Thursday, 28 March 2024

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2024 #2: Reviews of Out of Darkness (UK 2024), Dagr (UK 2024), Gods of the Deep (UK 2024), Stopmotion (UK 2024), Ship of the Damned (UK 2024) and Frankenstein: Legacy (UK 2024)

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Out of Darkness (UK 2024: Dir Andrew Cumming) The Scottish Tourist Board may advertise the wilds of the Highlands as a romantic holiday dest...
Monday, 4 March 2024

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2021 #18: Reviews of Bad Blood (UK 2021), Nightlens (UK 2021), What You Can't Promise (UK 2021), Huey (UK 2021), Overtime (UK 2021) and The Leprechaun's Curse (UK 2021)

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Bad Blood aka Boy #5 (UK 2021: Dir Eric Steele) Originally titled Boy #5 (for its screening at London's FrightFest in 2021), this ...
Saturday, 27 January 2024

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2024 #1: Reviews of Lord of Misrule (UK/Ireland 2023), The End We Start From (UK 2023), Murder Ballads: How to Make it in Rock 'n' Roll (UK 2023), The Haunting in Rosemary Lane (UK 2023), Swiperight (UK 2021) and The Loch Ness Horror (UK 2023)

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Lord of Misrule (UK/Ireland 2023: Dir William Brent Bell) Bell has an impressive CV of smart looking, unadventurous but serviceable genre f...
Monday, 22 January 2024

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut (USA 1979/2024: Dir Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione, Producer Thomas Negovan)

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I first saw Caligula when it was originally released into UK cinemas; I can't recall the exact date, but it would have been around Octo...
Thursday, 18 January 2024

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2022 #6: Reviews of Amityville Hex (UK 2022), Hounded (UK 2022), The Area 51 Incident (UK 2022), The Beast of Bodmin Moor (UK 2022), Killahurtz (UK 2022) and Reign of Chaos (UK 2022)

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Amityville Hex (UK 2021: Dir Tony Newton)  "I ask the dead, I call upon thee, let the Amityville Hex consume me; I offer you my soul, p...
Wednesday, 10 January 2024

NEW WAVE OF THE BRITISH FANTASTIC FILM 2021 #17: Reviews of Toy Box Killers (UK 2021), Blood House (UK 2021), Manhunt (UK 2021), Plague of the Dead (UK 2021), Afterlyfe (UK 2021) and Carnal Monsters (UK 2021)

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Toy Box Killers (UK 2021: Dir Mark Denham) In Denham's debut feature we're on the mean streets of what looks like east London. Two ...
Monday, 8 January 2024

Shaken and Stirred: Bond, John Barry and the BFI

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Some of you may have noticed that the BFI are programming a series of James Bond films in February. Correction; it's a season of movies ...