Category Archives: Reviews

Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989) Review

With fans having waited five years for a Sleepaway Camp sequel, director Michael A. Simpson rewarded them by delivering two!

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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) Review

Jason Takes Manhattan is perhaps the most hated of all Friday the 13th films, particularly amongst the die hard fans. Its promise of Mr. Voorhees marching around the Big Apple, hacking his way through yuppies and tourists, failed to deliver

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SOV Summer: Las Vegas Bloodbath (1989)

Las Vegas Bloodbath was one of my first introductions into the bizarre world of shot on video mayhem. I am from Sin City and this movie was floating around my fair weather town back in the early 90s, thanks to … Continue reading

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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) Review

Whilst the Friday the 13th franchise has never been a favourite amongst critics, over the years the fanbase had remained loyal. But New Line‘s first foray into the series, 1993’s Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, had been the … Continue reading

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Dario Argento’s Giallo (2009) EXCLUSIVE REVIEW!

As detractors often like to comment, Dario Argento’s glory days are long behind him. Once the most respected filmmaker in his native Italy, the likes of Deep Red and Suspiria would later give way to such ill-advised efforts as The … Continue reading

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SMALL SCREEN SLASHERS – Freddy’s Nightmares (1988-1990)

The A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises had always been in competition, so it came as no surprise that when the latter created its own TV spin-off that the other would soon follow

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) Review

After the disappointing box office returns of Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning, in which Paramount had attempted to resurrect a franchise which they had so spectacularly laid to rest the previous year, producers were desperate to return … Continue reading

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Hardware – Special Edition DVD (Review)

Today marks the region 2 release of Optimum‘s ‘special edition’ of Richard Stanley’s cult classic Hardware

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 4: The Dream Master (1988) Review

With A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: The Dream Warriors making an astonishing $44m at the box office, there was little doubt that a third sequel would soon follow

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Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) Review

The only problem when a movie delivers a shock ending right out of left field is how exactly do you follow that on?

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