Film heaven for 15 years olds… Film Hell for nearly everyone else Adapted from the pages of Valiant comic’s comes a 2020 blockbuster featuring Vin Diesel as the titular character “Bloodshot”. Resurrected from death and enhanced with nanite technology to make him and unstoppable hybrid of man and machine, this Bloodshot film is an originContinue reading “Bloodshot (2020) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
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What We Do in the Shadows (2014) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“We drink virgin blood because it sounds cool.” Released in 2014, this comedy horror film is fly-on-the-wall mockumentary following the exploits of 4 modern day vampires living together as flatmates in the New Zealand town of Wellington. It was released fairly ‘under the radar’ but went on to receive lots of world-wide praise for howContinue reading “What We Do in the Shadows (2014) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
Uncle Peckerhead (2020) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The bloodiest tour a small-time band could ever imaging When an undiscovered 3-piece punk band go on tour with a blood-thirsty monster, carnage is guaranteed to ensue. The members of punk band “duh” dream of making it big, but first they need their big break. Surely the tour that band leader Judy has arranged willContinue reading “Uncle Peckerhead (2020) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
Return of the Living Dead III (1993) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“The pain… The pain keeps the hunger away…” You know the score by now; military grade chemical has the ability to animate corpses who become brain-hungry zombies, chaos, panic, fighting, blood, guts, gore….welcome to the 2nd sequel to the successful “Return of the Living Dead” (1985), it’s not really like what I have just describedContinue reading “Return of the Living Dead III (1993) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
Return of the Living Dead: Part II (1988) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“I feel like we’ve been here before. You… Me… Them!” In this first sequel to the “Return of the Living Dead” chaos is once again brought to a small populous, thanks to military grade Trioxin gas, which is released to reanimate cadavers into a brain-hungry horde of zombies. Brief description: Kids discover a drum whichContinue reading “Return of the Living Dead: Part II (1988) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Send… more… paramedics! This 1985 B-Movie comedy horror film was born from of a split between George A Romero and John Russo after “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) (read more about that later). Described as a “mordant punk comedy”, this zombie film broke a lot of the established rules created in other zombie films.Continue reading “The Return of the Living Dead (1985) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
Day of the Dead (1985) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
They are us. The third film in George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) series is “Day of the Dead“. While it is the third film in the original trilogy, fans of Romero will know that he did make more zombie films later in his career. This 1985 film raises the stakes inContinue reading “Day of the Dead (1985) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
Dawn of the Dead (1978) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
They’re us, that’s all, when there’s no more room in hell Released in 1978 “Dawn of the Dead” is George A. Romero’s follow up to the highly successfully masterpiece, “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) (If you haven’t read my review of that, click on the link and get yourself across there!). While this filmContinue reading “Dawn of the Dead (1978) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
Night of the Living Dead (1968) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
They’re coming to get you, Barbara! Released in 1968, George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” is the grandfather of all modern zombie films. It might not be the first zombie film to grace the silver screen, that’s an honour reserved for Victor Halperin’s 1932 “White Zombie” which starred Bela Lugosi, but Romero’s classicContinue reading “Night of the Living Dead (1968) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
The Transformers: The Movie (1986) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bah weep gragnah weep nini bong Between 1983 and 1987 one of the most iconic cartoons of my youth was in full effect. During that time, in 1986 to be specific, a movie came out that might have been the first film I went to see. It had everything – Action, Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Heartbreak,Continue reading “The Transformers: The Movie (1986) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
