Deathgasm, 2015. Directed by Jason Lei Howden. Starring Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Stephen Ure, Sam Berkley, Nick Hoskins-Smith, Delaney Tabron, Colin Moy and Daniel Cresswell. SYNOPSIS: Two teenage metalheads summon up a demon through the power of black metal. The two extremes of splatter and black/death metal come together in New Zealand horror […]
DVD Review – Lost After Dark (2015)
Lost After Dark, 2015. Directed by Ian Kessner. Starring Sarah Fisher, Mark Wiebe, Jesse Camacho, Robert Patrick, David Lipper and Kendra Leigh Timmins. SYNOPSIS: A group of partying teenagers are stalked by a cannibalistic killer after they sneak out from their high school dance. When several filmmakers tried to recreate the 1970s a few years […]
Blu-ray Review – Pray For Death (1985)
Pray For Death, 1985. Directed by Gordon Hessler. Starring Shô Kosugi, James Booth, Donna Kei Benz, Robert Ito, Norman Burton, Kane Kosugi, Shane Kosugi, Charles Greuber, Matthew Faison and Parley Baer. SYNOPSIS: A peaceful Japanese family move to the US but fall foul of a crime syndicate, forcing the father to unleash his inner ninja. […]
Video Game Review – The Flame in the Flood
Ben Rayner reviews The Flame in the Flood… Survival isn’t just a word to be banded about in order to make your next movie or game sequel sound more tense and gritty than it’s predecessor. Sure, that’s often how it’s used but it’s actually a skill to be taught, learned and mastered. It’s also an […]
DVD Review – The Smuggler (2014)
The Smuggler (AKA The Mule), 2014. Directed by Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson Starring Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie, John Noble. SYNOPSIS: A first time drug mule is caught by law enforcement. If you’ve ever wondered whether a film could feature a significant plotline involving the protagonist trying to hold in a […]
Video Game Review – Planar Conquest
Scott Watson reviews Planar Conquest… Planar Conquest is definitely one for the purists of this genre. I’ll get that one out there right now. This turn-based fantasy strategy apparently let’s you “eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate” it announces from its site. Trouble is, before you’ve even started the game you feel weighed down by the […]
Movie Review – Zoolander 2 (2016)
Zoolander 2, 2016. Directed by Ben Stiller Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell SYNOPSIS: Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy. Going in to the cinema with low expectations can sometimes be brilliant, you can discover a […]
Video Game Review – Klaus
Tom Powter reviews Klaus… Introspection is a rare thing to find in 2D side-scrolling platformers, a genre often characterised by the silent protagonist. Yet, Klaus, from indie developer LaCosa Entertainment, thrives on introspection, as its plot is fuelled by the often inquisitive thoughts of its playable character, who has just awoken in a mysterious, dingy […]
Video Game Review – The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Andy Naylor reviews The Escapists: The Walking Dead… By now everyone knows what The Escapists is about, (in case you don’t know) it’s a cutesy retro puzzle game with an addiction level that borders on worrying. The latest incarnation of it has team-ed (sorry) the game with the mammoth The Walking Dead TV franchise, so […]
Comic Book Review – Lazarus Vol. 4: Poison
David Smyth reviews Lazarus Vol. 4: Poison… Collecting issues 16-21, “Poison,” the fourth arc in the critically-acclaimed New York Times best-selling series. The world is at war, and Family Carlyle must fight to defend itself. With Malcolm Carlyle hovering at death’s door, the siblings struggle to maintain control. But deception and war go hand in […]
