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Recent reviews

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  The Last Days of American Crime 2020

  ½ Watched 09 Jun 2020

  This is a genuine contender for the worst film I’ve ever seen. Shame on everyone.

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  London Fields 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Dec 2019

  Directors cut

Popular reviews

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  Eaten Alive 1976

  ★★ Watched 15 Sep 2019

  Hooptober 6.0 Film #2 Of 31

  I guess it's kind of sacrilegious in a challenge such as this not to love a film by Tobe Hooper, but this is pretty awful. One of the first films to fall foul of the video nasty cull in the UK in the 70s, it's suitably grimy and nasty, following on from the sterling work he did in TCM, but despite sharing a star and writer as well as TH, the two films couldn't…

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  Killing Ground 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Sep 2019

  Hooptober 6.0 Film #6 Of 31

  This is a bit of a grim little film, with echoes of Eden Lake about it. Nice couple go camping, find a nearby family tent devoid of people, and before long realise things aren't quite right. Naturally they're too late, and they're put through the wringer by a couple of nasty locals. Parts of the story are told in flash back and a couple of scenes are genuinely hard to watch. Not a lot of fun, but effective in its own way.

  Criteria Satisfied
  6 Countries - Australia (3/6)
  6 Films Whose Year Ends In 6 (4/6)