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Film Review: The Asylum (2014)

May 6, 2015
4 mins to read

“Ultimately a crowded and unoriginal disappointment.” This movie was originally announced in 2011 as Backmask, was retitled as the intriguingly monikered Exeter and has now appeared (from StudioCanal releasing) under the far less interesting title of The Asylum. In online adverts it’s described as “taboo-breaking” and “terrifying”, and it comes with a certain lustre as …

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Terror Tots: The Children (2008)

May 6, 2015
5 mins to read

On this particular entry of Terror Tots, we’re taking hold of the title of a film we’ve already delved into (1980’s The Children), and giving it a jump through time to 2008. No – it isn’t a remake, but it is another ‘parents vs. kids’ jamboree… in Tom Shankland’s 2008 British shocker, The Children. It’s …

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The Cutting Room: The Visit

April 30, 2015
3 mins to read

The Visit A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a week-long trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple are involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day. Why we’re looking forward to this: The Visit is written …

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Film Review: Automata (2014)

April 28, 2015
4 mins to read

“It all makes for a frustrating watch.” It is the year 2044 and solar storms have caused large swathes of Earth to become so radioactive that humanity has all but been wiped out. Millions of robots have been created by the company ROC to build the means of protecting those people who are left within …