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September 27, 2024

Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, teenager Kristen Parker is suffering from terrifying nightmares. Every night she dreams about a disfigured man who threatens her life, so spends her days drinking cola and eating spoonfuls of instant coffee to stay awake. Kristen’s lack of sleep, as well as her recurring nightmares, has left…

September 27, 2024

Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

In A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge, five years have passed since the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Within this time, the Thompsons have moved away from the eponymous street and the Walsh family have taken over Nancy’s old house, with teenager Jesse Walsh moving into Nancy’s former bedroom. But it’s not…

September 27, 2024

Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

In A Nightmare on Elm Street, teenage friends Tina Gray and Nancy Thompson are experiencing terrible nightmares. Both dream of a disfigured man with knives for fingers who stalks them when they sleep. After discussing the mysterious figure with Nancy, Tina falls asleep. Once again she dreams of the man, only this time he brutally murders…

September 24, 2024

Review: Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (1976)

In Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby, eight years have passed since Rosemary Woodhouse gave birth to a boy. That boy – named Andrew by Rosemary – is under the careful watch of a Satanic cult, led by Roman and Minnie Castevet, and is shortly set to be the centrepiece in a ritual. But as the…

September 24, 2024

Review: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

In Rosemary’s Baby, young couple, Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse move to the Bramford – a large apartment building in New York. Guy is an actor, Rosemary a housewife, they are recently wed and have plans to start a family. Shortly after they move in, Guy and Rosemary meet their new neighbours, Roman and Minnie Castevet. They…

September 18, 2024

Review: Strange Darling

Arriving in UK cinemas this week is the dark thriller, Strange Darling. The movie – written and directed by JT Mollner – stars Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Barbara Hershey, and Ed Begley Jr., and centres its story around a serial killer. Set in rural Oregon, the film focuses on the final murders by the killer,…

September 18, 2024

Review: AfrAId (2024)

In Afraid (AfrAId), Curtis and Meredith Pike live with their three children, Cal, Preston, and Iris. Cal has a medical condition, Preston has an anxiety disorder, Iris has boyfriend troubles, but for all intents and purposes they are an average American family. One day, while at work, Curtis is introduced to a new client working…

September 17, 2024

Review: Blink Twice (2024)

Still on general release in UK cinemas (following its debut in August) is the twisted psychological thriller, Blink Twice. Directed and co-written by Zoë Kravitz, the movie stars Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Christian Slater, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, and Geena Davis and follows the story of a young woman who is invited to the…

September 17, 2024

Review: See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) – 35th Anniversary

In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Dave Lyons is a deaf man who runs a small retail kiosk in New York. Although Dave can’t hear, he is proficient in lip reading. One day, after placing an advert for an assistant, Dave meets Wally Karew. Wally is a fiercely independent blind man looking for work. After…

September 17, 2024

Review: Top Secret! (1984) – 40th Anniversary

In Top Secret!, US rock singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform at a cultural festival. While overseas he gets caught up in a conflict involving the German military. From here, Nick finds himself questioned and tortured. He also meets a genius scientist who is secretly developing a device that can destroy the entire…