Long Time Dead (DVD)

When a group of young friends spend the night at a party, their conversation turns to what they would consider to be the ultimate thrill. As well as the inevitable tales of drink, drugs and debauchery, one of the group says that one of his strangest experiences was encountered after a game on an Ouija Board. Intrigued by what he has to say, the rest of the group of friends agrees to take part in a game of their own, and they all descend to a disused basement to start playing. Most of the group is unfamiliar with what they should do, but guided by an experienced member of the party, they all do as they are told. The rules are quite simple – don’t push the glass, don’t ...

I'm not one for nightmares, but sheesh, after this movie I had all the lights on, the doors totally locked and barred and my duvet pulled over my head. This has to be one of the most refreshing movies of the teen-horror genre that I have ever seen. It starts as genuinely creepy, then moves onto being absolutely terrifying, I think I watched most of the film from between my fingers!! I'll tell you how it all started... I was invited, thanks to firstmovies.com, to go and watch an absolute sneak preview of Long Time Dead at the Plaza in London. On Halloween. Halloween, I scoffed, as if that's going to make a difference! Trying to make ...

Think ‘British movie’ and you’re left with only a few possible genres to pick from – we’ve got the ‘romantic comedy’ such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, the all out comedy-drama, films like ‘Full Monty’ and ‘Billy Elliot’ spring to mind here and finally we’ve got the period drama – hello ‘Mrs Brown’ and ‘Gosford Park’. But what if I were to tell you of a new British movie that breaks away from this tradition – how about a British Horror movie? Okay, Okay - we can all remember those rather dodgy Hammer Horror movies, on a dark winters night I can still ...