Review: Song of Horror
Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Eternal Darkness and Alone in the Dark are all games which have offered something to the videogame horror genre. They all take elements from each other, and some have continued to succeed and evolve, whereas others have failed. Alone in the Dark started it all, with fixed camera angles, puzzle-based exploration, […]
Review: Dinner in America
Blu-ray: Dinner in America (2020)Written and directed by Adam Rehmeier and starring Kyle Gallner as Simon and Emily Skeggs as Patty, this seems to be tagged with the unfortunate ‘coming of age’ tag.Nope. Couldn’t be further from John Hughes or any ‘angst tweenies find love’ film you’ve seen.No, this is far better.We first see Simon […]
Review: Ingmar Bergman Volume One
Several years ago my brother refused to watch On the Waterfront because it was in black and white. No matter how hard I tried to persuade him, the fact that it was ‘old’ made him impervious to it.I think a lot of people see the title BFI and feel that whatever the film is, it’s […]
Review: Evercade Interplay Collection 1
It’s a bit strange only having 6 games to review in this collection. Especially when you consider there have been a whopping 41 games on the first three collections I’ve reviewed! Still, is it a case of quality over quantity? Let’s find out. Battle Chess – 1990 I don’t play chess so it’s a little […]
Review: Beasts Clawing at Straws
Cinema & Digital Download: Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020) Joong-man (Sung-Woo Bae) is underpaid and overworked at a sauna where he has to put up with a cocky young boss who is high on the power he holds over his staff, before going home to care for his sick mother. At the end of a […]
Review: Evercade Data East Collection 1
Data East is a company I’m familiar with mainly due to their logo being visible on a lot of arcade games I used to play. There are some games I’ve played in this collection and some I haven’t, so I was excited to see how it compared to the other Evercade collections I’ve reviewed. Speaking […]
Review: ‘The Bird With the Crystal Plumage’ Limited Edition UHD
4K UHD Blu-ray: The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970) Dario Argento hit the screen with a bang (well, multiple stabs to be more precise) with his directorial debut The Bird With the Crystal Plumage. Setting the scene for his many giallo movies to follow, TBWTCP contains twists, turns, clues and red herrings aplenty as you […]
Review: Hell Night
Blu-ray: Hell Night (1981) The 20th of 101 Films ‘Black Label’ series of releases, Hell Night is yet another superbly packaged and special features heavy addition to this great selection of titles (see here for them all). A 4K scan of the best surviving archival 35mm film print with minor SD inserts to replace missing […]
Review: Those Who Remain
Those Who Remain is a first person horror/thriller/puzzle game where you play the part of Edward; a man who begins the game with the intention of breaking up with his mistress at a motel in the hope of saving his marriage. However, when arriving at the motel and finding her room abandoned, he hears a […]
Review: Night Book
Night Book is an interactive FMV horror/thriller game by Wales Interactive which puts you in control of making decisions for Loralyn; an online interpreter who is tasked with either brokering a book sale between 2 guys, or building a hitherto broken emotional bond between a mother and her son.You also have to deal with a […]