The stunning location of the Austrian/Swiss Alps provides the backdrop for a somewhat confused and overlong folk horror. There are shades of Lucky McKee's The Woman in this tale of a mute girl who visits vengeance on the men who take advantage of her. It also seems to want to provide commentary on the witch hunts of old and misogyny through the ages, particularly stemming from the Church, which often used the ignorance of the masses to persecute women. The…

'A Shudder Original' aren't generally words that inspire confidence, but this was actually a well-made horror comedy that once again takes its cues from the 80s, being set in 1983. I still think filmmakers need to move on now from this kind of retro aesthetic as it's been pretty much done to death over the last decade or so, but writer/director Cody Calahan's stab at new old stock proves a lot more effective than his previous feature, The Oak Room.…

"I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir"
"The what?"
"The duality of man. The Jungian thing, sir"
"Whose side are you on, son?"
"Our side, sir"

It seems to me that this exchange between Joker and the colonel lies at the heart of what Kubrick was getting at with Full Metal Jacket. It presents a less obvious critique of Vietnam than many other 'Nam films of the era, offering instead a study of…

Sorry y'all but Snowpiercer is all kinds of stupid. It doesn't get off to a good start - some sort of gas, or something, used to prevent global warming accidentally sent the world into a new CGIce age but it's OK cos some rich dude called Willy Wilford has preserved an enclave of humanity by loading them onto a train and sending them round the world in perpetuity. Not the brightest and the best though, a ragged bunch of ne'er-do-wells…