Aggregated and unique cult cinema reviews: fantasy, horror, sci-fi and thrillers
Rasputin the Mad Monk will be released by Scream Factory on Blu-ray on February 18th 2020. Special features will be announced nearer the release date. In the meantime, here is …
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Bullets of Justice is a 2019 Russian-Argentinian action science-fiction horror feature film set in a post-apocalypse world ruled by ruthless pig-human hybrids. Directed by Valeri Milev (Wrong Turn 6: Last …
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The Sonata is a 2018 horror thriller in which a young violinist unravels her long lost father’s past, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination. Directed by Andrew Desmond …
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Queen of Spades: The Looking Glass is a 2019 Russian supernatural horror feature film directed by Aleksandr Domogarov from a screenplay by Maria Ogneva. The movie stars Angelina Strechina, Daniil …
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Deadly Still – aka Foto na pamyat – is a 2018 Russian supernatural horror feature film directed by Anton Zenkovich (cinematographer on The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead) from a screenplay by Viktor …
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Mermaid: Lake of the Dead – original title: Rusalka: Ozero myortvykh – is a 2018 Russian fantasy horror feature film directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy (The Bride; Queen of Spades: The Dark …
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‘It’ll cost you an arm and a leg…’ Shopping Tour – original title: Shoping-tur – is a 2012 Russian found footage horror film written and directed by Mikhail Brashinskiy. It stars Tatyana …
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‘If you summon her, you may not live to regret it’ Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite is a 2015 Russian supernatural horror film written and directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy (Rusalka: Ozero …
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Diggers – original title: Diggeri – is a 2016 Russian horror feature film directed by Tikhon Kornev (Ghouls) from a screenplay co-written with Aleksey Karaulov, Alexander Karaulov and Evgeniy Kolyadintsev. It stars Roman …
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Vamps – aka Ghouls; Vurdalaki and Вурдалаки – is a 2017 Russian action fantasy horror film directed by Sergei Ginzburg from a screenplay by Aleksey Karaulov, Evgeniy Kolyadintsev, Tikhon Kornev and Aleksei Timm, based on …
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The Bride – original title: Невеста (“Nevesta”) – is a Russian supernatural horror film written and directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevskiy (The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead; Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite). It stars Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Aleksandra …
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Guardians of the Night -original title: Nochnye strazhi aka Ночные стражи– is a 2016 Russian supernatural action horror film directed by Emilis Velyvis from a screenplay by Oleg Malovichko. Plot: Moscow: Pasha, a young delivery …
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Forbidden Empire – also known as Viy (Russian: Вий) and Viy 3D – is a 2012 dark fantasy film directed by Oleg Stepchenko. It is loosely based on the Nikolai Gogol story Viy (previously filmed …
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“That’s not my mother’s voice I hear. I think that Baba Yaga’s near!” Baba Yaga is a recurrent figure in East European folklore, usually as a single entity though sometimes …
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Viy – aka Spirit of Evil, original title: Вий – is a 1967 Russian horror film directed by Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov from a screenplay co-written with Aleksandr Ptushko, based on the Nikolai Gogol …
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Devil’s Pass – aka The Dyatlov Pass Incident – is a 2013 Russian/American/British found footage horror film concerning the mysterious true events surrounding the deaths of nine experienced hikers in the Ural Mountains of …
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