Film Reviews

Filmmaker Craig Zobel has progressed far from his early career as co-creator of the popular Flash animated internet cartoon, Homestar Runner. After a string of less-than-successful features, he returns with Compliance, an inflammatory film based on an array of real ...

The Devil Rides Out (1968) is a classic for fans of Hammer films. Based on Dennis Wheatley’s bestseller about satanic happenings in London’s Home Counties, the film was a hit on its first release and has remained popular ever since. ...

Even at their worst, Hammer films had an elusive quality which set them apart from their contemporaries and helped them stand the test of time. The Mummy’s Shroud (1967) follows an archeological expedition that, in 1920, unearths the tomb of ...

Michael Crichton’s Coma (1978) is a tough act to follow, even for the man who brought us Alien (1979). But Ridley Scott and his late brother Tony have given it a good try in A&E’s two-part miniseries, which clocks in at just ...

To even the most casual genre fan, iconic performer Lance Henriksen is an instantly recognizable figure. His rugged features and gravelly voice, along with his steadfast commitment to the roles he’s embodied, has gained him fans across a broad spectrum. ...

Hidden in the Woods (2012): one of the most grueling, unrelenting exercises in sickening violence you’re likely to see. Chilean writer / director Patricio Valladares reduces the “torture porn” sub-genre to new lows. The film brings together Carolina Escobar and ...

Clive Barker’s brand of horror is hard to define. Falling somewhere between the popularpulp of Stephen King and the more erudite terrors of Peter Straub, it is mainly Barker’s short stories and novelettes which have made their way to the big ...

Steve Barker’s zombie twist, Outpost: Black Sun (2012), is quite frankly boring. The film opens with the end of WW2, where a German scientist, Klausener (David Gant), has been secretly trying to create an army of undead Nazi soldiers. Fast ...

Antonio and Marco Manetti’s new horror/thriller, Paura 3D (2012), is one of the most nauseating and balefully grimy films I’ve seen in years. And that’s saying something. The film centers on young mechanic Ale (Domenico Diele), who overhears a conversation between ...

The advantage small scale British films have over big studio productions is their artistic freedom. Matthias Hoene’s new horror comedy, Cockneys Vs Zombies (2012) takes full advantage of that. Starring British icons Richard Briers and Honor Blackman, this is a ...