That, it turns out, is the last thing young man Ray wants to hear from a doctor as he checks over his Uncle Joe after a demobilising stroke. You see, Ray (Gary Devirginio) has tolerated a long running time of abuse from the said Uncle. If we mention Joel M. Reed, many think instantly of Bloodsucking […]
It could be argued that since the early years of cinema, two of the most important decades of movie making has to be named as the ’60s and ’70s. More to the point, it was the last years before the dawn of the mega blockbusters which swept away a lot of imagination and a lot […]
The first thing which hits you about Joe Meredith’s South Mill District short movie is the empty hollow grim atmosphere. That’s a good thing because it is a void simply breathing oncoming doom. Long shots of derelict buildings to finish upon a sign on a chain link fence which mentions an ‘alien war’. You weirdly […]
Back in Starburst, issue 48, which happened to be a zombie film special published in 1982, Lucio Fulci said in an interview, how he considered his own creation, The Beyond, and Dario Argento’s, Inferno, as absolute films – “(films) of images, which must be received without any reflection.” Back in Starburst, issue 48, which happened […]
Race with the Devil is a road trip which totally oozes the seventies with the style of clothes, the look, and even the way everybody talks. I totally adore films of this era because, for most of the time, films in the horror genre dared to be varied. I It is unfortunate that the same […]
It wasn’t long ago in another review, I stated these words “I do love a good post apocalypse film. The wastelands, the brutal violence, the scavengers. In my own opinion, aside from George Miller, the Italians rock up the best ones.” Aside from those, I’m a pure sucker for low budget ones when performed correctly […]
I do like reviewing micro budget horrors which are made with a lot of love. I’m not a fan of guess working through a language barrier, but hey-ho, someone has to do it I suppose. My copy of Cannibal Fog, from Sweden, is in its native tongue (or so I thought! Read on…), so this […]
From early cinema, dwarves and midgets have been associated with the macabre and the odd, aside from exceptions such as Tod Browning’s incredible classic, Freaks, and the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky, amongst a few others — especially, Time Bandits. Only in the last decade has the veil truly lifted. It’s human instinct to be repelled by the […]
I first chanced upon the up-and-coming storm which is, Matthan Harris, whilst reviewing German Angst (review here). I say up-and-coming storm, because he’s one of those chaps that kind of oozes the give away ending of, “I’m gonna be a big name because I work hard!” He played a deaf and mute German character and […]
I think I made it clear in my review for Jörg Buttgereit’s, Hot Love (see review of Hot Love here) how much his celluloid creations mean to me. I will always be slightly biased when reviewing anything by Jorg. Nekromantik is a staple in my Top 10 films of all time. Yet, Der Todesking slides […]
