Category Archives: Thriller
Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway (2019) – mini-review
Mind-melting, uncategorisable weirdness that started promisingly but ended up getting on my nerves by about halfway through. 5 Skelpometer points for being highly inventive. Available on Amazon Video (free with Arrow Video Channel)
Snowpiercer (2013) – mini-review
Ignore the plot-holes, enjoy the set-pieces. 7 on the Skelpometer. Snowpiercer is available on Prime Video
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
Bacurau (2019) – review
This beguiling, baffling, brilliant film is set in the very near future in the town of the title, which we learn is in southern Brazil. The first scene involves one of the main characters Teresa (Bárbara Colen) travelling as a … 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
Good Time (2017) mini-review
Super-tense and great performances. Solid 8 S-points Facebook mini-review first posted 26th January 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