Rich Cosgrove

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The Cutting Room: Horns and See No Evil 2

Horns Ignatius “Ig” Perrish wakes up after a heavy night on the booze to discover that his girlfriend has been raped and murdered, and that he is the prime suspect. Shortly afterwards he suddenly sprouts the titular horns and discovers that he has paranormal powers that he uses to try and find the real killer. Why …

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Film Review: Wolf Creek 2 (2014)

“A worthy sequel that doesn’t merely rehash the first film but instead takes the franchise into new territory in terms of character and style.” It’s been eight years since writer and director Greg McClean first took us to Wolf Creek, but the wait has been worthwhile as both McClean and star John Jarratt have delivered …

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The Cutting Room: The Walking Dead (Season Five)

This week The Cutting Room eyes up a tasty treat coming to your television screens in a couple of weeks. The Walking Dead (Season Five) Former police officer Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) continues to lead his band of survivors through the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. At the end of the previous season they had …

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The Cutting Room: Tusk and The Houses That October Built

Tusk When podcaster Wallace Bryton (Justin Long) takes a trip up to the north of Canada to interview a mysterious seafarer named Horace Howe (Michael Parks), he is taken hostage by the strange sailor who wants to turn him into a walrus (yes, you read that correctly). In the meantime his girlfriend (Genesis Rodriguez) and …

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The Cutting Room: Overlook Hotel

In the Cutting Room this week, we’re going to take a look at an upcoming film that might just shine. Overlook Hotel The tragic events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when alcoholic caretaker Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy and his supernaturally gifted son Danny checked in for the winter are well known, but they …

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News Round-up Week Ending 12 September

We’ve gone all Walking Dead in this week’s news column! Walking Dead ‘Companion’ Series Confirmed Though it’s been rumoured for some time now, AMC President Charlie Collier has confirmed that the companion series to The Walking Dead will be going into production later this year, though beyond that there are precious few details as yet. …

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The Cutting Room: Monsters: Dark Continent and The Green Inferno

Monsters: Dark Continent Six years ago a NASA probe returning to Earth with samples of an alien life form crashed in Central America. As deadly creatures began to appear half of Mexico was quarantined as the military tried to contain the aliens in designated Infected Zones. Now the creatures have spread, taking over more of …

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News Round-up Week Ending 5 September

Grimmfest announces 2014 lineup Grimmfest have announced the full lineup for 2014’s event, which runs 2-5 October. Friday sees prog rock legends Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin performing a live score to Dario Argento’s Suspiria, followed by a rare outing for the Argent cut of Dawn of the Dead. Among the horrific offerings over the four days …

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The Cutting Room: As Above So Below

This week’s Cutting Room is going underground. As Above So Below Beneath the streets of Paris lie the Catacombs, miles and miles of dark, narrow passages lined with the bones of six million bodies. When a team of urban archaeologists venture into its depths to unearth an ancient artefact they find instead that the deeper …

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The Cutting Room: Jessabelle and A Good Marriage

This week in The Cutting Room we’ve got a couple of chillers for you. Jessabelle After surviving a car accident in which her fiancé is killed, Jessie (Sarah Snook) returns to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate. While there, she discovers several video tapes containing messages to her from her long dead mother, and …

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