2024 / UK / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"Part comedy about awkward social manners and part berserker slasher ... often succeeds at both."
2023 / US / ** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"A film whose press release declares a "cinematic masterpiece" features a song about sharting."
1988 / Holland / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"An enjoyably droll thriller with a unique disguise for its killer, it boosts its police procedural with slasher wrappings."
1987 / Italy / *** (JA Kerswell)
"
The director of this futuristic later 80s Giallo wanted every shot to look like it could be off a neon-soaked LP cover."
1946 / US / **** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
" ... pre-empts what would become a number of slasher movie and Giallo tropes."
2012 / US / *** 1/2 (JA Kerswell)
"Although, as one critic said, ATM has a “blizzard of implausibilities”, it is still a flurry of darkly festive fun. "
(Updated for 2024)
"Here they are, the original, the infamous, the banned, the … ‘video-nasties’!"
2012 / US / *** (JA Kerswell)
" Starting as a remake, this Santa slasher goes its own route—with decidedly more mediocre results."
2024 / US / *** (JA Kerswell)
"It is a smorgasbord of nasty delights, but a paper-thin plot lacks enough substance to justify its running time."
1982 / Imprint (Australia)
(JA Kerswell solo commentary)
2004 / Treasured Films (UK)
(The Hysteria Continues)
1991 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(The Hysteria Continues)
1986 / Canadian I.P. (US)
(with Amanda Reyes)
1982 / 88 Films (UK)
(The Hysteria Continues)
1980 / 88 Films (UK)
(The Hysteria Continues)
1980 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(The Hysteria Continues)
1982 / Vinegar Syndrome (US)
(with Amanda Reyes)
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