The Day of the Beast (1995)
Dec 6, 2002Biblical End Times Prophecies Comedy
The second film from Spain's Alex de la Iglesia, a comedy poking fun at Biblical End Times prophecies. Quite a promising idea that eventually dissolves into a caper comedy
Santiago Segura
Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
Apr 3, 2010Re-Animator Sequel
The second sequel to the cult splatter hit Re-Animator is a superior effort to its predecessor, getting the original's sense of black humour down pat and arriving at a memorably apocalyptic climax
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
Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)
Mar 7, 2009Comic-Book Character
The third of the live-action Asterix films starring Gerard Depardieu as Obelix. This faithfully replicates the look and visuals of the original comic-books as the two head off to the Olympics
Witching and Bitching (2013)
Sep 12, 2014Town of Witches Comedy
Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia makes what is essentially a comedy version of From Dusk Till Dawn albeit with witches instead of vampires. This has one of the funniest openings I've seen in some time but thereafter dissipates into broadly farcical and overlong runnings around
47 Meters Down (2017)
Jun 12, 2017Trapped on the Ocean Floor in a Shark Cage
This has an incredibly claustrophobic premise – two girls trapped on the ocean floor in a cage surrounded by sharks as their air supplies run out – that leaves the hairs rising on the back of your neck