‘Mesmerising performance… compelling… ’80s-pastiche feel of Drive… an equally well-judged music score… a satisfying vein of black humour’ **** Empire ‘Rare is the thriller that converts Downton Abbey fans to the dark side…a playful ’80s-infused crowd-pleaser’ **** Total Film ‘With its liberal layers of John Carpenter homage, and humour that seeps…
Browsing: Second Sight Films
‘Savage storytelling and compelling performances take Paul Andrew Williams’ revenge movie into another league… his finest cinema work since his debut… thrilling and utterly terrifying’ ★★★★ The Guardian ‘Packs a mighty punch… Paul Andrew Williams and Neil Maskell breathe new life into a familiar one-man-army scenario. Unrelenting, no-nonsense and hard-as-nails’…
Two ultimate Hammer Horror classics, The Mummy and Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell, starring British acting royalty, the legendary Peter Cushing in both films and other greats including Christopher Lee and Patrick Troughton get the special Limited Edition treatment this August, courtesy of Second Sight Films. THE MUMMY ‘Magical, scary and comic, naive and perverse, elegant…
MONSTER **** USA 2003 Dir: Patty Jenkins. 109 mins The title itself is subjective: writer-director Patty Jenkins doesn’t dilute the crimes of executed “white trash” Florida murderer Aileen Wuornos (who, at the time, had recently been the subject of Nick Broomfield’s widely admired documentaries), nor does she mute her abrasive…
DOG SOLDIERS **** UK / Luxembourg 2002 Dir: Neil Marshall. 105 mins Neil Marshall’s feature directorial debut was refreshing in the early 2000s (along with a tiny few other modestly budgeted genre films like GINGER SNAPS) for its enthusiastic use of old-school werewolves and make-up effects at a time when…