4.0 Frightfest London review: Hangman Emily Stockham August 29, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews UK filmmaker Adam Mason director of ‘Broken’ and ‘The Devil’s Chair’ and the gob-smackingly shocking ‘Pig’, is known for gruelling, brutal and often explicit horror films. This year, he hits...
4.0 Frightfest London review: Bait Emily Stockham August 29, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Starting the beginning with the end, or if I’m going to be fancy the denouement or the moment where the film reaches its peak is always a risk. Emmerdale’s Dominic Brunt takes this risk with his Frightfest...
4.0 Movie Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Emily Stockham August 28, 2015 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Winner of the 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is the story of Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), an awkward high school senior whose mom forces him to spend time...
1.0 Frightfest London review: Body Emily Stockham August 28, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews A boring Christmas evening of too much food and a little marijuana ends up in a series of unfortunate and gruesome events for a group of girls looking to inject a little fun into their otherwise stagnant...
1.0 Frightfest London review: The Rotten Link Emily Stockham August 28, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews 2 Comments Every year at Film4 Frightfest there is a myriad of foreign oddities. Films with subtitles that range from the weird and wonderful to the downright bizarre. Yes, I’m mainly thinking of Tulpa when I speak of...
On the hunt for Adam Mason’s ‘PIG’ Emily Stockham August 21, 2015 Editor's Choice, Features Emily tracks down the controversial 'missing' film
1.0 DVD Review: Sinister House Emily Stockham August 17, 2015 DVDs & Rentals I’ve just lost about an hour and a half of my life, time I will never retrieve. Okay, so that may sound like a dramatic opening for a review, but I guess I’m trying to highlight how annoyed I am with...
2.0 DVD Review: Killer Mermaids Emily Stockham July 29, 2015 DVDs & Rentals Tweaked from its original UK title Nymph, Killer Mermaids is a Serbian monster movie about a murderous fish-bottomed lady a la Ariel but without the red hair and Disney smile – her teeth are pointier. The...
Frightfest London interview: Hangman director Adam Mason Emily Stockham July 26, 2015 Editor's Choice, Film4 Frightfest, London, London Interviews Without giving too much away, director Adam Mason's home-invasion-with-a-twist shocker Hangman is one of the films screening at this year's Frightfest that will definitely get the Movie Ramblings seal of...
4.0 Movie Review: Housebound Emily Stockham July 2, 2015 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews I often get strange looks when I proclaim that some of the best horror films are hilarious. Of course, those who are familiar with all things horror will know that this is entirely possible. Not so bad it's...
2.0 Movie Review: Burying The Ex Emily Stockham June 10, 2015 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews If there’s two things I love, its romance and zombies. A weird mix I know, but you can at least now imagine how much I love a comedy zom-rom. Comedy and classic horror go hand in hand in Joe Dante’s...
2.5 Movie Review: Second Coming Emily Stockham June 4, 2015 Movie Reviews When I saw the title ‘Second Coming’ placed alongside its one-line synopsis, “A look at the life and struggles of a family living in London” I was both intrigued and bemused and those feelings stuck...
3.5 DVD Review: Blackwood Emily Stockham February 22, 2015 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice British horror is my go-to genre. When I’m sick of Hollywood’s spatter-fests of blood and guts (and over-amped CGI) I feel I can always rely on low-budget British horror to go back to basics with things...
2.0 DVD Review: As Above, So Below Emily Stockham January 9, 2015 DVDs & Rentals I have always had a love-hate affair with found footage films. Although, I fear recent offerings have forced me to slip on the spectrum closer to hate. Paranormal Activity in 2007 was genuinely one of my...
3.5 DVD Review: Dead Snow 2 Emily Stockham January 5, 2015 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Nazis. Zombies. Snow – what more fun could zombie-genre fans want? A sequel showcasing more of the same, obviously. Violent Nazi zombies emerged from the Scandinavian snow to reclaim a treasure in the...
3.0 DVD Review: The Expendables 3 Emily Stockham December 14, 2014 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice The short story of The Expendables 3 is, that if you enjoyed the first two, you are in for much of the same enjoyment – it does exactly what it says on this franchise tin. However, that’s not to say...
3.5 Movie Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt 1 Emily Stockham November 11, 2014 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Katniss Everdeen is back as the face of revolution in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. A reluctant revolutionary, but one for the people none the less. The Hunger Games are well and truly over – the...
2.0 Movie Review: The Judge Emily Stockham October 22, 2014 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews From the A-list, top-line billing of Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr and Billy Bob Thornton, The Judge, directed by David Dobkins, held some promise. I say some promise with reference to the stellar cast, as...
2.0 Movie Review: As Above, So Below Emily Stockham September 17, 2014 Movie Reviews I have always had a love-hate affair with found footage films. Although, I fear recent offerings have forced me to slip on the spectrum closer to hate. Paranormal Activity in 2007 was genuinely one of my...
Frightfest Review: Nymph Emily Stockham August 26, 2014 Film4 Frightfest Nymph, or “Killer Mermaid” as it’s known in the states – is a Serbian monster movie about a murderous fish-bottomed lady a la Ariel but without the red hair and Disney smile – her teeth are pointier....
Frightfest Review: V/H/S Viral Emily Stockham August 26, 2014 Film4 Frightfest V/H/S – a film that I would never have guessed would get a sequel, let alone a third instalment. However, Frightfest 2014 rolled around and when the line up was announced V/H/S Viral was there in all its...