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Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS7vaD1DFdu/?igsh=ZHU0bmw2cDR6MWJl James Cameron's science fiction trilogy; 'Avatar' , may be the most profitable franchise of all-time at the box office, but, in my opinion, it may also be the most overly-hyped, style over substance franchise ever. I was hoping that this third film would finally impress me with more than just its audiovisual prowess, but I went into the cinema with expectations at a suitably middling level. I had w

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS4_47ijaN2/?igsh=MTEzczAzaDY4MTE5 Directed by Rob Schmidt, this 2003 slasher was one of many action horror films that popped up in the noughties. I wouldn't necessarily have been too bothered to watch it, but I'd seen the film's name, or posters of it, popping up on people's horror lists, which made me curious about its quality. The film has fairly mediocre scores on most review sites, which wasn't exactly encouraging, but I was te

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2aZykDaG2/?igsh=YXIycm55NmloMnNr Directed by Josh Safdie, this A24 produced sports biopic sounded like it would be just another overly serious, like-for-like piece of Oscar-bait that inevitably come and go every year, swiftly forgotten after the awards season is over, but this one that looked like it might have the potential to be a little more fun than the vast majority of the other biopics churned out each year. I loved the gra

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS0IM1LDb1r/?igsh=MWtyenF3YXp3dmVlMg== I like a slasher, even the cheesy ones, but I must confess, I was not all that keen on watching this Eighties Christmas horror film, directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. - it seemed like it would be just another of the inevitably bad Christmas horrors that get churned out every year. My only real motivation for watching this film was because I saw the trailer for the remake, and it caught my eye.

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSxXSvODXWG/?igsh=NDgwY3FreXJ6aGti The combination of Christmas and horror is one that many filmmakers have tried to pull off, but very few actually have - some of them are fun, but most of them are pretty dumb. Unfortunately, this was the vibe I got from this Paul Tanter directed Christmas horror. Normally, I would not have given this film a second's thought, but someone asked me to check it out, so I thought I may as well see if I

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSuxE8LDfqB/?igsh=MWozMm4xYWZpMmpuNg== Every year, I try to watch a few Christmas films, despite not usually being the biggest fan of the genre, and this year, I started my Christmas film viewings with this Michael Dougherty directed seasonal horror comedy. My main motivation for this was because I thought the prospect of a Christmas horror sounded like fun. With that said, reviews are very average for the film, so I decided not to

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSsPfKzjdxg/?igsh=Y2E0bHVxOGZ5cGQy Last year, I watched the first two films in the cult horror franchise; 'Terrifier', and whilst they weren't entirely for me, I could still see why others had loved them so much. This third one, once more directed by Damien Leone, had been given the franchise's highest budget yet, which took a comparatively huge jump up to two million dollars, from the mere two-hundred-and-fifty thousand dollars tha

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSm9rd1jRmo/?igsh=MW9hYjNscnEwZTlzYQ== Paul Thomas Anderson has one of the most highly acclaimed filmographies of all-time, with this 1999 film being one of his most beloved. My experience with the filmmaker had, to this point, been limited to 'Licorice Pizza' ; a film I did not like, and found very problematic, and 'There Will Be Blood' ; a film that blew me away. I was far more hopeful about this film, however, because it seems to

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSkeyAiDQje/?igsh=MW5nMzBteXZlYXhjdg== Also known as 'Le Sommet Des Dieux' , this French Netflix original animated adventure, directed by Patrick Imbert, and based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Jiro Taniguchi, has been sat on my watchlist, tempting me, for quite some time now. It has had an extremely good critical reception since it debuted at the iconic Cannes Film Festival, and is one of a number of highly acclaimed m

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DShzsptDSW5/?igsh=MW42M2hlb3ZjbGR4Nw== For some time now, I have wanted to watch this 1997 mystery horror, directed by Satoshi Kon, who also directed both the hugely acclaimed anime films; 'Paprika' and 'Tokyo Godfathers' . This too is considered by many to be a masterful piece of anime, and one that is a must watch for fans of adult animated cinema. I was able to watch this at one of my local cinemas, which was great, considering

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSfHHXwjU4_/?igsh=MXJ1azBmbDB5Z3cweg== When I watched this film's blockbuster predecessor, I had a lot more fun than I thought I would - it was very much a 'so bad it's good' kind of film. I was fully prepared for this Ben Wheatley directed sequel to be a truly terrible film as well, but I thought similarly that it'd be terrible in the highly amusing way that the first one was, or at least, that was the hope. There was, as expecte

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSXmwDgDcwb/?igsh=d2kyN3Q2cWM1eXB0 The fifth film in the popular horror franchise known as; 'Saw' , saw David Hackl take the director's chair for the first time, with this sequel coming out just a year after its predecessor - a trend for the first seven films in the franchise. By this point in its run, the franchise had more than solidified itself as the king of the extreme horror genre, and was known for its creative traps and shoc

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSU7SVKjXCi/?igsh=MWx1Z2UwN3lhandnZQ== This Norwegian dark comedy meets body horror film was written and directed by, and was the debut feature film of, Emilie Kristine Blichfeldt. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival , and has quietly received a fair degree of acclaim from indie film lovers. The film was supposed to be a more unique take on the 'Cinderella' story, which intrigued me greatly, as did the apparent body horror asp

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSSdVrNDW1G/?igsh=MXFmcWp5dnhnamVvdw== Once, when I was about fifteen, I watched the first twenty-or-so minutes of this David Slade directed vampire horror film, before my friends switched it off, and ever since then, I have wanted to watch the rest of it, if at least just to know what happens. The film has a fairly respectable Letterboxd rating, which is nothing to be sniffed at, so I had moderate hopes that I would enjoy myself wi

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSP5OCNDWnA/?igsh=MWJ2YzUzMXA4Mmp2ZA== It seemed like it was only a matter of time before Kathryn Bigelow would direct another American war film, so when this Netflix original thriller dropped on Netflix it did not surprise me one bit. She is certainly no stranger to them, having famously directed the Oscar-winning 'Zero Dark Thirty' and 'The Hurt Locker' . I have very mixed feelings about military films, including the two Bigelow

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSNT76LjYV_/?igsh=MXQ0YjZvd3N5eWIzNg== When it comes to creature features, the horror subgenre has its fair share of good, bad, and ugly. I have never been afraid to try out a random or seemingly average horror, and this Luis Llosa directed film was very much on the cards. It is, of course, a bit of a cult hit, and one that has spawned multiple sequels, albeit none that are at all well-rated. This film may not be critically acclaime