Bad Kids Go To Hell is based on the cult graphic novel of the same name, and directed, and co-scripted, by the author of said graphic novel. It’s loud, brash, funny and sometimes charming but it tries to shock too often and, when all is said and done, just isn’t as clever as it would [...]

It’s been a long time since I’ve watched a balls-to-the-wall Japanese gorefest, so you can imagine my delight when I came across Tokyo Gore Police. In short, the clue was very much in the name. Cue a 110 minute bloodbath that at times had a hardcore bloodfest fan like myself flinching. Tokyo Gore Police is [...]

If, like me, you regularly watch the cooking competition/bitchfest that is Come Dine With Me, but often find yourself wishing the stakes were just a little bit higher, then Would You Rather might just be for you. The premise of the film is quite original; a group of strangers, from varying backgrounds, all of whom [...]

This second entry into the much fabled Guinea Pig series has a slightly better known name attached to it as many keen eyed manga enthusiasts will have noticed; Hideshi Hino of Hino Horror and Hell Baby (check out the collected volumes for some fun Manga horror if you are a fan) fame directed this entry [...]

Written by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Katsuya Terada and directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo (Akira), Blood: The Last Vampire follows the story of Saya, the last remaining ‘Original’ Vampire, on her mission to rid the world of Chiropterans; vampires of a sort who have become malformed hybrids, completely different to [...]

It baffles me that more people don’t mention Behind The Mask : The Rise Of Leslie Vernon in the same breath as movies like Scream and Cabin In The Woods, or even Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. In terms of breaking down genre conventions, it does so with a twinkle in its eye and a skip [...]

It’s important to state before I really get to the meat and bones of Botched, that I’m a massive fan of Stephen Dorff, and so I had a little bias going into this film. I loved him Blade, Cecil B Demented, and his frankly brilliant portrayal of Cliff in SFW, so it saddens me to [...]

Let’s face it, crowdfunding is a bubble doomed to burst. It is a fad that has exponentially gained popularity, and is now being that annoying drunk who just won’t stop dancing awkwardly, looking for attention. Through its popularity, we have had A LOT of indie horrors come out of it, but most of them are unremarkable [...]

To be perfectly honest, I came to review this movie knowing next to nothing about it or anyone involved with it. I am unfamiliar with writer/director Thomas L. Phillips’ previous work, and so I had absolutely no idea what to expect. This being the case, I kept my research to an absolute minimum so as [...]

Director Satoru Ogura presented the film, if you even wish to call this a film, as a snuff film and left the decision as to its validity, to the viewer. The addition of a narrator to the events only disrupts the flow of this grim torture fest. Following a police investigation in the early 1990s [...]

If you read the name Scott Stewart in the opening sequence of a film you shouldn’t watch it. I haven’t seen Legion, but I don’t think anyone has ever said anything good about the film. I tried to watch his film Priest, but I had to turn it off after 10 minutes. This guy is [...]

Though their debut, Dead Hooker In A Trunk, left a lot to be desired, the Soska sisters’ follow-up, American Mary, garnered serious buzz on the festival circuit, and its bad ass trailer left me almost weeping with joy. American Mary is a significant improvement on its predecessor. In fact, if this were their debut, the sisters would be [...]

So while browsing through what can only be described as a mountain of shit DVD’s in a video game shop in Harlesden recently I came across two films, one being Stagefright (1987). A film I had been gladly informed was an excellent 80’s giallo-esque slasher, the other a curious find; Killers Moon (1978) on the [...]

‘Humans are such easy prey.’ Stuart Gordon gained cult status in 1985 with Re-Animator, a film based on a classic H.P. Lovecraft short Herbert West. Finding a successful formula he stuck with Lovecraft for several of his film ideas throughout his career. One of these was From Beyond, a tale about science unleashing horrific creatures [...]

Three years ago (almost to the day!), I was surprised by a little modern slasher called The Collector. I had expected another Saw-inflected torture flick with little to offer. What I actually got was a fun, Home Alone-with-horror flick with some great tent-pole moments and interesting murder gizmos. In that review, I was aware of [...]

The Lords of Salem is a bit of a mess. Containing a solid central idea that could’ve made for a fascinating, terrifying film, writer / director Rob Zombie delivers a one-note journey into a witchery apocalypse with no sense of direction. There are some brilliant elements, images and ideas here, but it’s an undisciplined mess [...]

It was with much trepidation that I entered this retread of The Evil Dead, a film so close to my heart that I have the protagonist’s face and chainsaw permanently etched into my left arm. The Evil Dead was one of the properties primed for remaking as soon as the trend took hold. Fans eased [...]

The tone of 6 Plots is really set in stone from the very beginning, with it’s opening line consisting of a question that will come back to haunt the viewer time and time again. Just what is the collective noun for a group of bitches? All kidding aside, this movie was my third journey into [...]

I’ve always been of the opinion that Evil Dead II is the best of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy, so when I was given the chance to review it in Stunning High Definition™ on blu-ray, I jumped at the chance. The Film A sequel to 1981’s Evil Dead, Evil Dead II (known in some circles [...]

Debuts are difficult. Especially ones written, directed, edited and cinematographized by one person. One presumably impassioned, proactive and film-loving person. Debuts are difficult… especially when they turn out to be a little bit rubbish. I Didn’t Come Here to Die is the feature debut of Bradley Scott Sullivan and although it has merit it is [...]

Regular Gorepress readers may have noticed my propensity for simple, ghosty horror movies, and 1408, an adaptation of a Stephen King short story, is no exception. It follows Mike Enslin (John Cusack), a jaded author who has built a living on documenting alleged haunted buildings with little success. Increasingly cynical and pessimistic, when he receives [...]

I’ve been led to believe that Silent Hill is the most frightening of gaming franchises. Having not played them, I can only imagine. My exposure to puzzle-based survival horror stopped at the first Resident Evil game when I realised that I had a hard time finding a connection with these characters due to their limited [...]

I think it’s important to first of all state that, as my bio describes, I have a massive thing for all thing monster related. So when I heard about Thale, a Norwegian monster movie centred around the mythical Scandinavian creature the ‘Huldra’, I was filled with mixed emotions. I was excited that something I had [...]

“It’s a full moon. I don’t know, maybe it’s like when you need to take a piss or something, I don’t know. When you gotta go, you gotta fucking go.” “Yeah, well maybe it’s more like needing a shite. Just cos you need one doesn’t mean you drop your kegs and pinch one off.” In [...]

Before Barry Levinson there was only one Bay I disliked and his name was Michael. Now I can add Levinson’s eco-horror The Bay to my massive list of Bay’s that I don’t really like… In 2009 the small town of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland was befallen with a horrible tragedy that killed hundreds of people. The [...]