Santa Sangre (1989)
Mexican cinema has always been a law unto itself. Over the years its stars – like the legendary siren Dolores del Rio who came to international prominence during the [...]
Horror
I Spit On Your Grave 2 (2013)
I Spit On Your Grave (1978), starring Camille Keaton (a distant relative of silent movie star Buster Keaton), was a film which became legendary due to its notoriety. In 2010 [...]
The Bodysnatcher (1945)
Wolfe ‘Toddy’ MacFarlane (Henry Daniell), a renowned and highly respected doctor in Victorian Edinburgh, takes medical student Donald Fettes (Russell Wade) under [...]
DEMONS 1 (1985) & Demons 2 (1986)
The use of Dario Argento’s name above the titles of Demons 1 & 2 could be considered something of a misnomer, as they bare no relation whatsoever to other works by [...]
Straw Dogs (2011)
One of shock cinema’s landmarks from the 1970’s, has been ‘re-booted’ – Hollywood’s trendy term for what the rest of us know as a good (or [...]
I Frankenstein (2014)
Unless you are a fan of the original material on which a film is based, you will likely derive more pleasure from the experience of watching it if you know nothing [...]
THE FINAL CURTAIN: Re-evaluating Theatre of Blood – Vincent Price’s Shakespearian homage
“I think that was the best feeling of achievement and satisfaction I ever had from a film. It was my favourite funny film. There were endless possibilities. A splendid cast [...]
The Sigil (2012)
The Sigil is a pseudo horror film, masquerading under the false impression that it is scary, when in-fact its about as frightening as an episode of the children’s TV [...]
Wizards (1977)
Following the death of their beloved mother, two wizard brothers – the good Avatar (Bob Holt) and the evil Blackwolf (Steve Gravers) – are pitched into a [...]
La Belle et la bête (1946)
Aficionados of the ‘Eurohorror’ film – which, for much of the time encompasses those made post 1960, and which frequently focus heavily on stylised gore [...]
The Black Cat (1981)
Professor Robert Miles (Patrick Magee) has a love hate relationship with his pet black cat, a feline predator with an unnatural hold over its owner. However, it’s [...]
The Ones Below (2015)
Justin (Stephen Campbell Moore) and Kate (Clémence Poésy) live a seemingly idyllic lifestyle. With a beautiful London flat, rewarding, high powered jobs and a baby [...]
