Under the Mountain (2009)
Sep 22, 2013Twins vs Alien Nasties
Big screen version of a classic New Zealand children's story, directed by Jonathan King with an emphasis on gooey creature effects
120dB Films
The Colony (2013)
Apr 11, 2013Grim Survival in a Frozen Future
This creates a fascinatingly different future - a world of grim survivalism amid a new Ice Age in the aftermath of Global Warming. The look of the film is fantastic, only to fritter it on an action focus and Mad Max cliches
The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)
Dec 10, 2017Girl's Boarding School Deviltry
Fascinatingly cryptic debut film from Osgood Perkins. Perkins avoids cliche jumpshocks and proves a master of the slow burn film, focusing on small detail before throwing in something wild and outre
Cell (2016)
Jul 16, 2016Stephen King Adaptation/Cellphone Zombies
Adaptation of the Stephen King novel about zombies created by a cellphone signal. Critically panned but this kicks in with a sensational opening scene and overspills with more fascinating ideas than it has room to deal with
Becoming (2020)
Jun 5, 2020Body-Hopping Entity/Possession Film
The early 2020s saw some strong,d intelligent variations on body-hopping themes. This is one variant filled with a series of wildly disorienting spins that frequently jerk the carpet out as Toby Kebbell becomes possessed by an entity
Assassin (2023)
Aug 11, 2023Bodyhopping Assassins
Another of the low-budget films Bruce Willis made before his retirement, this has a plot about body-hopping assassins that has surprising similarities to Possessor