TSUNAMBEE (a.k.a. Waspnado) * USA 2015 Dir: Thomas Martwick, Milko Davis. 82 mins The gimmicky title implies a SHARKNADO-style camp fest, but the grim reality is a talky, embarrassingly self-serious misfire that opens with a quote from the Book of Revelations alongside portentous sub-GLADIATOR music. Thereafter, we witness the discovery…
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DEAD LIST *** USA 2018 Dir: Holden Andrews, Ivan Asen, Victor Mathieu 80 mins A cleverly written horror anthology built around the engaging framing device of a wannabe young actor – competing for a role in a Scorcese picture – using the dark magic of an ancient book to wipe…
THE JURASSIC GAMES *** USA 2018 Dir: Ryan Bellgardt 86 mins Set in the near future, fuelled by the popularity of reality TV and game shows, THE JURASSIC GAMES pits ten death row inmates against each other in a life or death VR gameshow. It requires them to complete four…
2047 – VIRTUAL REALITY (a.k.a. Virtual Revolution) **** U.S.A. 2016 Dir: Guy-Roger Duvert 92 mins This action packed Blade Runner inspired Sci Fi indie jewel is set in Paris in the year 2047. The majority of the world’s population are languishing inside their homes addicted to vast virtual reality games called…
CARNIVORE: WEREWOLF OF LONDON *** UK 2017 Dir: Simon Wells 82 mins Despite the subtitle, this engagingly stripped-down flick only fleetingly features our nation’s capital: an aerial shot of Piccadilly Circus and a coda at a city nightclub are about as far as it goes. In a bid to save…