Cert PG | 74 mins | 2022
4 star restoration of a dreamlike 1930’s horror.
Originally released in 1932 and directed by Carl Th. Dreyer (Gertrud, Ordet), Vampyr has enjoyed a 2K restoration completed by the Danish Film Institute using materials from various European archives. It is unveiled for the first time to celebrate the film’s 90th anniversary.
It is presented here on Limited Edition Blu-Ray for the first…more
Cert 18 | 100 mins | 2011
4 Star
Noir with Cars.
This dark and brooding neo-noir film comes from first time writer James Sallis, and adapted for the screen by Hossein Amini (Snow White and the Huntsman, Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Mini Series)). Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Valhalla Rising, Only God Forgives) he brings the noir genre in to the age of fast-food and faster cars. Ryan Gosling…more
Cert 15 | 97 mins | 2022
3 star unnerving body-image horror film.
A Banquet is a British horror/thriller written by Justin Bull (Merge) and an impressive feature directorial debut from Ruth Paxton, who shows a great deal of promise. It is a Shudder exclusive, available on the streaming service from 26th May 2022.
“You’re not crazy. There is something going on and we will find out what it…more
Cert TBC (15) | 91 mins | 2022
3 Star
Don’t Cross the Violent Boss.
From writer, director, producer Gigi Gaston (Rip It Off, Nanny’s Killer Scandal) she brings us a hard gritty road trip film with a big slice of buddy film. Where the lead actress Lena Headey (Game of Thrones (TV Series), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) faces her two worst pet hates, her ex and a child.…more
Cert (TBC) 15 | 72 mins | 2022
5 Star
Feel the Fear of Wide Open Spaces.
Once more, Hungarian writer/director József Gallai (I Hear the Trees Whispering, A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex, The Poltergeist Diaries, Moth) thinks outside the box when it comes to the genre he decides to work in. Project Skyquake is filmed in the found footage style that József does so well. This time he…more
Cert U | 90 mins | 2022
4 Star
From a Toddler on a Pony to Annus Horribilis and Beyond.
From the director that brought us such favourites as The Buddha of Suburbia and Notting Hill, Roger Michel brings us an archive lead documentary about the most famous female nonagenarian, Queen Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts is a light-hearted look at archive footage and social commentary throughout our…more
Cert 18 | 96 mins | 2022
5 star epic restoration of a gothic horror classic.
Candyman is inspired by the short story The Forbidden written by Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed) as part of his horror anthology The Books of Blood: Volume 5.
Originally released in 1992, this film adaptation is written and directed by Bernard Rose (Boxing Day, Paperhouse) and is presented here newly restored on 4K UHD…more
