2025 / USA (advance look)
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2026 / USA / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"An often very funny love-letter spoof of early ‘80s slashers ... almost convinces you’re watching a film from 1981."
1984 / Philippines / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"
A psycho-on-the-loose ends up driving a busload of schoolgirls to a remote woodland retreat, then starts killing them off one by one"
1988 / USA / ** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"A hippie is killing couples in a monstrosity that looks like it was shot with a camcorder. Cheap and ugly as it is, 555 has its coarse charms. "
2015 / Japan / *** (JA Kerswell)
"A female journalist discovers that the urban legend of a pumpkin-headed, axe-wielding killer appearing every Halloween is true."
1983 / USA / ** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
" ... a confounding Poverty Row rehash, occasionally enlivened by flashes of intriguing, self-referential ideas and dark, satirical humour."
2026 / US / **** (JA Kerswell)
"Desire and death meet when a director tries to revive a beloved franchise in this queer-coded love letter to '80s slashers."
1974 / Brazil / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"(aka O SIGNO DE ESCORPIÃO). A wild 1974 Giallo-influenced Brazilian psychothriller that blends astrology, satanism, and even a little sci-fi."
1988 / Sweden / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
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In this legendary Swedish TV movie, a detective investigates a series of slayings of campers by a machete-wielding killer who always strikes on a full moon."
1982 / Imprint (Australia)
(JA Kerswell solo commentary)
2006-2010 / Second Sight (UK)
(JA Kerswell liner notes)
1994 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(The Hysteria Continues)
1983 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(with Amanda Reyes)
1986 / Red Shirt Pictures (US)
(with Amanda Reyes)
1995 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(JA Kerswell booklet essay)
1971 / Celluloid Dreams (Ger.)
(JA Kerswell liner notes)
1982 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(with Amanda Reyes)
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