Review: Open Cut (2004)
“I don’t have a hometown, I have an archive…” Phil Burke revisit his place of birth, the non-existent town of Yallourn.
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Review: Wrong Turn (2021)
I still remember quite vividly watching the original Wrong Turn in late 2003, while enjoying that aimless gap between finishing high school and getting a job. What I consider a perfect 30/70 blend of Deliverance and The Hills Have Eyes, the off-road horror film spawned five sequels, ending in 2014. Now only seven years later
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DVD Review: Posse (1975)
Kirk Douglas tried his hand at directing in the mid-1970s, first with the jovial adventure-western Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre (1973). Following its poor reception, he made a second attempt, this time with the grittier revisionist-western, Posse, that’s returned to DVD in Australia through Shock Entertainment under the label’s ‘Hollywood Gold Series’. Howard Nightingale (Kirk
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Review: Happiest Season (2020)
With my home state of Victoria now COVID-free, at least for the time being, I returned to my local cinema after a five-month break to see the appropriately festive holiday ‘dramedy’, Happiest Season. Intended for digital distribution in the United States, for obvious reasons, the hulu original film has made it to numerous big screens
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Review: Trick ‘r’ Treat (2007)
I’ve watched Trick ‘r’ Treat on every Halloween night since 2014, with my seventh viewing just a day away. It’s a movie that tires and with the gradual increase of ‘trick ‘r’ treaters’ coming to my door while the Blu-ray spins, interruptions aren’t an issue and actually prolong my enjoyment. You may be surprised to
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Review: Wolfman’s Got Nards (2018)
I’ve seen quite a few documentaries celebrating the love and appreciation towards specific films, which are among my favourite topics covered by the medium. Wolfman’s Got Nards is rather unique as its director, André Gower, was the young star of the focused title; none other than Fred Dekker’s The Monster Squad. Gower, who played lead
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Blu-ray Review: Cujo (1983)
I remember my introduction to rabies came via a re-run episode of Diff’rent Strokes in which Arnold is bitten by a dog that’s suspected of being rabid. While the show highlighted the severity of contracting the disease, it was nothing compared to the nightmare scenario presented in Stephen King’s Cujo, out now on Blu-ray and
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Blu-ray Review: Night of the Demon (1957)
Not to be confused with the 1988 spooktacular Night of the Demons, this is the British singular, Night of the Demon, aka Curse of the Demon (United States), that emerged on shelves earlier this month, September 2nd on Blu-ray & DVD from Cinema Cult. Highly regarded as a staple of British horror, this unnerving classic
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Review: Pizza, A Love Story (2019)
I write this review from the land Down Under with envious eyes, where pizza is universally loved by us Aussies, but is greatly varied in quality. Most small town take away outlets are only defined by their respective business name, while the more ethically rich capitals offer something a little closer to its Italian roots.
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Blu-ray Review: You’ll Like My Mother (1972)
If you’re a keen-eye fan of Hammer Films you’ll immediately notice the striking resemblance to their 1965 paranoid-thriller Die! Die! My Darling! has with Lamont Johnson’s You’ll Like My Mother, which arrived on Australian shelves earlier this month, September 2nd, from Cinema Cult. In the dead of winter, a recently widowed woman, Francesca (Patty Duke),
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