Spanish film is finally establishing itself on the global cinema map, and it seems that horror is fast becoming one of their strong points. Both Rec and Rec 2 have impressed and The Orphanage has received much praise. And now Hierro. This thriller horror, directed by Gabe Ibáñez is another excellent example of what our […]Read More
The sun beats down on dry, barren desert somewhere in the US. It’s a lifeless place with just one road, some sand, the odd bush and even more sand. As Summer and Clark, a young couple, drive through the area en route to see Summer’s family, they have the misfortune to run into a man […]Read More
‘Foreign language film’ is a dirty word to the American movie industry. Perhaps Hollywood hates subtitles, is outraged by accents or disgusted by literacy. Whatever the reason it belligerently believes the audience has an all mighty aversion to the helpful translating type which makes our eyes bilingual even if our ears are not.Read More
Lucio Fulci has been mentioned several times on this site along with his fellow Italian horror masters Dario Argento and Mario Brava. All of them loved nothing more than death, gore and Giallo and all of those elements feature in Fulci’s pure 70’s cult classic A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin.Read More
Resurrecting the Streetwalker is a brutally honest affair, depicting the film industry in an incredibly bleak and negative light, as a business that thrives on nepotism and extraneous egos. It reflects on the potential horrors of such work and the damage it can inflict to ones psyche, through ones dreams, the drive for those dreams […]Read More
Love can be painful at times. And when a couple breaks up, those involved can react in many different ways. Some become withdrawn, sadly dwelling on the past; some go wild and enjoy their new found freedom; some may even hold out hope that one day, they will be reunited with their lover, and for […]Read More