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Film Review: Teenage Babylon (short film) (1989)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Teenage Babylon presents the aftermath of three teenage suicides through the medium of what purports to be 1960s vintage black and white police file footage. The film’s haunting images, evoking teenage love gone wrong, are counterpointed by a series of saccharine torch songs, celebrating falling in love and the end of a masquerade. Through a kind …

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Film Review: Platoon of the Dead (2009)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Three soldiers must fight to survive the night in a seemingly abandoned house, when a zombie platoon attacks. REVIEW: Directed by: John Bowker Written by: John Bowker Starring: Tyler David, Tom Stedham, Chris Keown, Michelle Mahoney, Ariauna Albright Another adventure into the advent of an impending zombie apocalypse paves the way for director/writer John Bowker’s vision …

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Film Review: Slender Man (2018)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn’t actually exist – until one of them mysteriously goes missing. REVIEW: Horror for middleschoolers and still the best Slenderman movie out…..yet. Now upon taking on the recent Slenderman release, I came …

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Film Review: The Punisher (2004)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: After his wife and family are killed, G-Man Frank Castle takes it upon himself to distribute punishment to those responsible for the vendetta. REVIEW: After the rather failed attempt of kick starting “The Punisher” under the 1989 release (of same name), Artisan and Lions Gate stepped in to fire-up the “potential” franchise in a new direction (and …

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Film Review: Goregasm (2007)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: A serial killer wearing assless chaps and a penis on his chin murders horny couples and masturbators, beating them to death with an enormous rubber phallus. Meanwhile, a pair of cops attempt to put a stop to his murderous antics and the workers at a local sex shop attempt to survive his wrath. REVIEW: Jason Matherne’s …

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Event Review: Arrow Video’s FRIGHTFEST Halloween (2018)

FRIGHTFEST Halloween is an annual Autumn screening day that took place on November 3rd. The event was held at the same cinema as August FRIGHTFEST; a five day multi cinema event, residing in Leicester square. Movies were screened within the Cineworld and Prince Charles Cinema, the opening film and UK premiere of The Ranger. The directorial debut of Jenn Wexler, the …

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Film Review: Die and Let Live (2006)

Rate this FilmSYNOPSIS: Best friends, Benny (Joshua Lively) and Smalls (Zane Crosby), plan to throw an epic party to impress Benny’s crush, Stephenie (Sarah Bower). That night, an accident at a nearby medical testing facility releases a dangerous substance that turns the dead into flesh eating zombies. Too busy trying to impress his Stephanie, Benny fails to notice the living …

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