Saigon Metalhood – Inside Vietnamese Heavy Metal
If you want to rock down while you lockdown, we recommend a heavy dose of Saigon Metalhood. A documentary about the Vietnamese heavy metal scene since the 1970s, it uncovers…
Category: Features
An in-depth look at the movies that matter.
Shudder Sunday
For those of us social distancing alone, technology is not only a conduit to reaching friends and family, it often becomes a friend or cool cousin. When lockdown rules are…
Insidious: In praise of a perfect jump scare
WARNING: This feature discusses a key shock point in 2010’s Insidious. If you have not seen Insidious, we strongly urge you to do so before reading on. As of the…
Greyhound: In praise of a great trailer
Enforced isolation can find you doing funny things. Sure, you meant to start penning that script, or picking up that clarinet, or painting that pastoral view from a cherished childhood…
Director’s Cut – Sam Ashurst Talks A Little More Flesh
Back in 2018, we were lucky enough to talk with director Sam Ashurst about his debut feature, Frankenstein’s Creature. That film is a singular experience and left us excited for…
Ready Player Gun – The Hunt and the most influential movie ever made?
This feature was first written when The Hunt was one of the few new films in cinemas. Cinemas that are now closed. What a difference a week makes… But, by…
Top 10 Films of 2019
2019 may have had many problems, but cinema wasn’t one. The decade closed with a banner year for movies, so much so that our 11-20 list in any other year…
Harpoon Hits The Arrow Video Channel
After making quite a splash at this year’s Arrow Video FrightFest, Rob Grant’s Harpoon arrives on The Arrow Video Channel from Friday 18th October… Jean-Paul Sartre famously wrote, Hell is…
Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 Round-Up
The Arrow Video FrightFest 2019 came, delighted and went. Let us take time to reflect upon a fantastic 20th anniversary weekend for the UK’s premiere horror film festival. Indulge us…
Will Power: Tony Dean Smith Talks Volition
A standout movie at the 2019 Arrow Video FrightFest was Tony Dean Smith’s Volition. Co-written with Smith’s brother Ryan, this cerebral sci-fi thriller has reviewers drawing parallels with Looper, Inception…
