‘Clever… catnip to horror lovers… odes to the power of each of these movies’ RogerEbert.com ‘Slick production values… wastes no time cutting straight to the heart of the matter’ ★★★★ Bloody Disgusting ‘A gripping account of some of the darkest chapters of movie history… you can’t look away’ Flickering Myth…
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MANDRAKE *** UK 2022 Dir: Lynne Davison. 85 mins Upon her release from prison, Mary (Derbhle Crotty) is assigned social worker Cathy (Deirdre Mullins) to keep her on the straight and narrow. Mary knows too much about Cathy’s personal life and begins taunting her. Being folklore horror, there also happens…
MAD GOD *** USA 2021 Dir: Phil Tippett. 83 mins Thirty years in the making just goes to show that taking this long to make a film does not mean it is going to be a masterpiece. Now I don’t want to dis this straight off because visually MAD GOD…
‘Extraordinary work… a work of historic significance, made by a master in his field’ ★★★★ The Guardian ‘Beautiful and disgusting, mean and awe-inspiring… amazing… the kind of fantasy that too often seems to exist in the magical realm of unproduced dream projects’ ★★★★ Rogerebert.com ‘A momentous work of creative genius’…
THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR **** USA 2020 Dir: David Charbonier & Justin Powell. 88 mins This great little movie starts with friends Bobby and Kevin being kidnapped and taken to a remote house. Bobby escapes, but hears Kevin’s cries for help and decides he can’t leave his friend. A…