Year: 1975 Director: Norman Jewison Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams Themes: Death sports, Dystopian society, Individualism vs. collectivism The year 2018: the world is ruled by huge corporations and the biggest mindless distraction for the masses is Rollerball-… Read More ›
The year 1982, I was eight years old. I wasn’t one of those kids that ‘got’ school, for the most part I felt it constraining. I could be usually found staring out the window during lessons, daydreaming while wrapped up… Read More ›
Year: 1967 Alternate Title: Island of the Burning Damned (US) Director: Terence Fisher Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Patrick Allen, Sarah Lawson, Jane Merrow Themes: Low-budget sci-fi, alien invasion If there is one thing that can always be relied upon… Read More ›
Year: 2013 US Release: 15th July 2014; available VOD UK Release: 14th July 2014; 7th July 2014 VOD Director: Jonathan Glazer Cast: Paul Brannigan, Scott Dymond, Krystof Hadek, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Moreland, Adam Pearson, Jeremy McWilliams Themes: alien, beauty, deformity,… Read More ›
Review of ‘Almost Human’ (2013, release unconfirmed) Alien abduction movies are an interesting sub-genre within horror. They are one of the most popular with low-budget filmmakers, after the slasher and haunted house niches, and as a result there are an… Read More ›
In honour of cult UK label 88 Films releasing two Ted V Mikels films in the same week, The Doll Squad and The Corpse Grinders, I woke up with possibly one of my most inspired/ or silliest (depending on what… Read More ›
Shameless are back with another classic release to DVD/ Blu Ray Combi, Elio Petri’s The 10th Victim; a film which literally radiates 60’s retro sci-fi cool, celebrates pop art visuals and satirically stabs into the heart of media culture. The… Read More ›
