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Uncovering Curiosities: Henry Hobson’s MAGGIE

Henry Hobson’s 2015 film, Maggie is a superb zombie movie with a twist. This Arnold Schwarzenegger film isn’t The Walking Dead or 28 Days Later – it’s a low-key drama with a fantastic performance from Arnold Schwarzenegger. This film [...]

July 16, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Dan Rickard’s DARKEST DAY

2015’s Darkest Day is a micro- budget British zombie movie (apparently it cost less than £1000) that manages to overcome any financial limitations to be an enjoyable romp with enough visual pizazz to make it worth the time of genre fans. [...]

September 20, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Napoleonic Zombie Movie FALLEN SOLDIERS

You have to give it to director Bill Thomas for making period zombie movie Fallen Soldiers. It’s a low budget effort that tries to offer something new to the incredibly popular horror sub-genre. Thomas’ film, Pitched as ‘The Walking Dead meets [...]

July 25, 2020

Trailer For Action Zombie Sequel TRAIN TO PRESENTS: PENINSULA

Movies In Focus called 2016’s Train To Busan ‘the best zombie movie since Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later’. The South Korean horror followed a father and daughter struggling to get to Busan by train in the middle of a zombie [...]

April 2, 2020

The Best Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

The world is slowly shutting down due to COVID-19. The Coronavirus means a lot of people across the globe will be locking themselves in, self isolating and keeping away from the general population. These are unprecedented times. Cinemas across the [...]

March 16, 2020

The Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century…So Far

Movies In Focus was inspired to put together a Top 100 Films Of The 21st Century list after reading the recent piece in Empire which listed the top movies of the century as voted for by the magazine’s readers. It was a pretty damning list [...]

January 21, 2020

Blu-ray Review: It’s One Bloody Commute On The TRAIN TO BUSAN

It might sound like hyperbole, but Train To Busan is the best zombie movie since Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later. The South Korean horror sees a father (Gong Yoo) and daughter (Kin Su-an) struggling to get to Busan by train in the middle of a zombie [...]

February 26, 2017

Blu-Ray & DVD Review Round-Up: FRIGHT NIGHT, JULIETA, DEEPWATER HORIZON, THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS & More

A selection of new blu-ray and DVD releases. This time around: Rediscover Tom Holland’s ’80s horror Fright Night, see Pedro Almodovar turn life into a Hitchcockian thriller in Julieta, get rigged with Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell in [...]

January 25, 2017

Blu-ray Review: MAGGIE Is A Great Zombie Film With A Mesmerising Arnold Schwarzenegger Performance

Henry Hobson’s Maggie is a superb zombie movie with a twist. This Arnold Schwarzenegger film isn’t The Walking Dead or 28 Days Later – it’s a low-key drama with a fantastic performance from Arnold Schwarzenegger. This film might star the [...]

November 28, 2015

DVD Review: Low Budget Napoleonic Zombie Movie FALLEN SOLDIERS Is Looking Sharpe

July 18, 2015

DVD Review: DARKEST DAY Is A Splendid Micro-Budget Zombie Movie With Great Special Effects

Darkest Day is a micro- budget British zombie movie (apparently it cost less than £1000) that manages to overcome any financial limitations to be an enjoyable romp with enough visual pizazz to make it worth the time of genre fans. Director Dan [...]

April 20, 2015

DVD Review: BATTLE OF THE DAMNED Has Dolph Lundgren, Zombies And Robots

Battle Of The Damned is marketed as Dolph Lundgren meets zombies and robots. You get exactly what it says on the tin, but unfortunately the film doesn’t live-up to the sum of its parts. And those parts are Escape From New York, Omega Man and 28 [...]

December 27, 2013

DVD Review: STAKE LAND Is A Bite Above Most Vampire Movies

We live in a time where the vampire genre has been adopted by mainstream moviegoers and glamorized to within an inch of its (un)dead life (yeah – I’m not sure that makes sense either – but stay with me). The Twilight movies have taken vampires [...]

March 25, 2012