The uneven paranoia thriller pastiche, Maxxxine is the third instalment in the X series which began with gothic horror films X and Pearl. This instalment, which takes us into the mid 80’s LA, is a homage of sorts to the era’s infamous video nasties. As in X and Pearl, Mia Goth stars, this time as porn actress Maxine Minx. Despite
Read moreYes, it’s another Scream film, the latest in the satirical slasher series that began in 1996. Is it just a cynical cash in on 90’s nostalgia, the latest attempt to milk a few bucks from franchise-loyal fans or a legitimate horror/ comedy with an least a spark of life left in it. We might ask ourselves these questions but the
Read moreSlasher film Wrong Turn is a little like a cinematic Frankenstein’s monster, stitched together from bits of other films. There’s the backwoods inbred redneck menace of The Hills Have Eyes and Deliverance (minus the pig squealing), the ‘forest as a threatening alternate world’ horror of The Blair Witch Project and the kidnapping nightmare of Wolf Creek. Derivative as it is,
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