Maestro or misogynist? Those are the two labels that have continously clung to Italian horror master Dario Argento ever since he first started plying his
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Thinner (1996) – Review
As I’ve no doubt mentioned before, when a filmmaker attempts to wrestle Stephen King’s books into a filmable format, there’s still always that fact that
Terror Firmer (1999) – Review
You know, it’s easy to write off filmmakers like Lloyd Kaufman simply because the guy decides to load his movies with more smut and bloodshed
Inferno (1980) – Review
Not to be confused with the Dan Brown adaptation that saw Tom Hanks scurrying around Europe with amnesia, Inferno is Dario Argento’s batshit follow up
Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) – Review
After 2004’s genuinely sweet, wild west set prequel of part four, it seemed that the Tremors franchise was content to burrow down deep in to
Orca: The Killer Whale (1977) – Review
I’ve mentioned the effect Steven Spielberg’s Jaws had on cinema more times than there are fish in the sea, but while the many also-rans and
Planet Terror (Grindhouse) (2007) – Review
In my review for that other member of the Grindhouse double bill, Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, I briefly laid out the history of his and
Beware! The Blob (1972) – Review
There are so many brow-furrowing details attached to the belated, 1972 sequel little-known sequel to 1958 sci-fi camp classic The Blob, that it beggars belief.
Return To Return To Nuke ‘Em High (Aka. Volume 2) (2017) – Review
For fans of the ferociously alternative output of legendary indie studio Troma, the wait for the second half of their unnecessarily epic Class Of Nuke
Suspiria (1977) – Review
From the beginning of his career in 1970 with the stunning and stylish The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, to 1975’s seminal Profondo Rosso (Deep
Ash Vs Evil Dead – Season 3, Episode 10: The Mettle Of Man (2018) – Review
Ash Vs Evil Dead – Season 3, Episode 10: The Mettle Of ManSo here we are. Poised at the final, final stand of one Ashley
Tremors 3: Back To Perfection (2001) – Review
Often consisted the weakest entry in the first four Tremors movies, maybe settling on “Back To Perfection” as a subtitle was hoping for too much.
Ash Vs Evil Dead – Season 3, Episode 9: Judgement Day (2018) – Review
On the date of April 20th 2018, the news all Evil Dead fans were dreading (yet totally expecting) finally broke when it was announced that
The Dead Zone (1983) – Review
During the whirlwind of Stephen King adaptations that followed in the wake of Brian DePalma’s sublime Carrie, it seemed like everyone was wrestling to grab
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) – Review
Even during this impossibly fertile period of horror legacy sequels in which Michael Myers, Ghostface, Chucky and Candyman all got polished, new adventures, never did
Death Proof (Grindhouse) (2007) – Review
Quentin Tarantino has always prided himself on keeping his audience off balance with the plots of his movies – or as he eloquently words it:
Ash Vs Evil Dead – Season 3, Episode 8: Rifting Apart
Not to belabour the point, but by the time we got to the eighth episode of Ash Vs Evil Dead’s third season, the end of
The Blob (1958) – Review
Surely there’s no movie more quintessential to the the 50’s monster movie experience than 1958’s The Blob. Essentially an 86 minute collation of every roaming,
Return To Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 1 (2013) – Review
There’s some filmmakers working on the fringe of movies today that I would throw myself on barbed wire if it meant it would protect their
Hellraiser: Judgement (2018) – Review
After keeping their hooks sunk deep into the flesh of the Hellraiser franchise after banging out a quickie sequel in 2011 in order to keep
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