thriller

Review: LONG LOST Is A Thriller As Enjoyable As It Is Unpredictable

Cinemas around the world are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a large portion of the big theatrical movies for 2020 have been delayed or postponed indefinitely. That makes now the perfect time to seek-out titles which may have otherwise [...]

May 29, 2020

Lockdown Viewing Recommendation: BONE DRY Starring Lance Henriksen & Luke Goss

A lot of people are expanding their movie viewing during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 shutdown. If you’re looking for something different, then you might want to check-out Brett A. Hart’s 2007 thriller Bone Dry, which is now available to [...]

May 10, 2020

Watch The Gripping Short Film GRIEF Online

Movies In Focus was impressed by Brock Bodell and Daniel Perry’s, short film Grief (you can read a review here). With a running time of less than 14 minutes, the horror/thriller manages to deliver a lot of emotional and visual turmoil and it [...]

April 8, 2020

Review: Horror/Thriller GRIEF Delivers A Lot In 14 Minutes

Written and directed by Brock Bodell and Daniel Perry, Grief is a tense and well-crafted short film. A dramatic horror/thriller, the film focuses on Kevin and Esther (Tyler Cooke and Lindsey Garrett), a couple who had their son abducted the previous [...]

April 8, 2020

DVD Review: Elijah Wood Has Some Serious Family Issues In The Quirky Thriller COME TO DADDY

Genre producer Ant Timpson makes a strong directorial debut with the oddball comedy-thriller, Come To Daddy. Elijah Wood stars as Norval, a young musician attempting to reconnect with his estranged father. He arrives at his dad’s lakeside [...]

March 8, 2020

Blu-ray Review: CRAWL Delivers Everything You Want From A Horror/Thriller

There are really only two golden rules for making a good horror movie. One: have characters that you care about. Two: Keep the plot simple. That’s all you need in order to craft a horror which resonates. That’s why films like Halloween and The [...]

December 16, 2019

Review: DANIEL ISN’T REAL Is A Mind-Bending Horror/Fantasy With A Star-Making Turn From Patrick Schwarzenegger

The independent film arena is still the best place to discover stellar genre fare. These films don’t need the huge (and complex) marketing models which have all but destroyed the concept of variety and choice within mainstream cinema. Director [...]

December 8, 2019

Review: Nicolas Roeg’s Timeless Classic DON’T LOOK NOW

Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now is a stunningly crafted horror/thriller from 1973. It’s a classic, a wonderfully realised piece of cinema which delivers on a dramatic and an emotional level. This is how you make a horror movie. Based [...]

July 20, 2019

Review: 30 MILES FROM NOWHERE Is Full Of Surprises

When you see enough movies you get into the rhythm of certain genres and it’s often easy to guess what’s going to happen next. I can honestly say that director Caitlin Koller’s 30 Miles From Nowhere was a total surprise. You think you know [...]

February 24, 2019

Review: Brett A. Hart Pits Lance Henriksen Against Luke Goss In The Desert Bound Thriller BONE DRY

Director Brett A. Hart’s Bone Dry is an exceptionally tense desert-based chase film in the tradition of Duel, The Hitcher and Breakdown. This 2007 film is punchy directorial debut from Hart, a mystery/thriller which manages to deliver thrills [...]

November 1, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Gritty ’70s British Horror-Thriller ASSAULT

Suzy Kendall and Frank Finlay take the lead in Assault, a gritty British horror-thriller from 1971. A vicious sex attacker is prowling the woods near and all-girls school and the only person who can identify him is Kendall’s feisty art [...]

September 2, 2018

Blu-ray Review: Ray Milland Stars In ’70s Giallo THE PYJAMA GIRL CASE

The Italian giallo genre can be hit or miss (for everyone great flick, there’s at least two terrible ones). However, Flavio Mogherini’s The Pyjama Girl Case manages to overcome its limitations to become an enjoyable thriller that sees [...]

September 2, 2018

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