Compliance

Compliance

Craig Zobel’s 2012 film Compliance has prompted extreme reactions since its release. When it toured the festival circuit, people walked out; critics have professed their dismay at its attitude toward...

The Curse

The greatest compliment you can give a short film is that it left you wanting more. Short films look to take the essence of a single idea and progress this to a conclusion in a limited running time. ...

The Apparition

It is a challenge for a horror film to find its audience in todays crowded market place without it having a number of production issues delaying the film and ultimately generating negative press cove...

Flight

It is curious to see a film advertised as one thing and then turn out to be another. The trailer for Flight emphasises the initial airline accident over the human drama that plays out after it. It wo...

My Father’s Son

Legacy. For some it is an important concept. It is what they will leave behind after they depart. For them a part of their spirit will live on in their off spring. When talking about it in those term...

Margin Call – Review

With the financial world still in turmoil since the financial crash of 2008 a film comes along which explores the origins of the crisis and how, within a fictional environment, very real issues and c...

Dark Horse

The rise in prominence of the man-child, the stay at home adult, is more common now than at any time in the recent past. Circumstances in these financially constrained times mean that adult children ...

Chop

When a film is advertised as a horror comedy it really has to live up to its billing. Especially if it is a low-budget film. It has to have everything in place otherwise the viewer will start to pick...

Cockneys Vs Zombies

Often in low budget or waning film franchise the mash-up is used to try to expand the potential viewer base. This is especially true of the horror genre. In the past we have been subjected to any num...