Category Archives: Comedy
After Midnight (2019) – mini-review
This is an odd little film which is both brilliant and frustrating in equal measure. It is an indie cross between drama / horror / comedy / romance that for me doesn’t quite hit the mark although there were scenes … Continue reading
Scare Package (2019) review
Scare Package, available to stream on Shudder, is a multi-director horror-comedy anthology which sets out to subvert nearly all of the recognisable cliches in a meta(meta) way. Whilst there are some sequences and gags that hit the mark the jokes … Continue reading
Days Of The Bagnold Summer (2019) – mini-review
I loved this whimsical comedy about a teenage metalhead and his mum forced to spend a summer together. Both the leads play their parts well, and the supporting cast includes Rob Brydon, Tamsin Greig and Alice Lowe. That alone is … Continue reading
Girls With Balls (2018) – mini-review
Another piece of nonsense that I enjoyed watching. This French comedy-horror isn’t anything groundbreaking, and there appears to have been a bit of the story left on the cutting room floor but it hits the right spots – there are … Continue reading
The Bar (2017) – mini-review
This Spanish dark comedy is a highly enjoyable and prescient look at what happens when a bunch of strangers are locked-down in a confined area. Let’s just say that the best of humanity isn’t to the fore! 8 S-Points. The … Continue reading
Save The Green Planet (2003) – mini-review
A mental mash-up of genres that keeps you guessing throughout. Whilst there are some great scenes the multiple movie styles never seem to fully gel. Worth seeking out on DVD if you like Asian oddities. 7 on the Skelpometer. IMDB … Continue reading
TerrorVision (1986) review
I found this movie thanks to a great list on Reddit provided by u/TomberryServo entitled ‘Trashy, sleazy, gory and void of any artistic merit.’ I couldn’t ignore that now, could I? TerrorVision lays all its cards on the table right … Continue reading
Why Don’t You Just Die! (2018) review
Why Don’t You Just Die! is the grammatically incorrect but perfectly accurate English title for this 2018 Russian comedy-with-blood. Lots of blood! From the first scene we know what territory we are in, as a young man rings the doorbell … Continue reading
Parasite (2019) mini-review
Believe the hype. I haven’t seen the colour version, but the black and white is a masterpiece. Funny, shocking, beautiful and ugly. 10 Skelpometer points. Facebook min-review first posted 5th March 2020
Videoman (2018) mini-review
One for fans of weird 70s Italo horror and stark realist dramas. So perfect for me then! Loved it. Rated 8 on the Skelpometer. Might be a 9 after I think about it for a while. Facebook mini-review first posted … Continue reading