Whatever is next? The Love Boat remade as a slasher? Family Ties as an exorcism thriller? Jeff Wadlow’s 2020 horror film Fantasy Island reimagines the popular television drama, which ran seven seasons from 1978 to 1984 and starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr Rourke and … Continue reading REVIEW: Fantasy Island (2020)
When the time comes to publish the best new features I saw in 2023, it is as good as guaranteed that Keishi Kondo’s New Religion will be on that list. It is not simply up my alley: right now it feels as … Continue reading OAFF: New Religion (2022)
On paper Thinner seems set up for success. It is based on a Stephen King novel, is directed by Fright Night‘s Tom Holland, and written by Holland with Beetlejuice‘s Michael McDowell. As anyone who has ever failed at making dinner will tell you … Continue reading REVIEW: Thinner (1996)
This is a little piece that I like to call “Why I hated The Outwaters and why I think you should give it a go”. This is not the traditional sort of film review, because this is not the traditional sort of … Continue reading REVIEW: The Outwaters (2022)
Enid Baines (Niamh Elgar) has a job reviewing films before they are released to the public, and recommending cuts of any material she deems unsuitable. At the same time she battles her grieving parents. They want to declare Enid’s sister … Continue reading REVIEW: Censor (2021)
Technically first released at the tail end of 2022, horror movie M3GAN arrived in Australian theatres properly this week as the first Hollywood studio contender of 2023. It is what you might call a ‘meat-and-potatoes’ film: it does not invent anything … Continue reading REVIEW: M3GAN (2022)
Taiwan is a country whose local cinema consistently punches above its weight, and the latest gem to emerge from the island is a truly outstanding piece of folk horror. Directed by Kevin Ko, Incantation is not just a commercial success but a … Continue reading REVIEW: Incantation (2022)
A group wealthy, social media-addicted twentysomethings assemble at a countryside mansion for a ‘hurricane party’, during which they decide to play “Bodies Bodies Bodies”, a murder-in-the-park style party game. As they play, secrets between them begin to be revealed, and … Continue reading REVIEWS: Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Madison Lake-Mitchell (Annabelle Wallis) is viciously assaulted by her abusive husband. When she sleeps she experiences a vision of an intruder entering their home and murdering him. When she wakes, she finds her husband dead just as she dreamed it … Continue reading REVIEW: Malignant (2021)
I am not entirely certain what happened with Halloween Kills. I am not even too sure if I particularly liked what I saw. What I do know is that I was fascinated by whatever it was director David Gordon Green was trying … Continue reading REVIEW: Halloween Kills (2021)
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