CALVAIRE (aka The Ordeal) **** Belgium / France / Luxembourg 2004 Dir: Fabrice Du Welz. 88 mins After being menaced by a horny, elderly fan in his dressing room, handsome young singer Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas), heading off to a Christmas gala, breaks down in the middle of nowhere. He…
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‘The most purely horrifying horror movie ever made. Genuinely disturbing, even now’ Empire ‘Chainsaw-wielding Leatherface remains one of the most disturbing characters in horror’’ The Independent ‘A one-of-a-kind flick; a lightning-in-a-bottle moment of movie madness… nightmarish assault on the senses infused with a palpable sense of dread’ Home…
Dark Sky Films have released the long-awaited UHD release of the 1974 horror classic THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, the groundbreaking thriller that has often been imitated but never equaled. The films 4K restored version is complemented by a frightening array of bonus materials. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe…
THE BLACK PHONE **** USA 2021 Dir: Scott Derrickson. 102 mins The movie that Scott Derrickson made following the creative differences surrounding DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS is a reminder of his talent for sustaining a dread-filled ambience (as best demonstrated in SINISTER) while telling a story of surprising…
RONDO AND BOB **** USA 2020 Dir: Joe O’Connell. 100 mins Writer-director Joe O’Connell follows up DANGER GOD (a celebration of death-defying B-movie stuntman Gary Kent) with this compassionate study of two distinct horror film personalities from different eras: actor Rondo Hatton and art director / production designer Robert A.…