31 Days of Horror - Days 1 - 4
Day 1: Oddity (2024) Kicking off 31 days of horror with this new Shudder release. Irish filmmaker Damien McCarthy is 2 for 2 in my...
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Film review: Alex Garland's A24 thriller 'Civil War' (2024)
Alex Garland’s fourth film, and third with indie slash major film studio A24, has already kicked up a fuss in the States before its...
10 FAVOURITE FILMS OF 2023
I watch more old films and rewatches than new releases in any given year. This isn’t due to any aversion to modern cinema, I just can’t...
A Life-Time of Loving 'John Carpenter's The Thing'
When it comes to my favourite films from years past, there are some I revisit more than others. These films are like comfort food, that...
NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE (2021): a worthy spook-fest for the Halloween season
Four years ago, Netflix struck gold with The Ritual, a stunning slice of folk/backwoods horror with a dark emotional thread based on...
Giallo January
I managed to watch six films for Giallo January this year, mostly first-time watches. The tropes of the Giallo (black-gloved killer,...
Top 10 Films from 2022
Here's the Top 10 new films I watched last year, not really representative of all that was released or all I watched as I missed a lot of...
Deadstream (2022)
Best described as a YouTube Evil Dead, Deadstream is the good version of that description, thanks to the endearing performance of...
Bliss (2019)
I’ve been aware of director Joe Begos for a while, having heard him on a few podcasts over the years, but this is the first of his films...
Glorious (2022)
The universe has a favour to ask. • Shudder continues its winning streak this year with Rebecca McKendry’s cosmic horror comedy Glorious,...
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
I first caught Drew Goddard’s sophomore film on a long haul flight. I am not really a fan of movies on the plane - the screens are...
Frontiere(s) (2007)
Next up in the French Extremity festival is Xavier Gens’ shocker Frontiere(s) which takes a group of youth on the run after a money...
Livid (2011)
French Horror maestros Baustillo & Maury exploded out of the gate in 2007 with their home invasion masterpiece ‘Inside’. But their...
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Roses are red, violets are blue, one is dead, and so are you. . I’ve watched Cherry Falls & Valentine over the last few nights so it’s...
The House On Sorority Row (1982)
A fun well made slasher with hints of Giallo / Euro horror from the golden age of the genre, Row plays like an 80’s redo of the...
Antlers (2021)
Pray it desires not you. • Scott Copper’s horror drama hit all the right spots for me, crafting an affecting tale of troubled youth &...
The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
Solid golden age Giallo starring Italian cinematic royalty Edwige Fenech and George Hilton filled with 70’s style, the requisite stabby...
Vice Squad (1982)
Gary Sherman’s scuzzy cop thriller has one major special effect in its arsenal - Wings Fkn Hauser in probably his greatest role as...
Blood Lake (1987)
This slice of home-made regional horror is not objectively ‘good’ by all the usual markers of quality (script / performances /...
Whanau Marama / New Zealand International Film Festival Wrap-up
I only managed 4 films at this years NZ International Film Fest, as opposed to some of those who watched 40+ films (I salute your...
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