Category: Reviews

Frightfest 2013 Film Review: We Are What We Are

November 20, 2013
3 mins to read

“Tense, bloody, and visceral, We Are What We Are is a modern masterpiece” Jim Mickle’s reimagining of Jorge Michael Grau’s Somos lo Que Hay is nothing short of brilliant. After the death of their mother, Rose and Iris Parker are charged with continuing an ancient family tradition that would make Hannibal upchuck. When mudslides begin …

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Event Review: Sitges Festival 2013

November 19, 2013
10 mins to read

Known just as Sitges to its fans, the 46th Sitges Fantasy film festival – which ran from 11 to 20 October this year in the Europa gorgeous coastal town near Barcelona – has to be the greatest horror movie festival in the world. Given its geographical compactness and idyllic setting, the event screens around 200 …

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Film Review: V/H/S 2 (2013)

November 15, 2013
5 mins to read

“An improvement on the original!” Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat, shall we? V/H/S 2 does pretty much what its predecessor did, but with a bigger budget. That said, this sequel does offer some nice surprises. Comprising of four unrelated horror shorts all told via the medium of good old handycam footage …

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Graphic Novel Review: Adamtine by Hannah Berry

November 15, 2013
4 mins to read

“A complex, but fully rounded, piece of fiction!” There are some graphic novels that reveal all their secrets on the first read through and can happily be placed upon the shelf or taken to the local charity shop never to be read again. Then there are other books that will reward a re-read with …