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  • Cold Fish (2010)
    Review preview for Cold Fish

    At times the tone gets hysterical and there are moments of utter ridiculousness, but there are smart layers of black satire underlying the proceedings and any extreme material ends up helping emphasise the journey into murderous insanity the film takes us

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    An innocent tropical fish salesman gets caught up in a series of murders in this violent and extremely gory thriller.
  • Prisoners Of The Ghostland (2020)
    Review preview for Prisoners Of The Ghostland

    Despite the whole thing being incredibly messy, it's eye-gogglingly enjoyable at the same time.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A notorious criminal is sent to rescue an abducted woman who has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe. They must break the evil curse that binds them and escape the mysterious revenants that rule the Ghostland, an East-meets-West vortex of beauty and violence.
  • Tag (2015)
    Review preview for Tag

    An adrenaline-fuelled adventure wrapped around an equally fierce political core.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she herself becomes less and less certain of who she is and what kind of a world she lives in.
  • Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
    Review preview for Tokyo Vampire Hotel

    They're not just undead, they're gloriously larger than life.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    As the end of the world approaches, two vampire clans fight it out over a human girl with special blood.

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