Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

@weaklemondrink

Borders-born Edinburgh based worker/ writer/ runner/ sleeper. A good book, a good film, or a good show and I'm a very happy chap.

Reviews: 878

Other Articles: 273

Vicious Fun

Living up to its title, this smart comedy slasher is among the best of the recent ’80s throwbacks

PTU

Long dark night of the soul for one hapless cop in a moral morass

Encounter of the Spooky Kind

Inventive horror comedy hybrid let down by some unsavoury elements

The Superdeep

Cold War body horror is a congealed homage to many far better films

The Hands of Orlac

Star and director of Cabinet of Dr Caligari return for a slightly lesser work

The Amusement Park

Resurrected public service film will make you never want to grow old

Flashback

Compelling time-loop drama lacks genuine humanity but its jigsaw narrative impresses

Caveat

Impressive exercise in sheer tension and atmosphere

Skull: The Mask

Brazilian slasher throwback makes mincemeat of its plot as well as its victims

One-Armed Boxer

Technically iffy, but highly entertaining kung fu action

Psycho Goreman

The kid-friendly splatterfest you didn’t know you needed

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The first great le Carré adaptation is a fatalistic masterpiece

Fried Barry

Alien odyssey through Cape Town is a deranged, hedonistic delight

Forget Everything And Run

Watchable but forgettable low-budget thriller falls victim to both pandemic and zombie fatigue

Fear of Rain

Mental health YA horror is both narratively bold and overly timid

Karloff at Columbia

The sheer range of a horror icon in full effect

Straight Shooting & Hell Bent: Two Films By John Ford

Two very early westerns from one of the genre’s greatest exponents

Portal

Anthology sci-fi flounders despite interesting ideas

For the Sake of Vicious

Relentless home invasion thriller lacks characterisation but delivers the gore in buckets

Final Days

Bland and formulaic American version of an already forgettable Korean zombie thriller

Rose

Isolation and illness shred a relationship in intelligent moody horror

The Lucky Stars 3-Film Collection

Some great action but a lot more misogynistic slapstick in trilogy of Hong Kong action comedies

Russian Raid

Relentless but empty Russian take on an action masterpiece

Slaxx

Fashion is deadly in high-concept slasher