Blu-ray Review: Link Simon Fitzjohn February 2, 2021 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Ever had the urge to cast your eyes over a flick that features an orang-utan perving over a naked Elisabeth Shue? You have? Well in that case make a beeline for this new StudioCanal Blu-ray release of 1986's Link, Richard Franklin’s bizarre tale of...
4.0 Blu-Ray Review: Circus Of Horrors (1960) Simon Fitzjohn October 9, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Lurid, over-the-top – and terrifically entertaining, 1960 British gem Circus Of Horrors makes its way onto Blu-ray in stunning quality. Showcasing a great central performance from Anton Diffring, this carnival of excess, mutilation and...
3.0 Blu-ray Review: Brain Dead (1990) Simon Fitzjohn September 27, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Mind melts, brain operations and some off-the-wall imagery is the name of the game in Brain Dead, a 1990 offering given the restoration treatment by 101 Films. Based on a 60s script by Twilight Zone scribe Charles Beaumont (and given an update by director...
3.0 Rental Review: The Bay Of Silence Simon Fitzjohn September 20, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Architect Will (Claes Bang) and artist Rosalind (Olga Kurylenko) certainly seem happy enough – getting engaged in Italy after a whirlwind romance and deciding to move to London together. Ros already has twins, but further good news comes in the...
4.0 Blu-ray Review: The Woman In Black Simon Fitzjohn August 8, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice When it comes to British horror institutions, The Woman In Black must be right up there. From Susan Hill’s chilling original novel, to a wildly successful London stage version to the Daniel Radcliffe movie that revived Hammer’s fortunes (and...
4.0 Blu-ray Review: Split Second Simon Fitzjohn July 27, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice ‘They’ve seen the future…now they have to kill it’… I’ve now got to the age where ‘retro’ releases focus on films I saw first time round, and latest to add to the list is 1992 Rutger Hauer...
4.5 Rental Review: Birds Of Prey Simon Fitzjohn April 23, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice If, like me, you absolutely lapped up Birds of Prey: And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn on its cinema release, the great news is the digital release has been shunted forwards due to the situation we all suddenly find ourselves in. If you...
4.0 Rental Review: Sea Fever Simon Fitzjohn April 21, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice OMID: “So, you want us to just sit here and wait to die?†SIOBHAN: “I want us all to stay on the boat until we are sure none of us is infected. It’s not my life, it’s your families – it’s your husbands, your...
2.0 Rental Review: Trick Simon Fitzjohn March 26, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Having been reared on slasher movies in the 80s and 90s – and still being partial to them to this day – I approached Trick with something close to a sense of excitement. A real throwback effort, we have a masked killer, killings aplenty,...
2.0 DVD Review: Daniel Isn’t Real David Watson February 24, 2020 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Traumatised by the aftermath of a mass shooting and troubled by the break-up of his parents' marriage, shy child Luke is befriended by the cooler, more confident Daniel and soon the two boys are spending all of their time together. The only problem is Daniel...
3.5 Rental Review: 3 From Hell David Watson October 14, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice In the documentary accompanying the film as part of the extra content on the 3 From Hell Blu-Ray, a shaven-headed Bill Moseley, eyes twinkling with mischief, and a visibly ailing Sid Haig reminisce about their experiences of fan conventions and the one...
3.0 Rental Review: Heavy Trip David Watson August 5, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Stuck in a small, sleepy, rural village in Finland and mocked and harassed by smalltown homophobes and rednecks, the only escape for mild-mannered Metalhead Turo (Johannes Holopainen) is being lead singer and frontman of Impaled Rektum, the Death...
3.0 Rental Review: The Night Sitter David Watson July 2, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Posing as an innocent teenager, thief Amber (Elyse Dufour) cons her way into the mansion of wealthy occult expert Ted Hooper (Joe Walz) under the pretext of babysitting his neurotic, reclusive son Kevin (Jack Champion). When Ted goes on a date with neighbour...
DVD Review: Escape Room Mario Petkovski May 13, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice If you are one of those who likes to solve riddles as well as enjoy graphic content, the new Adam Robitel thriller Escape Room is the movie to watch. The film will for sure keep the tension cranked up all the time, entertained by the unusual element of...
3.0 DVD Review: Death Trench David Watson May 6, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice In the dying days of World War One, deep behind enemy lines in the wintry Ardennes Forest, British Military Intelligence have discovered an intricate underground bunker complex abandoned by the Germans. Believing it to be the site of experimentation...
2.0 Rental Review: Look Away Simon Fitzjohn April 12, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Chances are, if you have dipped your toes in the waters of horror cinema with any regularity, you will already have felt the icy touch of a film like Look Away many, many times before. One of those ‘troubled teen’ flicks that hold no...
2.5 Rental Review: The Haunting Of Sharon Tate David Watson April 9, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice It’s nearly 50 years since the Age of Aquarius ended in the bloody quietus of Charles Manson’s Family’s murder spree and, “lucky†us, we’re getting at least 3 films that use Charlie and the murders as a...
3.5 Rental Review: Elizabeth Harvest David Watson April 2, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice ***THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS*** Don’t read this review. Wait. Watch the film. Writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez’s psychosexual sci-fi/horror Elizabeth Harvest works best the less you know, any review of the film...
2.5 Blu-Ray Review: Cannibal Terror Simon Fitzjohn March 13, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice Us horror types can be a strange bunch at times, and Cannibal Terror is one of those films that certainly brings out the strange. Is it any good? Absolutely not. Would I recommend it to anyone who considers cinema art? Absolutely not. Is it full of...
5.0 Blu-Ray Review: Evil Dead 2 Simon Fitzjohn March 10, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice If I was put on the spot and asked to name the best sequels ever committed to film, I reckon I would simply HAVE to put Evil Dead 2 near the very top of the list. Bigger, better and bolder than the original instalment, Evil Dead 2 is actually a bit of a...
4.5 Rental Review: Frightfest – Beneath The Dark Heart Of Cinema Simon Fitzjohn March 1, 2019 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice I might as well put my cards straight on the table – I’m a big fan of Frightfest and all that they do. True, I’m not currently in Glasgow enjoying their March get-together (the simple truth is I cannot afford it) but the August event...