The Ghoul is a low-budget film from Gareth Tunley, who comes from the same scene as Ben Wheatley and Alice Lowe. This group of interesting young filmmakers sprang up from alternative comedy circuit and short-lived Channel 4 TV shows like Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Tunley appeared in Wheatley's first two features, Down Terrace and Kill List, and was encouraged by Wheatley to try … Continue reading The Ghoul – Blu-Ray Review
Mindhorn ended up being a minor box office success in the UK after a successful festival run, including a slot at the London Film Festival. However, everywhere else in the world the film was released on Netflix instead n cinemas. It's a directorial debut for Sean Foley, who has an extensive history of directing stage plays, … Continue reading Mindhorn – Blu-Ray Review
Snapshot comes out of the Ozploitation boom of the '70s, of which the Mad Max franchise was of course the most notable export. Snapshot, however, is an odd melodrama filtered through the floating stalker's POV camera of Halloween. It was directed by Simon Wincer who, like many of the directors of the Ozploitation boom and the … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Snapshot
C.H.U.D II: Bud The Chud is one of those horror sequels of the '80s an early '90s that has next to nothing to do with the original film except some basic plot elements and the title. However, it's actually better than the original film, and it's by the same director David Irving (no, not the … Continue reading C.H.U.D II: Bud The Chud – Blu-Ray Review
Red Roses of Passion is a completely bonkers film that came out of the sexploitation boom of the early to mid-'60s. The genre is somewhat unfairly maligned as being nothing but softcore porn, but the reality is that there are proper films with a plot, etc. The most famous personage of the movement is of … Continue reading Red Roses of Passion – Blu-Ray Review
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