09 Jul 2020

FILM REVIEW: THE BEACH HOUSE

The deepest parts of our oceans have been a source of fear for horror fans since Cthulhu waved his old noodle arms up out of the sea. As inhospitable and unknown as another planet, it has spawned many a thriller from THE ABYSS to this year’s UNDERWATER. THE BEACH HOUSE,

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19 Jan 2020

Podcast Review: Red Ice

The latest podcast from comedy troupe NEXT DAY THEATER is sure to interest horror and comedy fans alike. RED ICE is BACKCOUNTRY meets BLOOD GLACIER by way of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: A hilarious B-movie creature feature in audio form. This easy to digest two-parter is a wild tale full of

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07 Feb 2019

FILM REVIEW: AUSTRALIAN HORROR SHORTS (FINAL GIRLS BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL)

Just as ‘Women In Horror Month’ month begins, the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival is back for another year. Once again the festival has lifted up horror written, directed or produced by women with a killer line up of films and shorts. Also on the program were some awesome talks

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18 May 2018

FILM REVIEW: ISLAND ZERO

ISLAND ZERO is the low budget creature feature and debut film from director Josh Gerritsen. Directly inspired by the original eco-horror, 1954’s THEM! and horror classic, THE THING; ISLAND ZERO is quite clearly a film about natures revenge on humanity and the horrors of isolation. The residents of a small

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03 Jul 2017

COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN : The Failure to Connect in Jeannot Scwarz’s BUG (1975)

Enigmatic film producer William Castle, the master of cinematic showmanship who employed gimmicks to the screenings of his movies primarily throughout the fifties and sixties, took hold of writer Thomas Page’s book “THE HEPHAESTUS PLAGUE” and turned it into an elegant and good looking film entitled BUG. This would become

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08 Jun 2017

The Recall – Review

    THE RECALL is a film that wears so many hats it could open its own haberdashery. While that might sound like a recipe for disaster, it works in this case. One part eco-horror, one part alien abduction, one part home invasion, one part CABIN IN THE WOODS, and

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