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...
View ArticleREVIEW – 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...
View ArticleREVIEW – 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...
View ArticleREVIEW – 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...
View ArticleREVIEW – 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...
View ArticleREVIEW – 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...
View ArticleREVIEW – 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...
View ArticleREVIEW – 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...
View ArticleREVIEW – 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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