Slither
April 29th, 2006 | by Richard Strachan
Slither owes enormous debts to most of the pioneering horror directors and films of the last 40 years, including Cronenberg’s
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A writer and reviewer, currently living in Edinburgh.
Author Archives: Richard Strachan
The Dark
April 7th, 2006 | by Richard Strachan
Notable for perhaps being the only film to explore the potential of the humble sheep as a horrific motif, director
V For Vendetta
March 18th, 2006 | by Richard Strachan
In a dystopian near-future Britain, an American war that has spiralled out of control has led to increased terrorist attacks,
Four Brothers
January 1st, 2006 | by Richard Strachan
When their foster-mother is killed in a grocery store robbery gone wrong, four brothers return to their tough Detroit neighbourhood
Into the Blue
January 1st, 2006 | by Richard Strachan
In this glossy and guiltily entertaining film, Paul Walker plays Jared, an impossibly toned amateur salvage operator in the Bahamas
Serenity
October 7th, 2005 | by Richard Strachan
After the cancellation of his series ‘Firefly’, writer-director Joss Whedon suffered further proof that a mass audience has no interest
Alone in the Dark
May 24th, 2005 | by Richard Strachan
It’s both comic and cruel that in the absolutist world of Internet geekdom, German director Uwe Boll is known to
Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
April 24th, 2005 | by Richard Strachan
Based on the popular novel by Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko, ‘Night Watch’ is an extremely bold fantasy horror that sometimes
Primer
February 8th, 2005 | by Richard Strachan
Even if this film wasn’t incredibly inventive and astutely made, Shane Carruth would deserve considerable critical plaudits for making it
Waiting…
January 1st, 2005 | by Richard Strachan
One of the many reasons I hate eating in restaurants is a sense of fastidious distaste at the thought of
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