With many countries experiencing a cost-of-living and housing crisis, the thought of inheriting a large property is mouthwatering. However, discovering that one of the many rooms has been a virtual cell for a horribly deformed, animalistic and maybe cannibalistic distant relative would put a damper on anyone’s good fortune. That’s pretty much the plot of […]
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We’re four days away from the next full moon, but as I’m a tad late with this review, the phase and vibes are Waxing Gibbous. However, not for producer and director Charles Band, who has for decades kept horror fans under a blanket of eternal night with his studio Full Moon Features. – Available now
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In a fun homage to campy classics such as House on Haunted Hill the second big-screen outing for Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, borrows the title font, but provides the hills in Elvira’s Haunted Hills – Available now on Blu-ray (Standard Edition) from 101 Films in the UK. It’s 1851 and Elvira and her maidservant
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101 Films wrapped up 2024 with a Limited-Edition Blu-ray release of Nigel Kneale’s The Stone Tape – a made-for-television feature that was originally broadcast in Britain on Christmas Day 1972 to high acclaim from viewers and critics alike. Spurred by their Japanese competitors, a large electronics company employs a team of scientists who have set up
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101 Films invite you to a sleepover in glorious 4K UHD with their NEW Limited-Edition release of Slumber Party Massacre and Slumber Party Massacre II – available now for the first time in the UK With its literal title, the 1982 original is indeed the seminal classic within its sub-genre of pyjama slashers. However, its
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Albert Pyun was a prolific genre filmmaker who chalked up 54 credits to his name before sadly passing away in 2022. Among his classic titles were the post-apocalyptic JCVD vehicle, Cyborg (the first R-rated movie I was exposed to) and his directorial debut, The Sword and the Sorcerer – available from November 4 on 4K
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In a naive attempt to connect with local film buffs, I joined a film society in a neighbouring town, where I quickly discovered, to my disappointment, a sea of grey-haired patrons. However, my social awkwardness allowed me to stay for the evening’s feature, Incendies, which was new to DVD at the time. Two formats later,
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I live near a town named Glengarry but unfortunately, the leads are weak, unlike those for the fictional Glengarry in David Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer Prize play Glengarry Glen Ross, which was later turned into a feature film under the same name. With the most aggressive all-male cast ever, even angrier than 12 Angry Men, this
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Before we became increasingly tethered to our phones and other smart devices, The Lawnmower Man gave a theoretical glimpse into what a world might look like if man and cyberspace merged. While the film is often lambasted, The Lawnmower Man Collection – available now on Blu-ray from 101 Films, invites viewers to re-evaluate the unique science-fiction/horror
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Straight outta nowhere, 101 Films dropped the slightly obscure Michael Caine classic, A Shock to the System, on a standard release Blu-ray, which became available on May 27th. – This darkly comedic crime-thriller follows an overlooked corporate employee, Graham Marshall, who develops a delusion of invincibility after a freak accident, enabling him to climb his
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