REVIEWS
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THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
She’s back! Second Sight release the found footage classic that is The Blair Witch Project in a lavish, remastered special edition that presents the film in the way it was always intended to be seen.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: SEASON 1 AND 2
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE finds a new life on television and richly captures the brilliance of Anne Rice’s world by further exploring and delving into its many nuances.
THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY
The never-ending franchise lurches along with yet another spin-off, this time following redeemed villain Negan and sworn enemy Maggie as they venture into a New York overrun with the undead.
THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon spin-off follows Daryl's journey to France, where he reluctantly helps a group of nuns deliver a boy believed to be the new Messiah, featuring stunning French locations, dark yet humorous moments, and standout performances, particularly from Norman Reedus, with bonus content including cast diaries and a behind-the-scenes documentary discussing the challenges of filming and the ambitious use of French vistas.
THE BORDERLANDS
Released quietly in a thimbleful of cinema screens ten years ago, Elliot Goldner’s first, and so far, only, film was quickly released on a bare bones DVD, seemingly destined for an afterlife of quiet obscurity. However, a handful of decent reviews, including one from Mark Kermode who in his review claimed he nearly had to leave the screening room towards the end through fear, have helped the film garner a small cult following that have amassed around its haunting story. Fair play to then to Second Sight Films who have released the film in a new substantial package, finally giving the film its proper due.
V/H/S/85
The V/H/S franchise continues to transport us to random years within the video tape era, and having made a couple of stops in the ‘90s it is time for the 1980s to have a go. 1985 was right in the middle of the video tape explosion, with rental shops becoming palaces to those looking for more than just whatever the mainstream TV channels could throw at them, so this could potentially be the best V/H/S yet, right?
INSIDE
Second Sight carry on their sterling work in bringing key works of the small movement of what came to be known as “New Extremity.” This debut film from directors Maury and Bustillo has lost absolutely none of its disturbing or relentless edge in the time since its original release in 2007. The premise of a pregnant woman grieving for her husband only to come under severe threat from a mysterious woman takes absolutely no prisoners, sadistically playing on the audience's sensitivity with several cinematic sacred cows.
HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM
Located in New Scotland Yard, the Black Museum is an all-encompassing archive of criminal memorabilia that has been collected over the years by the police; a ghoulish collection of various pieces of evidence including murder weapons that have in many ways left their mark on British society. Culturally it has a small number of fictional counterparts, a 2017 episode of Black Mirror and a far future equivalent located in Mega City One that features regularly in the Judge Dredd Megazine. One of the earliest examples however, and perhaps the one that cemented its place in pop culture is this 1959 British horror, nicely remastered and presented here on Blu-ray from Studio Canal.