Good friends Ruth (Ruth Syratt) and Megan (Megan Stevenson) sell “anything we can get our hands on that’s from the past”, otherwise known as vintage goods, from their shop ‘Cha Cha Cha’ in Muswell Hill, North London. When they find an old dodgem car left by the bins outside their shop, they discover it is […]
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From the producers of A Quiet Place and The Purge, Anthony Mackie stars in a post-apocalyptic world where terrifying creatures have wiped out 95% of the human population. It’s not as good as A Quiet Place, but I still really enjoyed it. And, in what is proving to be a running theme recently, I appear
Presence is the latest movie to be declared “the scariest movie of the year” by the marketing people, even though it’s really more of a thriller than it is scary. A ghost story from Steven Soderbergh, with a screenplay from David Koepp, Presence is told completely via the point of view of the ghost and
Werewolves is a new action horror starring Frank Grillo and directed by Steven C. Miller, landing on streaming services today and on DVD from 3rd February. Imagine The Purge, but with werewolves, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of what to expect. One year ago, a supermoon event transformed anyone exposed to moonlight into
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It’s 19th-century Iceland and young widow Eva (Odessa Young) is in charge of a small isolated fishing outpost. Despite a so far unsuccessful season and dwindling rations, the crew keep their spirits high by spending their evenings drinking, singing sea shanties and telling stories by candlelight. While working out in the cold, barren landscape Eva
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So. Much. Great. TV!! I know I say this every year, but there has been so much great TV this year! I try to stay on top of as many new cinema releases as possible throughout the year, but when it comes to TV, there’s just so much and not enough time to see it.
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Coming to select cinemas and on-demand from 1st November, Cellar Door certainly looked interestingly ominous from the trailer, with a couple who acquire a wonderful new home, on the condition that they must not open the locked cellar door. It’s an intriguing-sounding idea, but unfortunately, the final result falls way, way short of the mark.
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A pregnant woman experiences some spooky happenings while alone in her new home, before uncovering a disturbing family secret down in the basement and finding herself in a whole heap of nightmares in this German horror movie. And it turned out to be a very well-done and enjoyable thrill ride too. As always, things start
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From French director Alexandre Aja comes Never Let Go, starring Halle Berry as a mother trying to protect her sons in a post-apocalyptic world and hidden away in the woods. It’s a bit of a slow-burner for a while, while the rules of the world are established and repeated over and over again, before suddenly
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Low-budget filmmaker Graham Hughes follows up his 2019 movie ‘Death of a Vlogger’ with ‘Hostile Dimensions’, another found-footage horror involving the same cast and crew. Featuring some fun and clever ideas, it certainly gets off to a promising start. But sadly, the script and the acting eventually let it down, especially when the final act
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Harold and the Purple Crayon is based on a 1955 children’s picture book, which follows a curious young boy named Harold who has the power to create a world of his own simply by drawing it with his magic purple crayon. The film version stars Zachary Levi as a grown-up version of Harold and surprised
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A Quiet Place: Day One takes us right back to the moments leading up to, during, and after, the alien invasion that devastated Earth and left it in the state we found it in when the first movie was released back in 2018. While that movie, along with its 2020 sequel, focused on the Abbott
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It’s fair to say that I’ve been disappointed with a lot of big-screen releases so far this year. Big, impressive trailers that ramp up expectations, but fail to deliver when viewed in the cinema. So, to see an interesting trailer for a much smaller movie, only for it to exceed my expectations upon viewing and
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Coming to Disney+ on Friday 29th March, Renegade Nell is a new fantasy adventure series from writer and executive producer Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Gentleman Jack). It’s got highwaymen, dark magic and a little bit of superpower action thrown in for good measure. And it’s a lot of fun too. As is usually the way
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Back for a second season on Disney+ this week is one of my favourite shows from last year, Extraordinary. Season 1 introduced us to Jen, who lives in a world where everyone gains a superpower the moment they turn 18, except for her. We also met housemates Kash and Carrie, along with a stray cat
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Last year gave us a brilliant horror movie about the perils of talking to the dead in the form of Talk to Me. This year, which has already started on shaky ground with the disappointing Night Swim, comes another talk to the dead horror, Alberto Corredor’s Baghead. Sadly, while not quite a total disaster, it’s
