Despite bursting onto the horror scene with a gaggle of winningly extreme gorefests in the mid 80s, Stuart Gordon had a rather strange affinity for
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Napoleon (2023) – Review
While Hollywood certainly has it’s fair share of work horses, surely one of the most impressive work ethics toiling today belongs to Ridley Scott, the
A Return To Salem’s Lot (1987) – Review
During the Stephen King explosion of the 1980s, the majority of the gaggle of filmmakers who lined up to translate the author’s words onto the
300: Rise Of An Empire (2014) – Review
After watching 300, Zach Snyder’s hugely stylized adaptation of Frank Miller’s already hugely stylized graphic novel, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the ludicrously muscular
Missing In Action 2: The Beginning (1985) – Review
While I’ve already covered the rather convoluted release process from Missing In Action and its sequel while reviewing the first movie, the behind the scenes
The Towering Inferno (1974) – Review
In the world of disaster movies, where meteorites fall, cities crumble and luxury ocean liners roll over easier than a puppy wanting its belly scratched,
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996) – Review
The main problem with studios employing a buy one get one free approach with sequel making (ie. making two follow ups back to back) is
Thanksgiving (2023) – Review
When it comes to those cracking fake trailers made for the intermission of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s failed cinematic experiment, Grindhouse, only Rodriguez has
Cabin Fever (2002) – Review
Hey, remember that time when Eli Roth was being touted around as “the Saviour of Horror”?To be fair, it wasn’t his fault – it just
Machete (2010) – Review
You be honest with you, by the time Robert Rodriguez released Machete on the world, I was pretty much over the whole fake Grindhouse craze
Cliffhanger (1993) – Review
There’s something about 90s action movies that hit a little different. Maybe it’s because the notion of the high concept, single sentence pitch was at
V/H/S/2 (2013) – Review
If the first V/H/S taught us anything is that an anthology movie is chiefly going to be judged on it’s best and worst segments with
Totally Killer (2023) – Review
For better or worse (mostly better), the effects of Chrstopher Landon’s genre blending Happy Death Day are still keenly being felt as every year now
The Killer (2023) – Review
It’s been a while since legendarily meticulous director, David Fincher and alarmingly pessimistic screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker last collaborated fully on a feature film (Walker
The Marvels (2023) – Review
As we soar higher, further, faster into the latest MCU venture, it’s become a rather unfortunate habit to take stock of the various, outside, issues
Tango & Cash (1989) – Review
“Couldn’t split up Kato and Nash (That’s true). Couldn’t split up Tango and Cash (That’s also true)”. So sang self-proclaimed, greatest band in the world,
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) – Review
When it comes to the convyer belt of slapdash sequels that Dimension put out over the years, surely the most frustrating must be their continuation
Starship Troopers 2: Hero Of The Federation (2004) – Review
My distrust at the direct to DVD sequels of the 90s and 00s used to be the hill I would happily die on as the
Lake Placid Vs. Anaconda (2015) – Review
While a healthy influx of brains isn’t really something you’d credit the people at the SyFy channel with at the best of times, you really
When Evil Lurks (2023) – Review
I always tend to get a little giddy when someone approaches a well traveled horror subgenre in a way that ends up not only pumping
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