Reviews

Movie reviews by Shane.

Funny Games

Funny Games (1997) ★★

Overview A nightmare. Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to

Saw

Saw (2004) ★★★

Overview How much blood would you shed to stay alive? Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned

Climax

Climax (2018) ★★★

Overview Birth and death are extraordinary experiences. Life is a fleeting pleasure. When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school,

The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead (1981) ★★★★

Overview The ultimate experience in gruelling terror. In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in

Refuge

Refuge (2023) ★★★

Overview After a mysterious attack from a malevolent demon during his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Sergeant Rick Pedroni returns home a

Lowlifes

Lowlifes (2024) ★★★½

Overview The survival instincts of a road-tripping family are put to the test when they have no other choice but to stay

Immaculate

Immaculate (2024) ★★★½

Overview Not every intervention is divine. An American nun embarks on a new journey when she joins a remote convent in the

The Collector

The Collector (2009) ★★½

Overview He always takes one. Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s

Daniel Isn't Real

Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) ★★½

Overview But he’s coming out to play. Troubled college freshman Luke suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend

The Reflecting Skin (1990) ★★★

Overview Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally. A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become

Blackout

Blackout (2024) ★

Overview Small town artist Charley is a tortured man whose drinking binges blur with his sneaking suspicion that he might be a

The Battery

The Battery (2012) ★★★½

Overview In a land ravaged by the undead, Ben and Mickey must learn to survive…each other. In rural Connecticut, baseball players Ben

Irreversible

Irreversible (2002) ★★★★★

Overview Time Destroys All Things. A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim