Sick, 2023. Directed by John Hyams. Starring Gideon Adlon, Bethlehem Million, Dylan Sprayberry, Marc Menchaca, Jane Adams, Logan Murphy, Charla Bocchicchio, and Duane Stephens. SYNOPSIS: Due to the pandemic, Parker and her best friend decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone – or so they think. Whether or not enough time has passed […]
Five films to watch in preparation for Nicolas Cage’s Sympathy for the Devil
We offer up five films that will warm you up perfectly for the upcoming (and bound to be a cult hit) Nicolas Cage film Sympathy for the Devil… Nicolas Cage is a gift from the cinema Gods. His Cagenaissance in recent years has seen him in an array of colourful films like Color Out of […]
Video Review – Sick continues Kevin Williamson’s legacy as a slasher master!
EJ Moreno with a video review of Peacock’s Sick… If you want your horror movie to shine, just call Kevin Williamson. Along with some sleek direction, Peacock’s Sick is a pandemic slasher that offers up so many terrifying goodies. Known for his work on Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, Williamson knows […]
Peacock gets Sick with trailer for new Kevin Williamson slasher
With just a week to go until Sick premieres on Peacock, a trailer, poster and images have been released for the pandemic-set slasher. Directed by John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Alone) and written by Kevin Williamson (Scream), the film follows best friends Parker and Miri as they head to a lake house to quarantine during […]
How to Refurbish the Terminator Franchise
Tom Jolliffe offers his thoughts on the direction to take the Terminator franchise… Terminator 2: Judgment Day is 30 this year. It’s also fair to say it’s the last film in the franchise that proved unquestionably successful. It was a massive box office hit, launching James Cameron to gargantuan levels of production. At the time […]
From Duel to Joy Ride: The DNA of John Hyams’ Alone
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at John Hyams’ latest film Alone, and delves into its DNA… In 2012, director John Hyams delivered a hell of a surprise package. It was his second film in a franchise that he took into wild (and occasionally divisive) avenues. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning was near visionary in scraping […]
Netflix and Conan the Barbarian: What We’d Like to See
Tom Jolliffe offers his two cents on the potential of Netflix bringing Conan back to screens… For years fans of Conan The Barbarian have waited with baited breath for the potential of a new film. Most predominantly among those, there has been a particular clamour for Arnold Schwarzenegger to return to the role which broke him […]
John Hyams-directed thriller Alone gets a poster and trailer
A trailer has arrived online for the upcoming thriller Alone, ahead of its release next month. Directed by John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), the film stars Jules Willcox as a grief stricken widow who is kidnapped by a cold blood killer (Marc Menchaca) and locked in a cabin deep in the wilderness of the Pacific […]
Revisiting the Universal Soldier Franchise
Tom Jolliffe revisits the Universal Soldier franchise… With today’s home entertainment release of director Roland Emmerich’s WWII epic Midway, now seems a good time to revisit the original Universal Soldier, and the eclectic sequels the director’s 1992 sci-fi action film spawned. Universal Soldier The early 90’s. In the wake of Terminator 2: Judgment Day came […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop remake gets the green light from HBO as TV series
Way back in 2014 it was announced that Drive filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn was looking to produce a remake of the cult 1988 slasher Maniac Cop with director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration). While the project has been on and off over the past five years, Deadline now brings word that it is officially moving […]
