were fired, eventually getting a chance to helm his first complete... read more...
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| | |  | Zombie Apocalypse
22nd Jan 13
There’s been a zombie outbreak (it’s all over the news so it must be true) and three unlikely friends have been holed up at a cabin in the hills. They decide to come down to the town, to get supplies. When they arrive the place seems deserted, so Ramona keeps watch while Billy and Kevin look for supplies. She spots a zombie “guys…” and then she spots another zombie “Guys!” and they’re quickly over run. While Ramona screams Kevin, fumbling around... read more...
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| | |  | Django, Prepare a Coffin
15th Jan 13
Apparently, Django, Prepare a Coffin is listed at #19 on Quentin Tarantino’s big list of favourite Spaghetti Westerns. If that’s the kind of criteria you’re using to prioritise your imminent viewing schedule, then this Django sequel will probably end up towards the bottom of the pile. And quite rightly so, but I guess this all depends on how much you like your Spaghetti Westerns. Personally, I have to be really in the mood for them, especially... read more...
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| | | Zombie Flesh Eaters (Blu-Ray Steelbook) | | | 10th Dec 12 |  | | | | | Phenomena | | | 2nd Oct 12 | | | | | More Reviews... |
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