Review: 📚 The Island is a surprisingly slasher-fuelled thriller that jumps to one too many easy conclusions 📚

A dream holiday. You’d die to be there.

You are offered the getaway of a lifetime on a remote island with a group of strangers. Things have been difficult recently, so you jump at the chance to swim under the summer sun, explore the peaceful woodlands and return to an elegant hotel for a glorious dinner.

As the boat pulls into the harbour, you’re surrounded by crystal-clear water and soon you are alone. Just the peace and quiet you were promised. No phone signal, no internet… no way to call for help. But nothing will go wrong in paradise, right?

As a huge summer storm rolls towards the island, everyone is starting to realise the secrets they’ve been hiding for years seem to have followed them here. And you are no different.

Then one of your group disappears. His body washes up in the picture-postcard harbour, and it’s clearly no accident.

Can you get out alive? Continue reading Review: 📚 The Island is a surprisingly slasher-fuelled thriller that jumps to one too many easy conclusions 📚

Review: 🎮 Directive 8020 is a nifty narrative horror lost in its influences 🎮

Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone.

Hunted by an alien organism capable of mimicking its prey, the crew of the Cassiopeia must outwit their pursuers to make it home alive. As they battle to survive, they are confronted with the hardest choice of all: to save themselves, they must risk the lives of everyone on Earth. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Directive 8020 is a nifty narrative horror lost in its influences 🎮

Review: 📺 Wilderness survives largely thanks to a mesmerising performance from Jenna Coleman 📺

When wife Liv finds out about her husband Will Taylor’s infidelity, the illusion of her happy, loving marriage implodes. The lies stack, emotions boil, and even the best of us can find the wild inside when pushed past the point of rationality. Continue reading Review: 📺 Wilderness survives largely thanks to a mesmerising performance from Jenna Coleman 📺

Review: 🎬 Rebel Moon hasn’t met a sci-fi idea it doesn’t like…and I hate that I enjoyed it anyway 🎬

When an idyllic farming village on the planet of Veldt comes under threat from the Motherworld’s vicious Imperium, a traitor in hiding and a cowardly farmer team up to seek help from a ragtag group of rebels. Continue reading Review: 🎬 Rebel Moon hasn’t met a sci-fi idea it doesn’t like…and I hate that I enjoyed it anyway 🎬