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John Townsend

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To Thy Rest (2025) 3/5 “To Thy Rest is an effective, chilling film that showcases the talents of those involved. However, the frustrating finale is somewhat generic and doesn’t quite do justice to what has come before.” – Starburst May 1, 2025 Full Review Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2024) 81% 4/5 “Psycho Therapy… is initially a considered, almost ponderous film, but as the various layers are exposed, it reveals itself to be an intriguing, enjoyable farce-like affair full of crossed wires and confused intent. ” – Starburst Apr 14, 2025 Full Review Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024) 1/5 “This is low-brow filmmaking, creating an end product designed to shock and gall while catering for an audience that is in addicted awe of the fetishised action. If this is your thing, good luck to you, ” – Starburst Mar 28, 2025 Full Review Dogman Territory: Werewolves in the Land Between the Lakes (2024) 2/5 “Dogman Territory begins well, has good intentions, and is concerned about a subject most may not have heard much about. But there is little real evidence to support any theory, fantastical or otherwise, and the resulting film is just too bland.” – Starburst Mar 1, 2025 Full Review The Devil and the Daylong Brothers (2025) 3/5 “The finale is somewhat of an issue with things being tied up a little too neatly for a potential follow-up. But embrace the craziness, gorge on the graphic novel-style violence, and sing along with the power anthems, and you may not even notice!” – Starburst Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Beezel (2024) 2/5 “With shallow characters acting oddly and a story with less flesh on its bones than the titular witch, Beezel is sadly rather disappointing and bland.” – Starburst Dec 26, 2024 Full Review Armor (2024) 0% 2/5 “Armor is messy; no one seems particularly interested in being there, and it’s all rather dull with little for the viewer to buy into.” – Starburst Dec 26, 2024 Full Review Place of Bones (2023) 77% 3/5 “Persevere, however, and you’ll be rewarded with a sting in the tail that, while not wholly successful in justifying what has gone before, does at least deliver a welcome plot twist and some suspenseful action.” – Starburst Aug 21, 2024 Full Review Scarlett - Diamond of Revenge (2024) 14% 3/5 “Duchess isn’t perfect, yet it’s likely the exact film Marshall and Kirk intended it to be.” – Starburst Aug 21, 2024 Full Review Alone (2020) 27% 2/5 “Easy to imagine that upon conception was an intelligent, thoughtful horror-thriller.... Whether during the development process or through production that movie became lost, hidden behind clichéd melodrama, leaving only remnants of what could have been.” – Starburst May 21, 2024 Full Review Inside (2007) 87% 4/5 “A classic entry into the French Extremity movement, Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s film is a brutal, uncompromising, and savage exploration of grief and violence.” – Starburst Feb 9, 2024 Full Review Django (1966) 94% 4/5 “Corbucci’s film is as angry as it is poignant, filled with its director’s intense hatred for fascism while refusing to allow any character what could be truly defined as a happy ending or arguably even redemption.” – Starburst Jan 22, 2024 Full Review Pig Killer (2022) 1/5 “Portraying Pickton as a damaged, often confused sociopath, Jake Busey does his best with the material, bringing an erratic, fevered portrayal to a difficult, somewhat flimsily written role. But there are few other positives. ” – Starburst Nov 27, 2023 Full Review Little Bone Lodge (2023) 100% 3/5 “... A taught, twisty thriller that rewards careful viewing.” – Starburst Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Spoonful of Sugar (2022) 50% “Although Morgan does a decent job creating an atmosphere of stifling malcontent, you never feel fully immersed in the story. In the end, it’s mostly just unpleasant characters doing unpleasant things to each other.” – Starburst Apr 13, 2023 Full Review The Outwaters (2022) 75% 2/5 “And, as with all bad found footage films, the camera is barely justified. The opening tedium does at least warrant its usage, adding credence to the setup. In the near hour of jumbled carnage that ensues, there’s just no reason for anyone to keep filming.” – Starburst Mar 1, 2023 Full Review The Pale Blue Eye (2022) 63% 3/5 “Bale does what Bale does, inhabiting a brooding, secretive character similar to many he has played in the past, while Melling’s Poe is superb, flirting with camp caricature yet remaining nuanced and unpredictable.” – Starburst Mar 1, 2023 Full Review The Legend of Hawes (2022) 2/5 “Perez has made a film that feels both underdone and tediously long, with the bland central characters delivering languid sections of heartfelt exposition...” – Starburst Nov 8, 2022 Full Review Ravening Woods (2022) 2/5 “Odd tonal shifts and erratic plotting lead to a confused narrative that only comes to life when the creature emerges from the undergrowth. ” – Starburst Oct 4, 2022 Full Review Sissy (2022) 96% 3/5 “Witty and occasionally surprising Sissy is a fun take on the slasher genre that has something to say about our reliance on social media, even if that message is slightly muddled...” – Starburst Sep 26, 2022 Full Review Saloum (2021) 96% 4/5 “Herbulot’s film adheres to certain Western tropes yet is its own thing; a potent, stylishly thrilling concoction that expertly combines its many parts into something truly impressive.” – Starburst Sep 13, 2022 Full Review House of Darkness (2022) 59% 3/5 “LeBute’s film struggles to maintain its early promise and despite the welcome goriness of the finale, the story plays out with very few surprises.” – Starburst Sep 6, 2022 Full Review Maneater (2022) 17% 2/5 “In the crowded waters of the shark subgenre there is little room for entries lacking genuine thrills, or at the very least, a half-decent fishy antagonist. Maneater contains neither and as such is barely worthy of note.” – Starburst Sep 1, 2022 Full Review Who Invited Them (2022) 80% 3/5 “Who Invited Them? would have benefitted from a little more breathing room than its 80-minute runtime allows, but this is an accomplished film with entertaining, if predictable plot twists.” – Starburst Aug 29, 2022 Full Review The Last Son (2021) 9% 2/5 “Tim Sutton has taken Greg Johnson’s simple, yet interesting premise and produced a slow-burning, grim and gritty film that barely scratches the surface of its potential. ” – Starburst Aug 9, 2022 Full Review
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