REVIEW – Heathen (2009)
THE ZONE has my review of Ross Shepherd’s no-budget psychological thriller Heathen. It’s a very nicely directed little British film with an interestingly against-the-grain central performance but it is...
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REVIEW – Basket Case (1982)
THE ZONE have my review of Frank Henenlotter’s low-budget cult Horror movie Basket Case. Basket Case is an odd little film whose eccentricities are clearly the product of an era when directors and...
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REVIEW – Wasted on the Young (2010)
THE ZONE has my review of an interesting Australian film by first-time director Ben C. Lucas. Wasted on the Young is stylishly shot high school mystery in very much the same tradition as Rian Johnson’s...
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REVIEW – Crows Zero (2007)
In a recent review over at FilmJuice, I moaned about the tendency of Western distributors to only pick up the films that chimed with Takashi Miike’s reputation for producing horrifically violent...
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REVIEW – Manhunter (1986)
THE ZONE has my review of Michael Mann’s recently re-issued psychological thriller Manhunter. To put it simply, I adore this film. I adore the moody electronic score, I adore Dante Spinotti’s...
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REVIEW – Secret Behind The Door (1947)
THE ZONE have my review of Fritz Lang’s classic psychological thriller Secret Behind the Door starring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave. Based upon Charles Perrault’s fable Bluebeard, Secret Behind...
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REVIEW – Don’t Look Now (1973)
I recently noticed a pattern in my choice of films to write about. I tend to really enjoy the films I write about but the films I truly love tend to go unprocessed and un-deconstructed. I did not...
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REVIEW – Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
THE ZONE have my review of Ruggero Deodato’s hugely influential found footage horror film Cannibal Holocaust. Watching the film for the first time since my teens, I was struck both by how poorly it...
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REVIEW – Blackout / All Clear (2010) By Connie Willis
THE ZONE has my joint review of Willis’s Blackout and All Clear. As you may gather, I hated both books (though I think that All Clear is a better book, if only because it contains a bit more actual...
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REVIEW – We Are What We Are (2010)
THE ZONE have my review of Jorge Michel Grau’s recent art house cannibal film We Are What We Are (a.k.a. Somos Lo Que Hay). Though undeniably atmospheric and full of potential, the film never quite...
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REVIEW – Moxyland (2008) By Lauren Beukes
The Zone have my review of Lauren Beukes’ first novel Moxyland, a neat little slice of South African post-cyberpunk that I enjoyed quite a bit. The novel’s tone and its underlying attitude to the...
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