Sunday, 2 January 2022

Top 10 Films of 2021

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So this year I doubled 2020's figure by getting to see 32 films at the cinema (last year it was only 16), and watched 384 overall, inclu...
Saturday, 18 December 2021

Scary Christmas Round Up of New (ish) Holiday Themed Horror Movies 2021: Reviews of The Advent Calendar (France/Belgium 2021), Red Snow (USA 2021), Puppet Killer (Canada 2019), Black Friday (USA 2021), Christmas Zombies (USA 2020) and Silent Night (UK 2021)

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For the fourth year running, here are some reviews of Christmas/holiday themed movies to inspire some seasonal watching. The Advent Calendar...
Friday, 26 November 2021

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2021#9: Reviews of Conjuring the Plastic Surgeon (UK 2021), Dinosaur Hotel (UK 2021), Familiars (UK 2021), Evie (UK 2021), Shepherd (UK 2021) and Seagull (UK 2021)

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Conjuring the Plastic Surgeon aka Doctor Carver (UK 2021: Dir Louisa Warren) In Warren's latest we enter the murky world of plastic sur...
Monday, 22 November 2021

Supermarket Sweep # 25: Reviews of Cynthia (USA 2018), Paranormal Prison (USA 2021), The Haunting of the Mary Celeste (USA 2020), The Last Exorcist (USA 2020), Demonic (Canada 2021) and The Last Inn (USA 2021)

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Cynthia (USA 2018: Dir Devon Downs, Kenny Gage) Best summarised as a kind of slapstick version of the 1974 mutant baby saga It's Alive,...
Thursday, 4 November 2021

A Centenary of Fantastic Films - 1921 #1 The Phantom Carriage aka Körkarlen (Sweden 1921: Dir Victor Sjöström)

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Swedish director Victor Sjöström is possibly best known as stubborn old physician Professor Isak Borg in Ingmar Bergman's insightful and...
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Monday, 1 November 2021

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2021 #8: Reviews of Curse of Bloody Mary (UK 2021), The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (UK 2021), Ghost Tale (UK 2021), When the Screaming Starts (UK 2021), The Ghost of Winifred Meeks (UK 2021) and The Curse of Humpty Dumpty (UK 2021)

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Curse of Bloody Mary aka  Summoning Bloody Mary aka Bloody Mary (UK 2021: Dir David Gregory) Indie creature features with Scott Jeffrey and...
Thursday, 28 October 2021

Report from Mayhem Film Festival 2021

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In her third Festival report, DEoL's roving reporter Satu Sarkas-Bosman takes us through the highs and even bigger highs of this year...