Back in the 70s, Steven Spielberg managed to put a whole nation off going swimming with Jaws<\/em>.<\/p>\n Director Juan Piquer Simon didn\u2019t quite put people off gardening with 1988\u2019s Slugs<\/em>, but he did create one of the strangest, most entertaining horror movies ever.<\/p>\n When a rural town is besieged by an invasion of flesh-eating slugs, it\u2019s up to the world\u2019s most unfortunate health inspector (Michael Garfield) and his assistants to fight off the mollusc menace. Unfortunately, that proves much harder than it sounds \u201d\u201c let\u2019s just say there are a lot <\/em>of explosions.<\/p>\n Like any good cult horror movie, Slugs <\/em>is violent to the point of hilarity but manages to pack in quite a few scares too. Maybe we won\u2019t do the gardening this weekend after all…<\/p>\n Pre-order Slugs on DVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Pre-order Slugs on Blu-Ray<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the many, many warnings sci-fi has provided against contacting alien life (seriously, bad stuff happens like 95% of the time!), humanity seems determined to get in touch with our extraterrestrial cousins<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maybe Dust of War <\/em>will convince them otherwise. As the name suggests, the alien response to our request for a friendly chat was less-than-polite: they sent down loads of warriors, enslaved most of the population and turned our beautiful world into a desolate wasteland. Have they heard of manners in space?<\/p>\n The film picks up a few years after the aliens turned Earth into their ashtray, with a chap named General Chizum (stop giggling) assuming the role of \u201d\u02dcsupreme leader and despot\u2019. He runs a nasty prison camp where the potential saviour of earth, a young woman named Ellie, is incarcerated. It\u2019s up to a near-silent mercenary, Abel, and a fellow bounty hunter to save her.<\/p>\n Although the plot suggests a high octane action movie, Dust of War <\/em>takes time to reflect on life on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Indeed, director Andrew Kightlinger described it as \u201cMad Max <\/em>bitchslapping Terrence Malick\u201d\u009d, which is possibly the best tagline ever.<\/p>\n Pre-order Dust of War on DVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Not to be confused with the catsuit-wearing falsetto kings of mid-00s classic rock, The Darkness <\/em>is a horror movie directed by Greg McClean (Wolf Creek<\/em>) and starring Kevin Bacon and Radha Mitchell.<\/p>\n It follows the Taylors, an average American family on a delightful little trip to the Grand Canyon… until their son Michael (played by David Mazouz AKA little Bruce Wayne from Gotham<\/em>) falls into an underground cavern and nicks some Native American stones which are keeping evil demons at bay.<\/p>\n Michael brings the stones home and, soon enough, bad stuff starts happening: light bulbs explode, pets go crazy, and a lot of things go bump in the night. Plus, it turns out the Taylors aren\u2019t that perfect a family either…<\/p>\n The Darkness <\/em>shares a similar vibe to Poltergeist<\/em>, although fans of modern horror will find plenty to enjoy (or should that be scream at?) too.<\/p>\n Pre-order The Darkness on DVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Here\u2019s another important lesson from the movies: never, ever mess with your loner neighbour. He\/she is either a) really sweet or b) a total whackjob.<\/p>\n High school friends Ethan (Logan Miller) and Sean (Keir Gilchrist) clearly didn\u2019t get the memo, as they try to trick their \u201ccreepy psycho hermit\u201d\u009d neighbour into thinking his house is haunted with various Paranomal Activity <\/em>pranks. They even set up cameras to capture the action.<\/p>\n When the neighbour, a chap named Harold Grainey (excellently portrayed by James Caan), doesn\u2019t react how they expect, they begin to suspect something is up \u201d\u201c especially as he spends an awful lot of time in his basement…<\/p>\n The Good Neighbour<\/em> has a classic set-up but, without spoiling too much, is a lot more intelligent than your average \u201d\u02dccrazy neighbour\u2019 horror. It won a lot of fans at SXSW and will undoubtedly find a cult audience over the next few months.<\/p>\n![\"slugs\"](\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/slugs.jpg\")
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