Troma are renowned for the quality (be it Troma quality) of their in-house productions, the latest – Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 comes to UK DVD in July. Their acquisitions however vary quite dramatically from the woeful (mentioning no names) to the pretty damned fine, for example Killer Nerd (1991), Cannibal! The Musical… Read More The Los Angeles Ripper (2011)

I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with vampire movies. Growing up I was spellbound by the terrifying glare of Bela Lugosi in the classic Universal Horrors, while The Lost Boys (1987) came out when I was ten and proved to be a defining movie in my adolescence. Meanwhile I have to confess Blade (1998) didn’t… Read More Kiss of the Damned (2012)

The great Don Coscarelli created Phantasm, one of my favourite horror series of all time, and in recent years has been lauded for bringing Joe Lansdale’s novella to the screen in the cult-tastic Bubba Ho-Tep. His new film, John Dies at the End keeps him in Bubba’s territory of the trippy scenario as he adapts… Read More John Dies at the End (2012)

I’m of the age where Corey Feldman still represents cool. The star of such iconic 80s movies like The Goonies (1985), Stand By Me (1986) and of course The Lost Boys (1987) will always be the Corey of 25 years ago irrespective of what kind of b-movies he shows up in nowadays. Besides, The Lost… Read More Jack’s Motel (2012)

A common attribute of film distributors is an ability to be incredibly cunning – and I mean that in a nice way. Metrodome have this little chiller, billed as coming from the director of Breaking Dawn (which it is) and no doubt they’ll see the sales charts spike immediately as a couple of thousand bored… Read More Into the Dark (2012)

The Hughes family have recently lost their six year old daughter in a tragic accident, and we join Mark Hughes (Joshua Close), his wife Mary (Selma Blair) along with their remaining child Brendon (Quinn Lord) on a picturesque drive to an isolated getaway. From the washed out palette of the film we get the overwhelming… Read More In Their Skin (2012)

We join Tom (Iain De Caestecker) and Lucy (Alice Englert) as they embark upon their first getaway as a couple. Tom has booked the Kilairney Hotel for the pair to enjoy some uninterrupted time together, but as they head to their location a number of horror movie clichés rear their ugly head. From a confrontation… Read More In Fear (2013)

I’m going to forewarn you a little of the contents of this review. I’m concerned I come across a little, erm… I believe the phrase is ‘Tookey’ after the much maligned film critic for the Daily Fail. Chris Tookey said of Watchmen, my favourite film of 2009 “This despicable trash will find an audience among… Read More I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)

Having spent much of his career on the production side of things in projects as diverse as D.E.B.S (2004), and the TV show Sons of Anarchy (2008), David Mun steps into the director’s chair for this psychological horror film which was shot on a tight budget of $150,000. The movie opens with a traumatic moment… Read More House of Good and Evil (2013)