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The Hallow – Corin Hardy (EOne)

The very wise and famed Irish storyteller Eddie Lenihan gave these words of cautionary advice which really should have been heeded by this film’s unwary protagonists, “If they bulldoze the bush to make way for a planned highway bypass, the… Continue Reading →

Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse – Christopher Landon (Paramount)

You have to feel sorry for the zombie of late. They never actually chose to be reanimated and walk the earth endlessly in search of sustenance with bits of flesh sloughing off as they rot. The poor sods have been… Continue Reading →

Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have A Key – Sergio Martino (Arrow)

Your what is a what? As the Italians got more and more into their Giallo films the titles got ever the more inventive, almost a mystery in themselves and this one is no exception. Many of them were made all… Continue Reading →

The Black Cat – Lucio Fulci (Arrow)

Remember the time of the double bill at the cinema? Well Arrow no doubt do and have released this in a two film package along with Sergio Martino’s Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key… Continue Reading →

No More Room In Hell – S/T (Morbid Generation)

Designed as a celebration of horror, No More Room In Hell is the brutal death metal brainchild of two fairly prominent UK musicians: vocalist Mark Gleed of Bristol gore merchants Amputated and multi-instrumentalist Anil Carrier of Binah and Towers Of… Continue Reading →

V/H/S/ Viral – (Koch Media Entertainment)

I should have been sent this on a dubious looking unmarked VHS cassette for review but sadly received a simple link to digitally stream the movie. Essentially though that is entirely what this series of films has been all about,… Continue Reading →

Eaten Alive – Tobe Hooper (Arrow)

Firstly just to clear up any confusion, there were two films doing the rounds on ye olde video shelves during that fondly remembered golden age, both called Eaten Alive and both starring Mel Ferrer. This is not the 1980 Umberto… Continue Reading →

Madman – Joe Giannone (Arrow)

I wasn’t actually sure whether I had seen this 1982 movie back in the day prior to sitting down and watching Arrow’s brand new spanking hi-def upgrade of it. Not surprising really as there were more maniacs, madmen and mutilators… Continue Reading →

Wederganger – Halfvergaan Ontwaakt (Ván)

A gruesome world is presented to us, based on spirits, undeath and horror. This trio from the Netherlands pay homage to this world where dead people return by infusing the pitch black atmosphere with strange sounds, deep mantra-like chants and… Continue Reading →

Ripper – Third Witness (Black Widow)

Firstly, this is not as I first suspected, a release from the leather lunged air-raid siren vocal chorded singer for hire Mr Owens, rather a release from the resurrected eighties Texan metal heads. That said, first track on ‘Third Witness’… Continue Reading →

Nightmare City – Umberto Lenzi (Arrow)

This fun, goofball slice of pasta Pura with a side dish of tapas and enchiladas is a very welcome addition to the Blu-Ray family. It’s not come without its fair share of trials and tribulations though and you may well… Continue Reading →

Cradle Of Filth – Hammer Of The Witches (Nuclear Blast)

I just realised that I completely missed ‘The Manticore’ and it’s been 5 years since I’ve heard any new Cradle material. I would also appear that Dani Filth, Martin Skaroupka and Daniel Firth are the only ones still with the… Continue Reading →

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