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Blu Review: Beast of War (2025)

December 9, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

Shark movies are a dime a dozen, so when one comes around that actually works, it’s worth celebrating. That would be Aussie horror film Beast of War (2025), which despite a certain amount of narrative familiarity and tropey characters, still manages to impress, in large part because the shark in question is animatronic and it looks freaking amazing.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Joel Nankervis, Kiah Roache-Turner, Mark Coles Smith, Sam Delich, shark, well go usa

‘This Is Not A Test’ Review – Adam McDonald’s Zombie Film Is Stuck in the Past [TADFF]

October 20, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Writer/director Adam McDonald is back with a new zombie film, This Is Not A Test (2025).

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Horror Film Reviews, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Adam McDonald, canadian horror, Carson McCormac, Chloe Avakian, Corteon Moore, Courtney Summers, froy gutierrez, Joelle Farrow, Luke Macfarlane, olivia hoult, zombie, Zombies

4K SteelBook Review: ‘Daybreakers’ (2009)

September 21, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Unorthodox vampire film Daybreakers gets its day in the sun with a brand new 4K SteelBook release from Lionsgate.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Claudia Karvan, daybreakers, ethan hawke, Michael Dorman, Sam Neill, SteelBook, the Spierig Brothers, vampires, Willem Dafoe

‘Weapons’ Review – The Visceral Impact of Zach Cregger’s Latest Only Lasts ‘Til The Lights Come On

August 8, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

After the twists and turns of his breakout film Barbarian, horror fans have been eagerly waiting to see what writer/director Zach Cregger would do next.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Alden Ehrenreich, Amy Madigan, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, Cary Christopher, josh brolin, julia garner, Zach Cregger

Serial Killer Meets Sharks in Sean Byrne’s ‘Dangerous Animals’ [Review]

June 4, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

When director Sean Byrne delivers a new film, it’s something of an event. The Aussie creator has only made two other films, 2009’s The Loved Ones and 2017’s The Devil’s Candy (both well received), but he’s not exactly churning them out.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: ella newton, Hassie Harrington, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Nick Lepard, Sean Byrne, shark

Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Celebrates The Blues [Review]

April 17, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Acclaimed director Ryan Coogler is back with an original horror film, Sinners (2025) starring Michael B. Jordan as twins battling vampires.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Delroy Lindo, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, ruth e. carter, Ryan Coogler, Wunmi Mosaku

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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