An author with writer’s block is visited by the ghost of his dead wife Elvira, who is soon making second wife Ruth jealous. I know I usually rail against the “pre-dead wife” trope, but with Noel Coward’s play I’ll allow it. Sadly though, even with the reappearance of the gorgeous, ghostly Elvira (Leslie Mann) this… Blithe Spirit (2020) Read More
TV review: Truth Seekers (Season 1)
A team of part-time paranormal investigators use homemade gizmos to track the supernatural, sharing their adventures online. As their haunted stake outs become more terrifying they begin to uncover an unimaginable, apocalyptic conspiracy. Check out my very spoilery article Truth Seekers: the truth is out there (I mean in here), which covers the characters, episode recaps… TV review: Truth Seekers (Season 1) Read More
Ghosts, gizmos and Armageddon – you’ve got to laugh
“We’d occasionally drive out to an abbey or a church. We found the original Highgate Tube station and it was like we stepped into this unknown world. Nick knocked himself out and I thought he was messing around so I just left him in the wood, he’s never forgiven me.” Simon Pegg on ghost-hunting with Nick… Ghosts, gizmos and Armageddon – you’ve got to laugh Read More
The Isle 3.5 stars
*** Read my interview with Matthew (director/co-writer) and Tori (producer, co-writer and star) Butler-Hart *** I feel something of an affinity with sirens, as I too find that innocent men dash themselves on the nearest available jagged outcrop, their faces contorted in terror, whenever I start singing. The Isle, a supernatural Victorian thriller set on a… The Isle Read More
Secret Of Marrowbone 3 stars
“He’ll never leave us. Not even dead” cries Jane (Mia Goth), about their evil father, a vicious brute who will try to kill anyone, even his children. Their terror is palpable, which makes one wonder why their mother took them to the one place he’d look for them outside of England – her childhood home,… Secret Of Marrowbone Read More
Ghost Stories 4 stars
“Abandon hope, all ye who enter here” is the inscription at the entrance to hell, according to Dante’s Divine Comedy. But while no one actually wants to go to hell – not even me, when it still looks as if that’s where Keanu is headed in Constantine – for many, it’s actually finding out that… Ghost Stories Read More
A Ghost Story – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 4.5 stars
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A Ghost Story 4.5 stars
*** If you’re looking for my review of British horror film Ghost Stories you can read it here *** At the start of A Ghost Story, Casey Affleck is a dead man walking, and not just because we know he is going to die – wraithlike smoke and mist drift across the screen, half-forming into figures. Which rather… A Ghost Story Read More