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MOVIE REVIEW: Hellraiser (2022)

Bar the extensive, chauvinistic backlash over the oh-so-shocking prospect of a female Pinhead, horror fans had plenty of reasons to be...

MOVIE REVIEW: Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)

The passage of time and the human brain’s capacity to process it is a frequently problematic and, at times, frankly terrifying affair....

MOVIE REVIEW: The Inheritance (2021)

With its grand, oak-panelled chambers, shadowy recesses and elegant vaulted ceilings that ooze supernatural intrigue, you have to admit...

REVIEWED: Alien (1979)

T-minus 10 minutes... There is a lot to be said for superior cinema, and let’s go back to the late '70s when horror was in a transitional...

MOVIE REVIEW: Held (2020)

Think of someone held in a space they can’t leave; if they do they will be punished. A deep, electronically-altered voice tells them to...

MOVIE REVIEW: Dementer (2019)

The modern world, hey!? At least we have Arrow Video. This particular reviewer is no young pup and has old fashioned/fangled ideas about...

MOVIE REVIEW: Boys From County Hell

The horror comedy; it can go scare scare, scare, laugh, or laugh, laugh, laugh, scare. What it shouldn't do is be neither funny nor...

MOVIE REVIEW: Candyman (1992)

Probably the most progressive and interesting horror film of the ’90s. Fact is, if you have Philip Glass doing the soundtrack, you are...

MOVIE REVIEW: Stalker (2020)

Formerly known as Blinders, this neat little film feels like a Netflix special. It started with the dreaded ‘found footage’ style, but...

MOVIE REVIEW: Threshold (2020)

Mumblecore, a genre all unto itself. It is the marmite of film: you either go along for the ride or, you don't. Strapping yourself in for...

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