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Martyrs (2008) Movie Review
As Hollywood horror slowly drowns in a mire of teen friendly remakes, over the last few years, it is arguably the French who have given genre addicts their much needed fixes, including such gruesome...
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Sleepless (2001) Movie Review
“Sleepless” was originally released in 2001 and saw legendary horror director Dario Argento returning to the Giallo form in an attempt to reverse what had seemed for many years to be the irreversible decline...
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The House by the Cemetery (Uncut, 1981) Movie Review
UK gore and horror fans have real reason to rejoice as Lucio Fulci’s 1981 gut muncher “The House by the Cemetery” has at last been passed uncut by the dreaded BBFC. The film now...
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Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) Movie Review
It’s obvious to anyone who doesn’t have his head stuck up his ass that you don’t go into a movie called “Lesbian Vampire Killers” expecting the second coming of “Citizen Kane”. While the threshold...
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Dead Snow (2009) Movie Review
When you think horror, you think Norwegians. Okay, maybe not so much, but the Norwegians sure are making a nice little name for themselves producing some interesting ditties to the horror genre. They’ve already...
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Cold Prey 2 (2008) Movie Review
When the Norwegian slasher “Cold Prey” was released back in 2006, it was hailed by some as being the best example of the form for some years, being a back to basics slice of...
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Fear(s) of the Dark (2007) Movie Review
French black and white animation has been growing increasingly accomplished and popular of late through the likes of the science fiction themed “Renaissance” and the Oscar nominated “Persepolis”. Offering something a little different and...
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Mongol (2007) Movie Review
“Mongol” was nominated for a 2007 Academy Award, but it only just started making the festival rounds earlier this year, beginning at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and most recently screening at the...
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Let the Right One In (2008) Movie Review
There are special effects that no Hollywood blockbuster can create, and magic that no money can buy. It is the magic of humanity that no CGI can recreate or substitute – the magic of...
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Fighter (2007) Movie Review
Aicha loves kung fu, and has been learning at an all-girls club after school for the last three years, until the instructor “introduces” her to a higher level of kung fu after an altercation...
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The Final Inquiry (2006) Movie Review
Okay, an admission right up front, this review contains spoilers for the film The Final Inquiry. Here it comes… Ready? Jesus dies. If that doesn’t shock or surprise you then absolutely nothing else about...
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The Cottage (2008) Movie Review
The British already know that writer-director Paul Andrew Williams is one to watch. His feature film debut, “London to Brighton” (2006), saw him being nominated for a BAFTA, as the Carl Foreman Award for...
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The Backwoods (2006) Movie Review
John Boorman’s “Deliverance” gave birth to a new subgenre of films featuring middle class white men who desire the stoicism of life in the wild and of a more direct conflict for survival outside...
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Morgan Pålsson – World Reporter (2008) Movie Review
Every country has their lovable, bumbling idiot. America has Jerry Lewis (though France would rather claim him), Mexico has Cantinflas, England has Peter Sellers as the unforgettable Inspector Clouseau and so on. The latest...
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The Baker (2007) Movie Review
Quirky hitman movies are nothing new, and unfortunately the plots themselves are, well, never anything overly original. After all, there are only so many twists you can come up with when the premise must...
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Princess (2006) Movie Review
Given the enduring popularity of Eastern style anime and manga, Denmark probably isn’t the first country to spring to mind when considering adult themed animation. Step forward then Danish director and comic book creator...
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Exodus (2007) Movie Review
In late 2006, UK television company Channel 4 began to hype a film that ostensibly had the power to revolutionise the British movie industry. The film, tentatively called “The Margate Exodus” was set to...
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The Zombie Diaries (2006) Movie Review
It’s hard to make a zombie movie and have it stand out nowadays, which is probably why British writers/directors Michael Bartlett and Kevin Gates decided to make a zombie movie that is shot exclusively...
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Taxidermia (2006) Movie Review
“Taxidermia” is Hungarian director Gyorgy Palfi’s follow up to his acclaimed “Hukkle”, and is another film obsessed with the act of eating and consumption, here taken to disgustingly literal extremes. Inspired by the short...
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The Toybox (2005) Movie Review
Oh unbounded joy, another low-budget British horror DVD presents itself to me for review. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love watching and reviewing movies, and I am a big advocate of British cinema,...
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