COLD PREY 2 - RESURRECTION

Given its limitations, it comes as a pleasant surprise to see that filmmakers in Scandinavia are proving that there’s still a decent movie or two in the slasher cycle. Horror fare that to look out for include Patrik Syversen’s ROWDYR (aka Manhunt, 2009), Pĺl Řie’s SKJULT ( aka Hidden, 2008),…more

MARTYRS

Add Pascal Laugier to the list of France’s new wave of horror director’s destined for Hollywood. Laugier has just secured the director’s seat for the big budget remake of HELLRAISER due to hit our screens in 2011, and I can’t help feeling that MARTYRS provides the perfect springboard.

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CASS

Given the plethora of movies dedicated to the football hooligan-cum-gangster that the British film industry has churned out in the last few years, the decade will undoubtedly go down in cult movie circles as that which gave us the rise of the "hooligang" genre. Just when you thought it was…more

WHILE SHE WAS OUT

Kim Basinger is shrewdly cast as downtrodden suburban mother, Della, in Susan Montford’s accomplished horror/thriller debut WHILE SHE WAS OUT, based on Nebula Award winning author Edward Bryant’s 1988 novella of the same name.

Della is the abused wife of Kenneth (Craig Sheffer) who puts…more

DONKEY PUNCH

Look up the sexual slang term “Donkey Punch” on the web and you’ll find a number of conflicting definitions. So, viewers watching this British-backed thriller might be forgiven for thinking that the act is just an urban myth. Despite that, director Oliver Blackburn presents us with a…more

THE RUINS

If you discount science fiction fare such as THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, and their remakes, you can count films that have featured killer plants on the palm of one hand, probably due to the fact that creeping green vines aren’t usually synonymous with feelings of…more

THE FREE WILL

Few movies have managed to depict rape and its psychological effects on its victims without resorting to dramatic exploitation of its subject. Other times the filmmaker’s message falls flat on its face when trying to address the complexities of the subject because both script and audience…more