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REVIEW: Late Night With The Devil (2023)
dir. Cameron and Colin Cairnes During a live broadcast of 70s talkshow Night Owls, host Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) promises one hell of a night. Desperate to boost ratings and save his ailing reputation he’ll do anything, even inviting on a parapsychologist (Laura Gordon) and her young ward (Ingrid Torelli), the latter of whom is…
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TOP 10: Serial Killer Films for True Crime fans
As we conclude our celebration of Fincher’s Zodiac (2007) Becci Sayce runs down her top recommendations of other films based on real serial killers… True crime entertainment has experienced a boom over the past decade with a number of award-winning documentaries and podcasts focusing on the morbid topic. However this unusual fascination is nothing new, with…
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REVIEW: Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares – The Robert England Story (2023)
Directed by Christopher Griffiths and Gary Smart. Written by Neil Morris and Gary Smart. Horror and non-horror fans alike are familiar with the iconic figure of Freddy Krueger: with his knife glove, scarred face and darkly humorous twinkle, he’s one of the all time slasher villains. This new documentary shows the man behind the myth…
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REVIEW: When Evil Lurks a.k.a Cuando acecha la maldad (2023)
Written and directed by Demián Rugna In a remote village in Argentina, brothers Pedro (Ezequiel Rodríguez) and Jimmy (Demián Salomón) discover “a rotten” – a demon-possessed man whose body is slowly decaying. Divided about what to do, they decide to remove him from their locality, with disastrous results. As fans of Terrified (2017) and Satanic…
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ANALYSIS: The J-Horror that goes Deeper – AUDITION (1999)
As we celebrate Audition on the Moving Pictures podcast, Paul Wooldridge divers deeper into Takashi Miike’s subversive classic… Renowned for his gleeful exploration of taboo topics, graphic depictions of sex and violence and for challenging his audience with his own brand of subversive Japanese extremity, Takashi Miike is one of a kind. And although his…
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REVIEW: Sympathy for the Devil (2023)
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labour of the writers and actors currently on strike, films like this one wouldn’t exist. Directed by Yuval Adler. Written by Luke Paradise The Driver (Joel Kinnaman) rushes to the hospital to be with his wife, who is going into labour. As…
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ANALYSIS: Childhood fears in ALLIGATOR (1980)
Five years after Jaws made creature features hot property again, director Lewis Teague ventured into the sewers to confront a pervasive urban myth… The idea of baby alligators living in city sewers has been around for decades. And although the New York Times describes this as being mostly untrue – gators could not survive for…
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REVIEW: 1982 – Greatest Geek Year Ever! (2023)
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labour of the writers and actors currently on strike, films like this one wouldn’t exist. Directed by Roger Lay Jr. Written by Mark A. Altman A deep dive through the movies, TV shows, music and video games that defined American life in…
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REVIEW: Thorns (2023)
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labour of the writers and actors currently on strike, films like this one wouldn’t exist. Directed by Douglas Schulze Horror can sometimes impress by merely reaching for something ambitious. And at other times this can frustrate, as the viewer can see the…
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REVIEW: Isaac (2023)
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labour of the writers and actors currently on strike, films like this one wouldn’t exist. Written and directed by Tariq Sayed After losing their daughter due to a hereditary condition, grieving couple Nicholas (Johnny Vivash) and Sarah (Kathryn Louise) seek the help…