Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Iceman 3D (2013)	Not as good as the original	2014-07-31	Simon
Chinese Zodiac (2012)	Messy but ultimately entertaining	2014-06-22	Simon
Lesson of the Evil (2012)	Another high school nightmare from Japan	2014-03-09	Simon
Confessions (2010)	One sin leads to another	2014-03-08	Simon
The Land Of Hope (2012)	Gently urgent warning about Fukushima	2014-01-05	Simon
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)	Santa Claus's dark side	2014-01-03	Simon
Troll Hunter (2010)	Nice special effects save it from being too derivative	2014-01-03	Simon
Blind Detective (2013)	A glorious mess of a film	2014-01-03	Simon
Only God Forgives (2013)	Pretentious and tedious	2014-01-02	Simon
Sonatine (1993)	Beautifully meditative take on the yakuza film	2013-12-15	Simon
Red Tears (2011)	Rather tepid action/horror/splatter film	2013-11-16	Simon
The Magnificent Butcher (1979)	Kung fu spectacular	2013-10-26	Simon
Stoker (2013)	Creepy family horror	2013-10-06	Simon
I'm So Excited! (2013)	Almodovar's silliest film in quite a while	2013-09-28	Simon
Drug War (2013)	Hard-boiled Johnnie To cops n' robbers film	2013-08-25	Simon
Vulgaria (2012)	A film about film, and language, and food	2013-08-07	Simon
Tomie: Unlimited (2011)	Mostly dull with patches of imagination	2013-08-04	Simon
Dream Home (2010)	Bloody, brutal satire of Hong Kong's capitalist love affair	2013-07-11	Simon
Kill List (2011)	Very British collision of genre and style	2013-07-05	Simon
Breathless (2008)	Violence begets violence	2013-07-04	Simon
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)	Not a return to glory for Luc Besson	2013-06-29	Simon
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)	Perhaps the strangest thing you will ever see	2013-06-10	Simon
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)	Strange beast, merits a second viewing	2013-06-09	Simon
Fire Dragon (1994)	Decent wu xia in the early 90's tradition	2013-06-08	Simon
Parasite Doctor Suzune: Genesis (2011)	Cosplay soft porn	2013-05-26	Simon
The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck And God In A Coin Locker (2007)	Ducks and Dylan	2013-05-26	Simon
Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012)	Definitely interesting, but not sure if I liked it	2013-05-25	Simon
Labyrinth Of Passion (1982)	A celebration of youth and freedom	2013-05-18	Simon
The Flower Of My Secret (1995)	Transitional Almodovar	2013-05-05	Simon
Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010)	Great name, good trailer... that's about it though	2013-05-04	Simon