Glasgow Film Festival: ‘Border’ (‘Gräns’)
❉ A singular piece of cinema from John Ajvide Lindqvist, the writer of Let The Right One In.
Articles by Iain MacLeod
Glasgow FrightFest: ‘Freaks’ reviewed
❉ The legendary Bruce Dern keeps the audience on edge and newcomer Lexy Kolker gives a fantastic performance.
‘The Hole in the Ground’
❉ ‘The Hole In The Ground’ is a startlingly assured first film that marks Cronin as a name to watch.
‘Crucible Of The Vampire’ reviewed
❉ This tale of vampiric sapphic shenanigans in the country is a throwback to the heyday of Hammer and Euro-horror!
Dario Argento’s ‘Opera’
❉ Cult Films’ 2K Blu-ray release shows the black-gloved killer’s sadistic murders in all their gory glory.
‘The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot’
❉ Sam Elliott has never been better than here, delivering a brilliant, Old Testament performance.
2018 – A Year in Cult Film
❉ Iain MacLeod presents the best genre films released this year and other highlights.
Blu-Ray: ‘Prince Of Darkness’ (1987)
❉ The middle chapter of Carpenter’s Apocalypse trilogy contains some of his most ambitious ideas as a writer.
Blu-Ray: ‘Escape From New York’ (1981)
❉ Carpenter’s vision, presented in a beautiful 4K remaster, still impresses with its sense of time, place and attitude.
Blu-Ray: ‘The Changeling’ (1980)
❉ Peter Medak’s ghost story arrives on a nicely presented Blu-ray with a generous amount of extras. Does it still hold up over three decades later?