Film review: The Hourglass Sanatorium
Review by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm Synopsis: “Set in the pre-World War II era, a young man named Józef (Jan Nowicki – “Tulips, Spirala”)…
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“Videodrome” 4-disc Blu ray
Review by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm “Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the UK Blu-ray and DVD release of David Cronenberg’s visually audacious and…
“Marketa Lazarova” – A Film by Frantisek Vlácil
By David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm “Voted the best Czech film ever made, “Marketa Lazarová” is a powerful and passionate medieval epic set in the…
Film review – William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge
Review by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm Written, Directed and Narrated by the man himself, “William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge” is an illuminating…
Film review: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (40th Anniversary)
40th Anniversary (2014) Blu ray review By David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” not only changed the face of horror in…
Possession – a film by Andrzej Żuławski
Review by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm Synopsis via Second Sight: “A horror film like no other, “Possession” is an intense, shocking experience that was…
MISERERE: An Autumn Tale by Teresa Frohock (Audio read by Eileen Stevens)
Miserere: An Autumn Tale is Teresa Frohock’s debut novel, published in 2012 amidst a swarm of impressive debuts from Night Shade Books, and a…
Film review: The Sleeping Room
Synopsis via Second Sight: “Orphaned 19 year old Brighton call girl Blue (Leila Mimmack – “Becoming Human”, “Silent Witness”) is sent by her violent…
Film review: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
“The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension Review of Blu ray by David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm Synopsis via Arrow Video: “From the…
The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol)
By David Paul Hellings. @HellingsOnFilm “Juraj Herz’s film The Cremator has been described in many ways – as surrealist-inspired horror, as expressionist fantasy, as…
Review of the Riftworld Chronicles
Webseries review by David Paul Hellings. @HellingsOnFilm A wizard finds himself in modern day Toronto, having clearly arrived in the wrong place and time.…
Story of My Death – A Film by Albert Serra
Film synopsis: “Casanova meets a new servant who will witness his last moments in life. From a Swiss castle with its gallant and libertine…
“Four Flies on Grey Velvet” Looking back at Dario Argento’s ‘Lost Film’
By David Paul Hellings @HellingsOnFilm For decades, the only place most film fans could find a copy of “Four Flies on Grey Velvet” was…
Film Review: Gravity
Gravity (2013) Directed, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Alfonso Cuarón Starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney 90 minutes Gravity is a full-blown, honest-to-goodness, proper…
Man of Steel Film Review
Man of Steel Film Directed by Zack Snyder Released June 2013 by Warner Bros. 142 minutes. 12A rating. I think it would be safe…
