The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007)
Jun 25, 2009Reality Bender
Extremely confusing film in which Mike Vogel keeps waking up in different lives where he is pursued by creatures. Sort of like Dark City reconceived as a horror film.
Christina Cole
Lost in Austen (2008)
Dec 31, 2008Modern Woman Trapped Inside Pride and Prejudice
A great tv mini-series where modern girl Jemima Rooper is transported back into Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice but disrupts the story with her modern ways
Surviving Evil (2009)
Jan 6, 2012Filipino Vampire Monsters
South African-shot film that pretends to be set in The Philippines. Utterly generic on every level, the film seems to be about Filipino vampire monsters but everything is vaguely sketched
Doghouse (2009)
Nov 25, 2014Lads vs Zombie Women
A film about a bunch of boorish lads gleefully eliminating zombie women. A comedy this may well be but doesn't disguise the fact the film's sympathies are clearly with the guys making crude innuendos and feeling downtrodden by women
Morlocks (2011)
Mar 5, 2012Mutant Monsters/Time Portal
Not as you might assume an adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine but another cheap and tatty Syfy Channel production that grafts Wells' Morlocks onto the formula for their typical monster movie
Rosemary’s Baby (2014)
May 24, 2014Satanic Impregnation
Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby was a classic film that popularised the modern interest in occult and deviltry on film; this sad remake is something that only parrots the cliches that have set in in the ensuing 46 years and clumsily mishandles all of Polanski's comically edgy paranoia
SS-GB (2017)
Jan 14, 2018Alternate History/England Under Nazi Rule
The alternate history has never fared well on film but this British mini-series is an excellent variant on the Nazis Win World War II scenario. As opposed to the similar but tedious The Man in the High Castle series, this is marvellously understated and written with superb tension