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Category Archives: Film
The Orphanage
This could be good. Guillermo del Toro is involved, and the film looks like it could share some of the concerns of the Pan’s Labyrinth director’s own excellent ghost film, The Devil’s Backbone.
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Review: The Booth
With a running time of just over 70 minutes, The Booth is a small J-Horror gem — though without “dead wet girls” or any of the other post-Ring stereotypes. Set almost entirely inside an old, disused radio broadcast studio, it … Continue reading
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Review: Night of the Living Dorks
Otherwise known as Die Nacht der lebenden Loser: Cross-genre horror films are becoming more prevalent. It’s inevitable, really, as filmmakers attempt to break out of the rut of whatever contemporary trend is currently doing the rounds. The German zombie flick … Continue reading
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Review: The Meeksville Ghost
“A non-horror supernatural comedy-drama (parts of which suggest Back to the Future 3 in setting and tone, though without that film’s budget, dynamism or general panache), The Meeksville Ghost tells a story of past misdeeds, present-day villainy, and the outworkings … Continue reading
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Review: Flight of the Living Dead
It was a pun waiting to happen! Despite its spoofy — and rather clumsy — double-barrel title (which evokes Snakes on a Plane as well as the more relevant influence, Night of the Living Dead), Flight of the Living Dead: … Continue reading
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Review: Kraa! The Sea Monster
Charles Band has a lot to answer for! Desperate to fill every gap on the video rental shelves, Full Moon exploitation filmmaker Charles Band clearly decided that he hadn’t done the kaiju genre yet and really should get his act … Continue reading
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Review: Yongary, Monster from the Deep
It’s 1967 and South Korea leaps in at the shallow end of the daikaiju pool! The Host is a long way off! South Korea’s response to the success of the Japanese kaiju eiga craze, at a time when Daiei’s Gamera … Continue reading
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Review: Konga
Review of the 1961 British mad scientist/giant ape fusion, Konga: This bizarre mix of mad scientist movie and giant ape/King-Kongesque epic starts well enough, full of colourful ’60s clothes, bright photography, stylised English dialogue, rather attractive carnivorous plants and a … Continue reading
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Review: The Gravedancers
Brief review of The Gravedancers — one of the 8 Films To Die For featured in the 2006 After Dark Horrorfest and now on DVD: The initial narrative premise gives this low-budget haunting tale a big boost and luckily the … Continue reading
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Review: The Dead Will Tell
Brief review of the 2004 ghost film The Dead Will Tell, starring Anne Heche.
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