Neil Marshall’s The Reckoning – Movie Review

It's hard to know where to start this review. Once upon a time, the name Neil Marshall was the best new hope in horror, with his debut feature Dog Soldiers being one of the top werewolf films ever made - up...

The Banishing Film Review of Christopher Smith’s Supernatural Horror

Director Christopher Smith has a great track record when it comes to horror. His London Underground terror-fest CREEP perfectly homaged and updated the seminal 1972 classic DEATH LINE, and his lost-at-sea opus TRIANGLE is still one of the cleverest...

Behind Her Eyes, an Effective and Diverting Thriller – Netflix Review

Appearing on Netflix in February 2021 is Behind Her Eyes. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Sarah Pinborough, Behind Her Eyes tells of a menage a trois between secretary Louise (Simona Brown), her boss David...

Demons and Demons II Blu-ray Review

A couple of older films for the blog today, and the lovely people at Arrow Video are releasing the two Lamberto Bava horror films from the eighties, Demons (1985) and Demons II (1986) on limited edition UHD 4K blu-ray. The films are notable...

David Howe Reviews He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefe Collection Limited Edition [Blu-ray]

I'm possibly not alone in never actually having heard of William Grefe, which is a little odd as I am something of an aficionado of the sort of ultra-low-budget films he made ... but looking at the titles in...

Max Winslow and the House of Secrets – Film Review

From the outset, it's clear that this film is in the feelgood area of entertainment rather than horror or thriller ... even the title is suggestive of HARRY POTTER AND THE ... or PERCY JACKSON AND THE ... but...

THE TOMB: DEVIL’S REVENGE (2018) – Film Review

The Tomb: Devil's Revenge stars Shatner in a small-ish role as the father of our main protagonist, John, and he seems to be so permanently gritted teeth angry that there's nowhere for him to go when he needs to...

UPGRADE (2018) – Netflix Review

I caught Upgrade recently on Netflix and came away quite impressed. It's a well-done film which covers some old ground, but managed to be just about original enough to get away with it. The film follows Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green),...

SPUTNIK (2020) – Film Review

It's always good when something new crosses your path which is actually well made, intelligent, and gripping, and Sputnik is all three! It's a Russian film (so it has subtitles) and it tells the story of a couple of cosmonauts...

Zombie for Sale – For connoisseurs of brain-munching horror – Film Review

Such fun! Zombie For Sale is a 2019 horror-comedy from South Korea directed and written by Lee Min-Jae which encompasses all that is crazy about this genre. Jjong-Bi (Jung Ga-Ram) escapes from an underground experimentation lab and is basically a...

The Game Blu-ray Re-Issue – Film Review

The Game is a 1997 film directed by David Fincher, and made after his major success, Se7en. It's a shame in a way that directors get 'type cast' in the sense that through most of The Game you're waiting...

Mr Murder: The Life and Times of Tod Slaughter – Book Review

If you’re reading this review and ask ‘Tod who?’ then you have some educating to do ... Way back in the dim and distant days before Hammer Films, and before even Universal Films ... before Bela stalked the stage...