Giallo in June is coming! Starting tomorrow I'll be reviewing a different Giallo movie each day for the month of June. Some films I've seen before but haven't watched in a long time and others will be films I've never seen before. There will be films that are Giallo but others that aren't but have …
I remember back in the day, during all of the Video Nasties hysteria, one film would always be featured alongside The Evil Dead and Driller Killer, and that was Suffer Little Children. It was only recently, on seeing that the film was on YouTube, that I realised that I had never actually seen it. A …
Four escapees from a mental facility have escaped. They’re also high on LSD that has been given to them as part of their treatment (!) They start to terrorise the residents (and pets) of a small community, primarily a hotel which houses a choral troupe from a posh all-girls school and their teachers. I had …
When The Swarm was released in 1978, it quickly earned a reputation that no filmmaker or actor associated with a particular film wants. The reviews for the film were abysmal. The Sunday Times went as far as to call the movie 'simply the worst film ever made'. And this moniker has stuck with The Swarm …
Four youngsters go camping. But there’s someone or something bumping people off. As you’ve probably guessed, we’re in slasher territory here. Don’t Go In The Woods earned particular notoriety during the Video Nasties moral panic. Would this film be so horrific and depraved that it could turn viewers into mindless killers?! Of course not. This …
John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. massively polarised both critics and fans alike when it was released in 1996. Any sequel to a much-loved cult classic such as Escape From New York will be anticipated with nervousness, as it had such a high bar to live up to. The film met with praise but also disdain …
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