Monthly Archives: October 2011

Movies of video games have had a long and troubled past. The majority of them lets face it are about as good as an Atari Jaguar with about as much lasting power. The problems stem from the fact that ultimately, it’s more fun playing the game of the film than watching the film of the [...]

Are first person, camcorder perspective films being a bit over played recently? Maybe. But it has to be said that this style of shooting does seem to be a more effective way to involve the audience. As far as horror is concerned, it all took off with the excellent Blair Witch Project; was somewhat successful [...]

Imagine it. You wake up in a hospital, with no recollection of how you got there. The hospital is strangely quiet; no other patients, no staff. So you get up and take a walk around, only to find that the place has been abandoned. [...]

Gothika begins with ‘just another day’ in the life of respected criminal psychologist Dr Miranda Grey (Halle Berry) as she visits Chloe (Penelope Cruz), a patient in a prison psychiatric ward. She takes a swim and heads home to see her loving husband. Driving home in the rain, she has a strange encounter with a [...]

In the middle of a bitter custody battle Yoshimi (Hitomi Kuroki) moves with her young daughter Ikuko (Rio Kanno) to a rundown apartment building. The huge water stain that appears on the ceiling is the beginning of a series of strange and haunting events – including weird noises and fleeting appearances by a small girl [...]

OK, here goes. Elvis never left the building. In fact he never died, at least not the real Elvis. The real Elvis swapped identities with an impersonator to escape the fame and failings of his life and get a second chance at a normal existence. But it all went wrong. Decrepit and alone he is [...]