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Prepare to swash your buckles, or whatever dashing matinee idols do these days. Directed by Resident Evil’s (2002) Paul W S Anderson, and starring Ray
It’s hard to categorise a film like The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome, released by the BFI for the first time on DVD in
The Machine, is a terrifying vision of a world perhaps not that far in the future. Directed and written by Caradog W James and starring
Familiarity, they say, breeds contempt, as with the legend that is A Nightmare on Elm Street. There have been nine entries in the iconic
Apocalypse Z (2013) (also known as Zombie Massacre) makes Brad Pitt’s mega-buster World War Z (2013), which tried manfully to transpose the walking dead to
In the late 1970’s and early 80’s glossy Hollywood horror, though having its fair share of big budget shocks, frequently favoured a subtler, psychological approach
Almost forty years after its first release, Shivers is still difficult to watch. Even for a director as renowned for his bizarre visions as David Cronenberg,
Nowhere to Go, starring George Nader, Maggie Smith and Bernard Lee, and directed by the legendary Seth Holt, is a film which still packs a
The essence of some films is captured perfectly in their name. Take Rough Cut, the pseudo documentary about the making of a fictional horror movie
Patema Inverted – the animated feature written and directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura and featuring the voice talents of Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shinya Fukumatsu and
Oriental action / martial arts films never fail to surprise. Take for instance the visually stunning, high kicking Vietnamese period adventure The Lady Assassin. In
Is it drama? Is it sci-fi? Or is it just a mystery? Watching writer / director Mike Cahill’s film I Origins, it’s difficult to decipher
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