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Blu-ray Review – Skinamarink (2022)

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Skinamarink, 2022. Directed by Kyle Edward Ball. Starring Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul, and Jaime Hill. SYNOPSIS: Two siblings wake up in their home and discover that their parents are not there… or are they? It is all the fault of The Blair Witch Project, of course. The idea that you can film […]

Movie Review – Shark Bait (2022)

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Shark Bait, 2022. Directed by James Nunn. Starring Holly Earl, Jack Trueman, Catherine Hannay, Malachi Pullar-Latchman, and Thomas Flynn. SYNOPSIS: A group of teens on spring break get stranded at sea and attract the attention of a great white shark. It’s coming round to the summer, which means that the latest wave of shark movies […]

Found Footage Horror’s Most Terrifying Scenes

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Andrew Brassleay on found footage horror’s most terrifying scenes… Found-footage horror is a genre with much appeal for low-budget moviemakers looking for cheap thrills. So, with so many films to choose from, its sometimes tricky to find the jewels in this creepy crown. But thanks to the genre’s realism and frequent use of first-person-perspective giving […]

Movie Review – Blood Covered Chocolate (2022)

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Blood Covered Chocolate, 2022. Directed by Monte Light. Starring Michael Klug, Christine Nguyen, Helene Udy, Mike Ferguson, Debra Lamb, Meghan Deanna Smith, Joe Altieri, and Jamie Tran. SYNOPSIS: A recovering heroin addict gets bitten by a shape-shifting vampire and must prevent his girlfriend from the same fate. Billed as a homage to Nosferatu, anyone going […]

Robin of Sherwood: Still the quintessential take on the Robin Hood legend

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Hasitha Fernando revisits the classic 80s series Robin of Sherwood… Robin Hood has always been a property that Hollywood and its ilk have struggled to adapt. Even when it came to the small screen, any television show that centered on this mythical hooded-man, yielded mostly mixed to middling results. However, there is this one exception, […]

Max Headroom: The Story Behind the 80s A.I. Icon

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Hasitha Fernando dives into the story of Max Headroom… Of all the strange but unique IPs to debut in the mid-1980s none is more instantly recognizable than the fast talking, social-commentary spewing computer-generated TV host Max Headroom. First introduced to audiences through the British-made Channel 4 cyberpunk TV movie Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the […]

15 Years of Lake Mungo: Revisiting the Cult Found Footage Horror

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Andrew Brassleay revisits Lake Mungo on its 15th anniversary… Found footage fake-documentary horror movie Lake Mungo is a slow-burner in more ways than one. Firstly, in its ever-increasing sense of dread, doom and fate; and secondly in its growing reputation as one of the scariest – and saddest – movies ever made. The Australian psychological […]

A Journey Into Chaos: Bringing The Bourne Identity to the Screen

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Hasitha Fernando looks at The Bourne Identity’s chaotic journey to the screen on its 21st anniversary… Filmmaking is an intricate, interwoven and well-thought-out process, especially when it comes to large-scale productions with millions of dollars at stake. In the present day and age, nearly all mega budget movies have extensive storyboarding to avoid logistical shortcomings, […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Andrew Gordon Macpherson on Vice TV’s Dark Side of the Ring and Tales from the Territories

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Since 2019, wrestling fans have been eating up Vice TV’s wrestling docuseries Dark Side of the Ring, making it the most watched show on the network. The series is now in its fourth season and has new episodes airing every Tuesday. One of the creatives involved in bringing the electric show to life is composer […]