Alix Turner

Having watched the new Castle Freak last night, and determined to write about it tonight, I keep finding myself distracted by looking into the source...

I loved Charlie Steeds’ Death Ranch when it came to Grimmfest last month, so discovering that A Werewolf in England had already hit the high...

Having watched and enjoyed Echo Boomers recently, a crime story with a theme of generational conflict, it was especially interesting to find myself watching another...

Don’t you just love it when you find something old that’s been locked away, and accidentally unleash a demon? That’s essentially the scenario in Porno:...

Whether you have seen it or not, you probably know that The Exorcist is the stuff of legend. Rumour has it that watching it at...

Sometimes, I find my appreciation for a film increases while I’m writing about it, and I adjust the star rating accordingly. Incision was, I’m sorry...

After yesterday’s animated delights, I simply couldn’t resist this forty-minute programme of short films with a common theme of happy endings. As Denise Blackman shares...

Conscious that I’ve not been able to cover much from this festival, I thought I should pick at least one of the four programmes of...

I’ll keep this one short: Fox Hunt Drive, Drew Walkup’s directorial debut, is excellent. The story surprised me, the characters surprised me and the ending...

Song Lang stunned me. I confess I’d not got around to watching it for some time, but then its inclusion in the SHOUT programme (neatly...

I like a good monster movie. Great, I thought, when I was offered the chance to review The Retreat: I like a bit of man-versus-nature,...

What struck me first about Lucky Grandma is that it is a rare film: American, yet nearly all the dialogue is in Mandarin. The titular...

If I start off by saying Lingering (known as Hotel Lake in most countries) is a South Korean horror, this is either going to excite...

I had the wrong expectation of Echo Boomers. The combination of pictures and plot summary led me to expect some blend of Money Heist and...

It’s easy to assume that LGBTQ+ issues, and how people respond to them, are the same everywhere; well, perhaps not assume, but rather not consider...

One of the benefits of being a film-lover in this digital age is how many of the artists and performers we admire are accessible, within...

If you are intrigued by the release of Gemini because of the name Shin’ya Tsukamoto, I should tell you straight away: this film is almost...

Three young witches, Lourdes (Zoey Luna), Frankie (Gideon Adlon), and Tabby (Lovie Simone) welcome the new girl, Lily (Cailee Spaeny) in school to make up...

I’m struggling to know where to begin with Honeydew: this feature debut from director Devereux Milburn is absolutely loopy, and I loved it. Rylie (Malin...

Sin Origen (known as Origin Unknown or Unsourced in some countries) opens with a head cleanly cut off, rolling towards the viewer. Stylized sword fighting...