By 1957, Hammer Films had already dipped their toes into the horror/sci-fi/fantasy market with The Quatermass Xperiment and X the Unknown (lot of X’s there),
Tag: Sci-Fi
Ghosts Of Mars (2001) – Review
By the time the Millennium rolled around, John Carpenter had gone from a ferocious vital genre voice who always seemed tantalisingly ahead of his time
Universal Soldier II: Brothers In Arms (1998) – Review
When Jean Claude Van Damme’s Luc Devreaux hit the “on” button on the farming equipment that Dolph Lundgren’s deranged Sergeant Andrew Scott was impaled on
The Core (2003) – Review
Listen, if you were to line up all the distaster movies made in the wake of their resurgence in the 90’s and cast an objective
Deadly Friend (1986) – Review
Wes Craven’s ability to craft imaginative, fantastical horrors with a sobering, violent edge is virtually second to none when to take in the weird and
Quatermass And The Pit (1967) – Review
Much like the disbelieving military types that constantly frustrate the volcanic titular scientist, I’ve kinda done the Quatermass movies ass-backwards. You see, Hammer Film’s third
Universal Soldier (1992) – Review
It wasn’t until 2010’s The Expendables that 80’s action titans Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone finally stood together in the same movie that wasn’t counting
Waterworld (1995) – Review
There’s always a stigma that clings to a film like a barnacal if it flops and it was especially true in the 90’s. If your
Event Horizon (1997) – Review
I’ve been repeatedly harsh on the output of Paul W.S. Anderson thanks to his seemingly never ending stream of empty video game adaptations and vapid
Necronomicon (1993) – Review
While there has been many adaptations filmed from the eldritch works of Rhode Island’s grumpiest son, H.P. Lovecraft, possibly one of the most deranged may
Spontaneous Combustion (1990) – Review
As the imaginative excesses of the 80’s drew to a close, the established, iconic horror directors of the era that had seen their careers flourish
Paycheck (2003) – Review
If I’m being honest, John Woo’s big move from making home grown, Hong Kong, action bangers to adjusting to a career blowing shit up in
Underworld: Blood Wars (2017) – Review
I may have ranted out this particular lament before, but who the Hell insists on watching the Underworld movies enough to the extent that we
Frequency (2000) – Review
It’s nice to spare a thought every now and then for those movies that never really found the audiences that they were hoping for during
Underworld: Awakening (2012) – Review
At this point, I feel I should ask a couple of pertinent questions, like who out there is actually demanding for more Underworld sequels and
Nope (2022) – Review
In just two movies, Jordan Peele has placed himself at the top of the mountain of socially relevant horror which managed to push boundaries while
I Am Groot – Season 1, All Episodes (2022) – Review
Possibly the most alarming thing about Baby Groot getting his own, lavish, series of shorts on Disney+, is surely that it’s taken so long. After,
Signs (2002) – Review
Is there anyone working in cinema today that risks an entire movie on its final ten minutes more than M. Night Shyamalan?Making a name for
Resident Evil – Season 1, Episode 8: Revelations (2022) – Review
And so we finally get to the end of Netflix’s incredibly muddled Resident Evil adaptation and I don’t mind telling you, it’s been quite the
Frankenstein Conquers The World (1965) – Review
Japanese Kaiju movies from the 50’s and 60’s tended to come complete with the weirdest plots, but maybe that’s to be expected from a country
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