DVD REVIEWS
Shaolin
Benny Chan's excellent ode to Shaolin movies of old
The Dead
Superior zombie movie set in Africa (link fixed)
Rogue Ninja
Mika Hijii kicks ass
Brave
superior Thai action movie, actually coherent for the most part!
Robotropolis
Low-budget attempt at a robots-on-the-rampage movie
13 Assassins
Takashi Miike's magnum opus, an epic samurai pic in the best Kurosawa tradition
Black Heaven
Intriguing Euro techno-thriller
Midnight
A wayward teen falls foul of a satanic cult!
Pieces
Classic Italian grindhouse horror
Julia's Eyes
Excellent Spanish thriller, from producer Gillermo Del Torro
Hatchet 2
Picking up where the previous film left off, this time a bunch of hardened hunters face off against Victor Crowley.
Hatchet
Adam Green's funny, gory epic, introducing the legend of Victor Crowley
Troll Hunter
Brilliantly made "found footage" movie
Wreckage
Wayfarer looks on with horror at this car-wreck
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Ealing Studio's classic dark comedy starring Dennis Price and Alec Guinness
The Veteran
Excellent British thriller, a mix of Spooks and Taxi Driver
Aparecidos
Gripping horror movie set in Argentina
The lost Bladesman
Donnie Yen stars as the titular warrior in another tale taken from The Three Kingdoms
Black Belt
traditional karate finally gets a movie look-see
Uninhabited
Well-shot but muddled horror set on a tropical island
The Extraodinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-sec
Luc Besson's return to the director's chair is a sumptuous period adventure, lacking a little zest.
Hobo With a Shotgun
Rutger Hauer stars in this over-the-top Grindhouse movie
The Silent House
Atmospheric haunted house tale, shot all in one take
The Devil's Rock
Two commandos uncover a Nazi Occult experiment that's got out of control
The Funhouse
Tobe Hooper's off-kilter horror gets the usual star treatment from Arrow Video
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Andy Lau stars in Tsui Hark's period fantasy adventure
Tenebrae
Dario Argento's classic giallo remastered for Blu Ray
New York Ripper
Lucio Fulci's notorious graphic slasher arrives on Blu Ray in a "fan edit"
Henry of Navarre
a sumptuous historical drama detailing the life of France's King Henry IV
Siren
a well-shot psychological horror movie updating the Greek myth
Stake Land
One of the best Vampire movies you will ever see.
A Reckoning
Dog Soldiers' Leslie Simpson stars in this stark post-apocalyptic tale
The Devil Dared Me To
Chris Stapp directs and stars as New Zealand's best stuntman, Randy Campbell
Eyeborgs
Adrian Paul uncovers a conspiracy in this sci-fi thriller
Savage Streets
Linda Blair stars in this trashy but fun 80's rape-revenge flick
The Halfway House
Ealing Studios wartime propaganda movie in which a group of troubled travellers have a life changing experience in an old Welsh Inn
Java Head/Tiger Bay
Early Ealing Studios pics starring Ana May Wong
Ice Cold In Alex
John Mills, Sylvia Syms and Anthony Quale try to drive an ambulance across war-torn North Africa
Cross of Iron
James Coburn stars in Peckinpah's ode to "War is Hell"
The Cruel Sea
Jack Hawkins and Donald Sinden lead a sterling cast in one of the best films about WW2.
Eaters: Rise of the Dead
A zombie movie with Uwe Boll's name attached to it...
Young Bruce Lee
Aarif Rahman makes a good impression in this biopic
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
Dario Argento's directorial debut available on blu-ray!
Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola personally oversees the restoration of one of his biggest films
Red Canyon
Some young friends head out to a small town and get into a whole lot of trouble
Fertile Ground
A Pregnant woman begins to have suspicions about her husband and his family
Seconds Apart
Part of the Horror After Dark series, about two murderous twins with telekinetic powers
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