Category: Reviews

The Bay (2012)

  • March 18, 2013

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The found footage film is the cinematic equivalent of the abandoned manuscript or the notebook found in a deserted house. It’s an effective, potentially powerful way to add verisimilitude to a story (and get around holes in the budget), as The Blair Witch Project showed so effectively back in 1999, so it’s unsurprising that the last decade …

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Death’s Apprentice: A Grimm City Novel by K.W.Jeter and Gareth Jefferson Jones

  • March 13, 2013

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The Brothers Grimm are responsible for some of the most terrifying fairytales ever committed to paper. Disney has also played a part in bringing them to the attention of children the world over, albeit in toned-down versions peppered with musical numbers and dancing forest-animals. Death’s Apprentice: A Grimm City Novel does the exact opposite, combining the original …

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Django Prepare A Coffin

  • March 12, 2013

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Sergio Corbucci’s Django (1966) is one of the all-time great spaghetti westerns. A film grimmer in tone than Sergio Leone’s classic Man With No Name trilogy, Corbucci’s film distinguished itself by being set in the muddiest, coldest, most forbidding town to be seen in a western for many a year; by set pieces that were as outlandish and atmospheric …

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Grimmfest Reviews: Snowtown & Sleep Tight

  • March 11, 2013

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On February 21, Simon Bestwick was at the Dancehouse Theatre to catch the Grimmfest double bill of Snowtown and Sleep Tight. Today, Simon brings you his thoughts on both horror films. Snowtown review Sleep Tight review

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Splinters by Joseph D’Lacey

  • March 6, 2013

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Splinters by Joseph D’Lacey is somewhat of a special short story collection for the eco-horror author. Not only does this mark his first short story collection – and what better way to commemorate the occasion than a limited signature edition from Timeline Books – but it’s a collection which spans eleven years serving as a portrait of the …

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

  • March 6, 2013

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Halloween 5 opens, as was customary with slasher sequels, with a flashback that leads into a loose justification of ‘why he didn’t die’. Before Myers is back, like a particularly troublesome yeast infection. Keep on reading…

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Destination Truth: Memoirs of A Monster Hunter by Josh Gates

  • February 27, 2013

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Entertaining and engaging on multiple levels, Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter is a fast-paced global journey through four years of exploration and investigation of creature sightings. It stands as a companion piece to the popular SyFy Channel (USA) series of the same name, and provides insight into the character of narrator and leader Josh Gates. …

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Resident Evil: Retribution

  • February 26, 2013

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With Resident Evil: Retribution, we find ourselves at the fifth instalment of a series that has some of the best horror computer game roots, but has consistently wasted them. Sadly, Anderson has not learned from previous mistakes and this is just more of the same. Keep on reading…

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Fear Itself: The Complete First Season

  • February 25, 2013

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Very similar to the better known Masters of Horror television series – both were created by Mick Garris – we finally get a belated release of the entire first season of Fear Itself. The thirteen episode series was originally broadcast in the US in 2008 and is a real diamond in the rough. Keep on …

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Tower Block

  • February 20, 2013

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We live in a scary world these days. The threat of terrorism is permanently etched into our subconscious and it’s not always easy to just get on with our lives as a result. Keep on reading…

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