Ghost Stories Review
After an irrelevant childhood focused opening, Ghost Stories kicks into its narrative with obnoxious sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman (co-director Andy Nyman) interrupting a psychics attempt to (fals…
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The Predator Series Review: Now You See It
In the mid 1990’s I spent the weekend at my dad’s house. I can't remember the exact year, I can't remember my exact age – probably a little too young – but one thing I do remember is Bill Duke…
Razorback Beyond Genres Umbrella Entertainment BluRay YouTube Review
On this episode, Andrew review's Umbrella Entertainment's Blu-Ray copy of Razorback. A stunning release with great imagery that's realised in a superb 4K transfer. Pick up the release her…
Downrange Review
Single location horror is either extremely effective in exhausting the possibilities of the format – think Open Water, and its magnificent use of the open ocean to build terror – or extremely tedious…
Cargo Review
Back in 2013, after short film festival Tropfest, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling offered the short film Cargo to the world. The YouTube release went off and the film currently holds over 14 million vie…
47 Meters Down Review
On vacation in Mexico, Lisa (Mandy Moore) and Kate (Claire Holt) are convinced by some new friends to try cage diving to get a close look at some of the Great White Sharks that roam the ocean at their…
Drive In Delirium Volume 1 & 2 Blu-Ray Review
Remember back in the day when you’d slap a weathered VHS into your trusty behemoth of a VHS player, and as soon as you hit play you’d be presented with a static-esque black screen, and the customary a…
Red Christmas Review
In the world of Australian cinema, there is a great dearth of Christmas related films. The last true ‘Christmas’ film, Crackers, hit in 1998, meanwhile the last major film that was set around Christma…
Killing Ground Review - Absolutely Nasty Horror Brilliance
If you happen to read various film blogs, you’ll no doubt have heard the term ‘post horror’ being bandied about. It’s a term that is a veritable conundrum – sitting alongside the mid-2000’s created ph…
Spookers Review
Let’s get this out of the way first up – Florian Habicht’s documentary Spookers is the best documentary in 2017. It’s been a great year for documentaries, but this film about the most successful scare…
Long Weekend - Blu-Ray/DVD Review
If you haven’t seen Long Weekend – a true classic in Australian cinema – then this new Umbrella release is the way to go. One of the stereotypes of Australia as a country is that everything is out to…
Body Melt - Blu-Ray/DVD Review
Ok, I have to be honest, I had never heard of Philip Brophy’s insane body horror comedy Body Melt prior to this release. I mean, I’d seen the bug nuts crazy cover for the standard DVD version before,…