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3/5
Mercy (2026) Paul Mount It’s almost designed to be totally forgotten within in a month, but it’s brisk and action-packed and, despite the fact that its hero is strapped to a chair for much of its runtime, the film itself never sits still.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Paul Mount The Bone Temple confounds and surpasses expectations.
Posted Jan 17, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Don't Trip (2025) Rich Cross There’s plenty of humour, and no little warmth, in what’s a promising calling-card for Kugelman, although the violent confrontation in the final act feels like the wrong choice.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
2/5
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy (2025) Rich Cross Many of the set-pieces are impressive, possessing an immersive sense of scale, but characterisation inevitably relies on ciphers and stereotypes.
Posted Jan 09, 2026  Edit critic review
3/5
Flights of Reverie (2025) John West Flights of Reverie is visually arresting and distinctively original. It richly rewards viewers who appreciate immersive atmosphere, layered storytelling, and philosophical depth over simple, action-driven spectacle.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Boogie Nights (1997) Kieron Moore It’s a meandering tale, but there’s so much going on at every point, and each scene is so meticulously crafted, that it never loses the attention
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) Joel Harley Taking an approach which both modernises the source material and pays tribute to the grit of its ’80s predecessor, Silent Night, Deadly Night is a joyfully subversive take on the horror remake.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Christine (1983) John Brosnan Christine is definitely a Rolls Royce among horror movies.
Posted Dec 17, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Possession (1981) Kris Moyse Thematically rich and sensually devastating, Possession takes mundane elements of human relations and drags them, shrieking and caterwauling, into the metaphysical – made flesh through its bold, uncompromising performances.
Posted Dec 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Dracula (2025) Robert Martin It looks absolutely gorgeous – the sets, cinematography and costumes are stunning. There’s a fine Danny Elfman score to boot.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Kieron Moore What follows is, as we’ve come to expect from Knives Out movies, a cracking murder mystery that, despite the series’ longest running time yet at 144 minutes, keeps us on the edge of our seats trying to get one step ahead of the next twist.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
1/5
The Creeps (2025) Jorge Ignacio Castillo Listen, we can forgive the shoddy CGI and the faux Alan Silvestri score, but the plot is devoid of imagination and basic continuity, and the shoehorned Eighties references are painful to watch.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Scars of Dracula (1970) Martin Unsworth Roy Ward Baker’s direction is solid and keeps things moving.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Primitive War (2025) Martin Unsworth Sparke’s film manages to surpass expectations with what he delivers on screen.
Posted Nov 24, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Wicked: For Good (2025) Hayden Mears Wicked: For Good isn’t a masterpiece by any stretch, but it doesn’t need to be. Its aspirations start and stop at being fun, funny, touching, accessible, and musically engaging, and it achieves all of those things with ease.
Posted Nov 24, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Wicked: For Good (2025) Joel Harley Wicked: For Good struggles to recapture the magic of either the first half or the stage show it’s based on. It’s still a thoroughly enrapturing adaptation, but one can’t help but feel this return to Oz has come off the rails.
Posted Nov 24, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Running Man (2025) Laura Potier Edgar Wright takes... Stephen King’s The Running Man and runs with it – at full sprint, grinning, bleeding, and jabbing us in the ribs the whole way.
Posted Nov 12, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Predator: Badlands (2025) Joel Harley A bold action film with charm, grace and a strong emotional throughline, Badlands is perhaps the most human Predator yet. Not bad, considering there’s not a single one in the whole film.
Posted Nov 10, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Elixir (2025) Paul Mount Once it gets going, The Elixir never lets up the pace, powering along through a sea of guts and gore with some hugely imaginative and genuinely spectacular high octane sequences even as it rarely loses sight of the character beats set up in the first act.
Posted Nov 10, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Turkish Coffee Table (2025) Joel Harley It doesn’t always work (there’s one shot near the end where it really doesn’t work), but it’s a valid difference in approach which makes The Turkish Coffee Table stand out from the original edition.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
A Mother's Embrace (2024) Rich Cross The film is at its strongest when building an atmosphere of claustrophobic isolation and of entrapment, as the rain hammers down and the crew become separated–confronting their fates alone.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Deathgasm II: Goremageddon (2025) Joel Harley A beautifully bonkers encore performance.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Every Heavy Thing (2025) Joel Harley When not wallowing in its neo-noir trappings, Every Heavy Thing deftly blends black comedy with vivid 80s and early 90s-era surrealism, employing the grit and texture of a De Palma, Lynch or Cronenberg along with its more modern influences.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Dolly (2025) Joel Harley Dolly doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but nor does it seek to. Instead, it’ll tear that wheel straight off the truck and clobber you over the head with it, until you too have had your brain turned into mushy headcheese.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Mag Mag (2026) Joel Harley Led by a wonderfully off-the-wall performance from Minami, Mag Mag is a treat for fans of the subgenre and its tropes.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Bugonia (2025) Joel Harley While writer Will Tracy’s screenplay may be too conformist for the Lanthomos faithful, it’s also more challenging than the popcorn crowd might have expected, relishing in its moments of extreme gore and grim torture sequences.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Hole (2025) Rich Cross Even allowing for its relatively short run time, Slovenian indie thriller Hole is a film in a hurry.
Posted Oct 28, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Martyrs (2008) Joel Harley Written in a deep depression (and one can tell!), Martyrs is a work of bleak and unrelenting nihilism.
Posted Oct 28, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Orion (2025) Martin Unsworth Orion is a neat piece of semi-hard sci-fi, which doesn’t rely on flashy effects (although there are some that impress) that will reward repeat viewing.
Posted Oct 28, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Dead of Night (1945) Alan Mount The film benefits hugely from being made by four of the most acclaimed and able directors of their time – Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
From Beyond (1986) Martin Unsworth This is tons of fun.
Posted Oct 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Astronaut (2025) Robert Martin There’s enough here to make The Astronaut a decent enough watch and it promises much from first-time feature writer-director Jess Varley.
Posted Oct 17, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Island (1985) Alan Mount The Island is a visceral and bloody thriller.
Posted Oct 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Scurry (2024) Paul Mount Scurry suggests that Luke Sparke’s career is still a work-in-progress... when he can marry a really great script to his already extraordinary visual sensibilities, he’s likely to finally be recognised as an exciting and dynamic talent in genre filmmaking.
Posted Oct 14, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Beast of War (2025) Vicky Lawrence It doesn’t reinvent the wheel and it lacks scares, but it proves to be an enjoyable watch and really throws you into a world of tension.
Posted Oct 14, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Strange Harvest (2024) Vicky Lawrence It has everything you want: a terrifying killer with a strong motive, gruesome kills and found footage elements that make this an engaging and tense watch. A fascinating blend of esoteric murder with cosmic horror.
Posted Oct 14, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Severance (2006) Alan Mount Severance is still a tremendously entertaining film, by turns hilarious and horrific.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Ambulance (1990) Kieron Moore The Ambulance is a decent enough thriller, incorporating a fun giallo-style colour palette, building some good tension before letting it all go nuts in a bananas denouement.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Occupant (2025) Paul Mount It’s powerful and its striking – it’s a hugely good-looking film – but there are times where it asks too many questions it doesn’t feel compelled to answer.
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
The Shadow's Edge (2025) Alan Mount The Shadow’s Edge is one of the best action films of the year and it can’t be recommended highly enough – a pleasant surprise, to say the least.
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Somnium (2024) Rebecca Sayce Despite feeling stuck in a spiral, Somnium is a promising feature debut from Stephens, with strong characterisations and a bold approach to its central themes.
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Drowned (2025) Martin Unsworth The film’s images and brooding sound design will linger long after the story is over, and the melding of myth and metaphysical will give fans plenty to debate.
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Delivery Run (2024) Rich Cross Palmroos and Anders Holmes craft sharp dialogue for their ensemble of oddballs, and mix in the visuals of Minnesota’s naturally atmospheric landscape.
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
End Zone 2 (1970) Martin Unsworth It’s a talky, exposition-heavy production that focuses on the clichéd characters but delivers some hilarious shocks later on.
Posted Sep 29, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
The Once and Future Smash (2022) Martin Unsworth The Once and Future Smash provides universal entertainment in Spın̈al Tap fashion.
Posted Sep 29, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Please Don't Feed the Children (2025) Jorge Ignacio Castillo As a first feature Please Don’t Feed the Children is fine, but mechanical. Perhaps a little more feeling would make a difference next time.
Posted Sep 29, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
American Sweatshop (2025) Martin Unsworth As Daisy gets further into the rabbit hole of depravity, the more depressing the film becomes. Briesewitz ramps up emotional levels and makes the viewer glad they’re not content moderators.
Posted Sep 29, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Good Boy (2025) Jonathan Anderson Good Boy is an interesting blend of supernatural horror and dog buddy film that’s definitely worth a watch.
Posted Sep 29, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Cramps: A Period Piece (2025) Martin Unsworth The visual style is that of a ‘70s grindhouse picture, and shooting on 35mm really elevates it above its lower budget. And while the comedy doesn’t land all the time (at least to this writer), the satire makes its point loud and clear.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Red Sonja (2025) Christian Jones After years of development hell, Red Sonja emerges as a rollicking sword-and-sorcery adventure. Bassett has crafted a film that feels both nostalgic and contemporary, a rare blend that deserves your attention.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
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