Archive for the ‘Fleur’s Faves’ Category

FLEUR’S RATING: 4 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS Directed by Sean Tretta. Starring Patti Tindall, Davina Joy, Mike Marsh, Lindsay Page, Cordon Clark. Death of a Ghost Hunter – Carter Simms (Tindall) is a professional Ghost Hunter who is filming her investigation of an unassuming dwelling known as the Masterson House, after the family who were found slain in their home in 1982. The [...]

Review: Evil Aliens (2005)

Posted: April 18, 2011 in Fleur's Faves

FLEUR’S RATING: 4 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS Directed by Jake West. Starring Scott Joseph, Tim Daniel Clark, Emily Booth, Jamie Honeybourne. Evil Aliens – This spoofy film is lots of fun; buckets of blood are thrown around in abandon, limbs go flying and there are even a few sex scenes thrown in for good measure. Michelle (Booth) is the host [...]

Review: [•REC] (2008)

Posted: April 14, 2011 in Fleur's Faves

FLEUR’S RATING: NOT ENOUGH BISCUITS SO – FLEUR’S THUMBS-UP AWARD! Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza. Starring Ferran Terraza, Carlos Vicente, Claudia Silva. [•REC] – Local TV reporter Àngela and her cameraman Paco are filming for a documentary show entitled “While You Are Sleeping”, recording from a fire station. We briefly see the fire crews filling their time, eating and playing [...]

Review: Hush (2008)

Posted: April 13, 2011 in Fleur's Faves

FLEUR’S RATING: 4 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS Directed by Mark Tonderai. Starring William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Stuart McQuarrie Hush – More of a thriller perhaps than horror, this magnificent British film is directed at breakneck speed. It’s about a young couple travelling on the motorway. Momentarily distracted, the lad swerves into the path of a white truck, which aggressively overtakes [...]

Review: Maniac (1980)

Posted: April 13, 2011 in Fleur's Faves

FLEUR’S RATING: 4 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS   Directed by William Lustig. Starring Tom Savini, James Brewster, Sharon Mitchell.   Maniac – People seem to miss the point of this film. It’s a classic study of the suffering, mental self-torture and delusions that drive people to become killers. As Frank Zito, a powerhouse performance from the late Joe Spinell is [...]

Review: Bloody Wednesday

Posted: April 13, 2011 in Fleur's Faves

FLEUR’S RATING: 3 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS     Directed by Mark G. Gilhuis. Starring Jeff O’Haco, Linda Dona, Dale E. Turner.   Bloody Wednesday – Firstly, ignore the cover as seen on Amazon. I don’t know where that image has come from but it’s not from this film! Inspired by the actions of the 1984 McDonalds shooter, James Oliver [...]

Review: The Dark Hours (2005)

Posted: April 13, 2011 in Fleur's Faves

FLEUR’S RATING: 4 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS     Directed by Paul Fox. Starring Aidan Devine, Gordon Currie, Trevor Hayes.   The Dark Hours – Kate Greenhouse plays a doctor in a psychiatric institute whose job it is to review the patients’ progress and decide whether they are fit to be released back into society. We see her interview a man [...]

FLEUR’S RATING: 5 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS Directed by Michael Costanza. Starring Stephanie Dees, Johnny Burton, Vera Madeline. I keep recommending this film to anyone who’ll listen. The Collingswood Story – When Rebecca leaves home to attend college, her ex-boyfriend John sets up web cameras for the both of them so they can stay in touch. She is alone in [...]

Review: Exorcismus (2010)

Posted: April 13, 2011 in Fleur's Faves

FLEUR’S RATING: 4 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS     Directed by Manuel Carballo. Starring Stephen Billington, Tommy Bastow, Sophie Vavasseur. Exorcismus – “From the Producers of REC” proclaims the cover blurb. I love REC and REC2, so I knew something different would ensue when I sat down to watch this. I was surprised to see it was set in [...]

FLEUR’S RATING: 5 OUT OF 5 CAT BISCUITS     Directed by Álex de la Iglesia. With Javier Gutiérrez, Leonor Watling, Sancho Gracia, María Asquerino This film is part if the box set Six Films to Keep You Awake which was a TV series produced for Spanish television. A couple with a new baby move [...]