The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Please meet Adèle Blanc-Sec, adventurer, travel writer and, let’s be honest, general trouble maker. Her publishers have sent her to South America for her latest [...]
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Stake Land (2010)
If you like your vampire films rare and bloody, then Stake Land is for you. Rare in that there isn’t a conventional fanged fiend in sight. And bloody because, [...]
Red Riding Hood (2011)
Valerie (Amanda Seyfried), lives with her family in the village of Daggerhorn, a beautiful European town, nestling amongst pine forests, lakes and vertiginous mountain [...]
Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut (1990)
Clive Barker’s brand of horror is hard to define. Falling somewhere between the popular pulp of Stephen King and the more erudite terrors of Peter Straub, it is mainly [...]
Theatre of Blood (1973)
“Oh forgive me, I forgot. It was your reverence and admiration which drove him to take his own life.” Edwina Lionheart (Diana Rigg) speaking with Peregrine [...]
The Girl (2012)
If you’re not a fan of Alfred Hitchcock then it might be best to shut off now. Responsible for some of the 20th century’s most iconic films – Rebecca (1940), [...]
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
There was a time in cinema when films didn’t depend on copious amount of CGI and special effects to make an impact. Instead they made their presence felt through the [...]
The Sigil (2012)
The Sigil is a pseudo horror film, masquerading under the false impression it is scary, when in-fact its about as frightening as an episode of Rentaghost. The film by [...]
Madhouse (1981)
If – like I initially did – you think you are going to enjoy a remastered edition of Vincent Price’s 70s camp classic Madhouse, I have to warn you, [...]
BFI GOTHIC DVD’s
The BFI continues its Gothic season, with three new collections from the BBC archives. There is nothing better as the Christmas season approaches than to settle down [...]
Dream House (2011)
I’ve never been a advocate of the ‘moody’ school of acting, an approach taken to new heights by Daniel Craig in the lukewarm chiller Dream House [...]
Everything Must Go (2010)
Like the life of Nick Porter (Will Ferrell), the central character round whose midlife crises Everything Must Go revolves, the directorial debut from Dan Rush ambles [...]
