Pigeon Shrine Frightfest Glasgow – Film Review – The Well (2023)
The crimson carrion of retro Italian horror is resurrected in this streamlined shocker The Well, that lingers lovingly on sadistic...
Film Festivals
Pigeon Shrine Frightfest Glasgow Review – Wake Up (2023)
This energetic satirical slasher Wake Up from the talented RKSS collective wrings occasional moments of sadistic brilliance from its tired ...
Pigeon Shrine Frightfest Glasgow Review – The Deep Dark (2023)
Accomplished world-building and visceral effects shine in this ambitious subterranean monster flick The Deep Dark set in 1956. Moroccan Amir...
Pigeon Shrine Halloween Frightfest Film Review – Maria (2023)
Maria is a wild sexy killer robot flick from Argentina shares extremely unlikely connections with the 1927 classic Metropolis. Maria...
Pigeon Shrine Halloween Frightfest Film Review – Superposition (2023)
Superposition is a existential doppelganger drama from Denmark that rubs salty narcissism into the septic wounds of broken trust. Creative...
Pigeon Shrine Halloween Frightfest Film Review – The Waterhouse (2023)
The Waterhouse is frustratingly clumsy chamber piece that attempts to infuse the heist gone wrong blueprint with Greek mythology...
Grimmfest 2023 – Film Review – 8 Found Dead (2023)
8 Found Dead is a dirty intergenerational war of nerves that uses timeline gymnastics and abrasive humour to deconstruct the...
Grimmfest 2023 – Film Review – AUXILIO – The Power of Sin (2023)
Auxilio - The Power of Sin is a hallucinatory Nunsploitation movie from Argentina that harnesses the hypocrisy and misogynistic cruelty...
Grimmfest 2023 – Film Review – The Coffee Table (2022)
The Coffee Table is a staggeringly cruel comedy from Spain traumatises the viewer by entrusting them with a heart-breaking secret...
Grimmfest 2023 – Film Review – Keratyna (2023)
Keratyna is frequently hilarious and surprisingly subtle, this superbly acted horror satire from Spain explores the connection between incels and...
Film Review – Fremont (2023)
Danya, the main face of ‘Fremont’, is a humble, yet assertive Afghan young lady who works for a fortune cookie...
PIGEON SHRINE FRIGHTFEST 2023 – Film Review – Pandemonium (2023)
In Pandemonium, hell knows no forgiveness in this morbidly Miltonic deconstruction of mankind's predisposition for sin and its fallout in...
Fantasia Fest 2023– Film Review – Devils (2023)
Devils is a spiteful snuff movie serial killer thriller from South Korea, of course, featuring superb dual lead performances and...
Fantasia International Film Festival 2023 – Film Review – Mami Wata (2023)
A small West African community becomes emersed in a power struggle between entrenched folklore and social progression in Mami Wata....