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Discover the anarchic fun of this genre-defying Hong Kong blockbuster

by Anton Bitel

Ricky Lau’s 1985 hit Mr Vampire deftly combines knockabout comedy, martial arts, monster horror and wacky dancing.
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Discover the sly social critique of this Reagan-era teen thriller

by Anton Bitel

Sean S Cunningham’s The New Kids sees James Spader terrorise a group of upwardly-mobile youths.
Man in green shirt and cap standing in overgrown field.
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Discover the tender romance of this backwoods monster movie

by Anton Bitel

After Midnight confirms co-directors Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella as among most exciting talents working in American independent horror today.
Two men in worn, weathered clothing standing together outdoors.
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Discover the out-of-time futurism of this ’90s Philip K Dick adaptation

by Anton Bitel

Christian Duguay’s Screamers, starring RoboCop’s Peter Weller, was originally conceived back in 1981.
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Discover the dark side of virtual reality is this modern tech thriller

by Anton Bitel

Yedidya Gorsetman’s 2018 film Empathy, Inc explores themes of identity, alterity and technophobia.
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Discover this awe-inspiring collection of Japanese ghost stories

by Anton Bitel

Masaki Kobayashi’s Oscar-winning 1964 anthology film Kwaidan is now available on Blu-ray for the first time.
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Review

Dreamland

by Anton Bitel

The director and star of cult horror hit Pontypool reunite for a hard-boiled hitman noir.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people lying on a bed, one with long hair and the other wearing a dark jacket.
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Discover this bizarre B-movie riff on The Exorcist

by Anton Bitel

Warner Bros took legal action over 1974’s Beyond the Door, but its differences from Friedkin’s film are more striking than its similarities.
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Is this the pinnacle of Japanese pink cinema?

by Anton Bitel

Atsushi Yamatoya’s 1967 Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wasteland subverts expectations of this softcore genre.
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Discover the religious allegory of this epic King Hu wuxia

by Anton Bitel

The Chinese master’s 1979 Raining in the Mountain is now available on home video for the first time in the UK.