Demons Never Die centres around a group of kids who, after a young girl commits suicide, decide to form a suicide pact and take their lives together. However, a masked killer starts killing them in brutal ways, effectively doing the very thing they wanted to do in the first place. As each of the group gets killed, the remaining people try to avoid death while trying to figure … [Read more...]
Review: The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B006E1WORG][/pullquote] The Deep Blue Sea is an adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play of the same name, first performed in 1952. Brought to the screen by Terence Davies (Still Voices, Distant Lives; The House of Mirth), it tells the story of Hester Collyer (Rachel … [Read more...]
Review: The Awakening (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B007EBZX14][/pullquote] Ghost stories have always been a popular narrative genre in literature dating back as far as you care to remember. We as an audience like to be scared and nothing is more terrifying than the unknown, or int he case of ghost stories the question … [Read more...]
Review: Straw Dogs (1971)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001E6Q0VW][/pullquote] Its 1971 and the US is in great turmoil. Domestically, Americans of different races are at war “ The Civil Rights Movement having be on going for over a decade now is heading towards its end. On an international front, The Vietnam War has begun … [Read more...]
Review: The Descent (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B002PIUQ2W][/pullquote] Following the shift in horror films (arguably started by Final Destination) towards all out gore and obvious set ups, The Descent, released in 2005, bucked the new trend and relied on implicit horror as much as explicit horror to terrify … [Read more...]
Review: A Lonely Place to Die (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005LGPRYW][/pullquote] Drawing its influences from classic British thrillers like The Wicker Man, Get Carter and Don't Look Now, A Lonely Place to Die is a bleak and unusual film. Starting out with the simple premise of the dangers of rock-climbing, it quickly … [Read more...]
Review: Killing Bono (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B0084NZEWY][/pullquote] Based on Neil McCormack's Memoirs Killing Bono: I was a Bono Doppleganger, the 2011 film Killing Bono, highlights the failures of a band who once gigged with, and were friends to the now world famous U2, especially lead singer Bono. Not a … [Read more...]
Review: Quatermass II (1957)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00I8DV76C][/pullquote] Fond memories of Hammer Horror generally involve the ever-old Peter Cushing desperately tilting against every Christopher Lee shaped windmill to spring from the pages of supernatural literature. Indeed, their characterisations of Van Helsing … [Read more...]
Review: The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B001O6R2T6][/pullquote] When The Inbetweeners was launched on E4 in 2008, it became something of a cult hit. Viewing figures were so strong for a non-terrestrial channel that it was immediately commissioned for a second series and bumped up to Channel 4's main … [Read more...]
Review: Millions (2004)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B004VLKXG0][/pullquote] By 2004, Danny Boyle was a director with a hit-and-miss record. From the adrenaline-filled Trainspotting at the highest end, to the confusing mess of The Beach at the other. Following on from 28 Days Later... he released a film that is almost … [Read more...]