Agent Cody 2 Banks: Destination London (2004)
May 12, 2004Teenage Spy Comedy
A sequel to the teen spy comedy. This moves the action to England but amplifies everything else into inanely loud and noisy slapstick action
Paul Kaye
WΔZ (2007)
Nov 11, 2014Serial Killer Thriller
Serial killer thriller that eventually emerges as I Spit on Your Grave reimagined as a police procedural. Much effort is made to portray a grim urban environment but little to engage as a thriller, although Selma Blair owns the show as the avenged woman in the latter third
Malice in Wonderland (2009)
Apr 11, 2022Modernised Alice in Wonderland
A modernised retelling of Alice in Wonderland in which Alice takes a colourfully surreal trip through an urban landscape and criminal underworld
Dracula Untold (2014)
Oct 25, 2014Dracula Origin Story
Dracula gets an origin story for Universal's Famous Monsters shared universe. Vlad the Impaler, one of the great tyrants of history, gets rewritten as an honourable warrior and decent family man
Fungus the Bogeyman (2015)
Mar 13, 2017Secret World of Filth-Loving Bogeys
Second tv version of the Raymond Briggs book about a secret society of bogeys who love all that is filthy and disgusting, This cheats when it comes to the bogeys but goes all out on the disgustingness of their lifestyle
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)
Aug 2, 2015Rivalry Between Magicians
This BBC adaptation of Susanna Clarke's book about rival 19th century magicians kicks J.K. Rowling completely out of the ring. A beautifully staged costume drama, written with a superb Austen-esque dryness of wit
The Ghoul (2016)
Sep 17, 2017Reality Bender
Ben Wheatley produced film that soon becomes a first order mindfuck. An detective undercover in therapy could just be a mentally ill man with delusions of being a detective or just as equally be having his reality manipulated
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Jun 24, 2019Zombie Musical
This claims to be the first zombie musical. Surprisingly enough, it isn't. A cute idea but you have the sense the only musical the filmmakers had seen beforehand was High School Musical
The Third Day (2020)
Nov 22, 2020Folk Horror
A UK TV mini-series that borrow much from The Wicker Man in a complex and fascinating story about the discovery of folk religion on a small island and becoming caught up in pending rituals
The Watch (2020)
Sep 3, 2021Terry Pratchett Adaptation
Mini-series based on the works of Terry Pratchett that feels as though it is made, designed and cast by people who haven’t even read the books
The House (2022)
Mar 15, 2024Stop-Motion Animation Anthology
An anthology of stop-motion animated shorts set around the same house. Each episode is quite different but all three stories strike an admirably dark and absurdist tone and are beautifully made
The Offering (2022)
Dec 17, 2023Sinister Happenings at a Jewish Funeral Home
Undeniably reminiscent of the standout The Vigil, a horror film set around an Orthodox Jewish funeral home that creates great uncanny mood