Minimalistic, yet very effective, Lee Cronin’s ‘Hole in the Ground’ is a traditional chiller which most definitely gets under your skin. Trading jump scares and visual horror for more traditional methods, the films atmosphere is sure to turn anyone’s hazy summers evening into a pitch-black abyss. The film follows Sarah,...

In a frankly stunning restoration, the 1970 British ‘giallo’ sees new life on Blu-ray courtesy of ‘Network’ who release the film this September (2018). In perhaps stereotypical fashion, Sidney Hayer’s delivery of a rather typical stalk and slash who-dunnit could be accused of being a little too British.  Favouring technical...

Released in 1973, ‘Death-line’, whilst seldom referenced in film, must have been an influence on many a slasher in the years that followed. Bridging the gap between classic monster-man horrors, and what would soon be a booming sub-genre of horror, ‘Deathline’ carries many of the hallmarks which put the British...

Rounding off my weeks watching, Dean Devlin’s taut cat-and-mouse thriller ‘Bad Samaritan’ is fully deserving of the weeks (unprecedented) 2nd 5-star review. From the first act’s somewhat shocking opener, the tight-crafted story only seeks to escalate as our anti-hero Sean (Robert Sheehan) is engaged in a deadly battle of wits...

Despite ‘Monkey Shines’ not being the first movie you might associate with the late horror titan George A. Romero, Eureka have saw to it that it has a release worthy of the man’s legacy with a dual format HD presentation, including a tonne of extras. ‘Monkey Shines’ sees Romero skirting...