Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (1973; dir. Richard Blackburn)
This film bears comparison with the similar Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971; dir. John D. Hancock), but has stylistic parallels with a number of …
16 Feb
The Sender (1982; dir. Roger Christian)
The Sender (1982; dir. Roger Christian)
Somewhere inside this antiseptic and neutered thriller, there’s a full-blooded horror film lurking in the shadows, but helmer Christian, responsible for production design on films …
08 Feb
The Lovely Bones (2009; dir. Peter Jackson)
The Lovely Bones (2009; dir. Peter Jackson)
This film is a piece of shit – an over-produced, empty-headed waste of effort for all those involved, which further underlines the intellectual redundancy of …
26 Jan
La dama rossa uccide sette volte (1972; dir. Emilio Miraglia)
La dama rossa uccide sette volte (1972; dir. Emilio Miraglia)
A confused and roughly edited murder mystery, this Italian giallo seems to be a victim of its own devices, unnecessarily cluttering its narrative with badly …
15 Jan
Is it possible to exorcise the ghost of a writer?
Is it possible to exorcise the ghost of a writer?
A local film project, and the online conversation it’s generated, serves to highlight the growing simplification of film education in this country, and the over-reliance …
07 Jan
The Lair of the White Worm (1988; dir. Ken Russell)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988; dir. Ken Russell)
Despite being a piece of campy fun, this adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel allows Russell to offend everyone he thinks beneath him: homosexuality, paganism, Catholicism, …
05 Jan
Colin (2008; dir. Marc Price)
Colin (2008; dir. Marc Price)
Despite the media hype that has surrounded this low budget British zombie film and its production, Colin is as conventional as similarly-themed Hollywood fayre and …
16 Dec
Il nascondiglio (2007; dir. Pupi Avati)
Il nascondiglio (2007; dir. Pupi Avati)
Pupi Avati is the most intelligent and insightful filmmaker working in conventional, narrative-based cinema today. His work, of which this is an excellent example, is consciously …
14 Dec
Valkoinen peura (1952; dir. Erik Blomberg)
Valkoinen peura (1952; dir. Erik Blomberg)
This beautiful, oneiric film is possibly the finest rendering of the human-into-animal myth – popularised by countless werewolf movies with dubious heritage. The story tells …
06 Dec
Flick (2008; dir. David Howard)
Flick (2008; dir. David Howard)
This off-kilter British horror film suffers from an over-produced mise en scène and a lack of originality in its casting. Helmer Howard’s attempts to marry …
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