Film Reviews

Pat Boone had a decent career as a movie star, but he was no Elvis Presley. However, he starred in over a dozen films, had a couple of huge hits and for a few years was one of the biggest ...

The following films screened at Arrow Video FrightFest, held in London from 22–26 August, 2019. Dark Encounter (U.K., 2019) is an alien abduction film unlike pretty much any other that has come before. It’s an odd beast, in the best ...

The following films screened at Arrow Video FrightFest, which was held in London from 22–26 August, 2019. A woman who is convinced her baby was delivered by caesarean section and kidnapped by a shadowy cult tries to convince skeptical authorities ...

With Rutger Hauer’s recent passing, many reflected on a long and varied career that included memorable bad guys (The Hitcher, Nighthawks), heroic warriors (Ladyhawke) bizarre adverts (Guinness, Lurpak) and post-apocalyptic sports dudes (Salute of the Jugger a.k.a. The Blood of ...

I’ve always been fascinated by the notion of irony, reaping what you sew, getting back what you put out. However you want to call it, it is essentially the penance fate requires you to succumb to as payment for your ...

If YOU have never thought about death, it’s time you started thinking.” As the trailer for Faces of Death (1978) comes to an end, the final statement issues a firm declaration to anyone watching. What lies in store for us ...

The newest entry into the world of kaiju, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, is a Wiki-kitchen-sink filled with Hollow Earth, pseudo-Atlantis, sequel connect the dots, and just enough giant monster fighting to shake off worried fans. While some of this ...

Mayu Akikawa is a young psychologist, awkwardly trying to find her bearings in a new hospital, when she is assigned a nameless young girl as her first patient. A recently orphaned victim of extreme mental and physical abuse, the “Mysterious ...

Come to Daddy (2019) is that most difficult of beasts to review: a film that has so much to recommend, including many secrets, successful twists, and brilliant performances, but giving away too much would spoil the movie. Loaded with uncomfortable ...

*In memory of French film actress Edith Scob Although often referred to as a dark, gothic fairy tale, Georges Franju’s 1960 film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage) is perhaps more aptly described as a frozen, static fairy ...