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SEND HELP review: Sam Raimi crafts a bloody good time that feels like a throwback thriller

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Oh, Sam Raimi, how I love thee. The Evil Dead series (particularly Evil Dead II) is one of my favourite horror franchises; his Spider-Man films still represent some of the best of the superhero genre (well, the first two); and standalone screams like 2009’s Drag Me to Hell are highly memorable. […]

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THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS review: Dancing zombies, claymation stunt doubles & built-in karaoke… What more could you want?

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. It’s hard out there for those of us with wide-reaching tastes in film. I mean, I love horror, musicals, surreal films, black comedies, satires, fantasy, live-action, animation, stop-motion, you name it. But surely there’s no film out there that combines all of these things into an explosive Smörgåsbord of weirdness… right?

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IRON LUNG review: As a Markiplier fan, I want to defend this imperfect but promising horror

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. There’s a war on. A bitter war – between Markiplier’s die-hard fans, and the very concept of the film critic. If you brave Reddit you will see countless posts discussing critical reactions to Iron Lung, particularly the discrepancy between the Rotten Tomatoes’ critic vs audience score (50% vs 89% at time

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XTRO review: Like a lost 80s Doctor Who episode – with more blood, boobs & birthing

Anyone who knows me is surely aware that I am something of a connoisseur of camp, a lover of terrible, obscure films. And if I was going to start a film blog, there would have to be a space for these masterpieces (or monstrosities) to dwell. So this is where Weird Wednesday comes into play,

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