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6 days ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth
Acclaimed Brit Indie director Howard J. Ford (The Dead 1 and 2, Never Let Go, Darkgame) has just wrapped on his latest film Bone Keeper, a monstrous tale of discovery and survival, which centres on six friends who enter a remote cave system to investigate the legend of the ‘Bone Keeper’, only to find themselves being hunted by a mysterious creature that may have inhabited the cave for thousands of years. Will they uncover the truth, escape the creature, or become the next missing souls?
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2 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Ed Fortune |Martin Unsworth
PLATFORM: PC, PS5, XBOX SERIES (REVIEWED) | RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW Taking inspiration from early Grand Theft Auto games, The Precinct is a top-down action-adventure game that casts players in the role of rookie cop, Nick Cordell Jr. Following in the footsteps of Nick’s recently-murdered police chief father, your job is to work your way up the ranks by patrolling the fictional city of Averno, taking down criminals, busting gangs, and hopefully finding clues that might lead to solving the...
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2 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Ed Fortune |Martin Unsworth
I’m not sure I completely understood Miguel Llanso’s third feature, Infinite Summer, or if there is anything really to understand.
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2 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Martin Unsworth
Fourteen years after last traumatising a generation with everything from logging trucks to tanning beds, horror’s most disaster-prone franchise returns, fully loaded with a fresh vat of nightmare fuel. Following 2011’s secret prequel, Final Destination: Bloodlines finds new threads to unpick in the franchise’s past and present.
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2 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Martin Unsworth
In a recent interview, filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan opened up about the creative choices behind his latest project, The Surfer, a psychological thriller that dives deep into themes of isolation, identity, and the fragile nature of masculinity. Known for his atmospheric storytelling and sharp social commentary, Finnegan has crafted a film that contrasts the untamed beauty of Australian nature with the unravelling psyche of its protagonist, played by none other than Nicolas Cage.
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2 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Laura Potier |Martin Unsworth
It’s an irony that confronts any dystopian state hoping to attract new visitors enticed by unproven promises of reform: relaxing border controls increases the authorities’ vulnerability to attack by its enemies. It is precisely the risk that the advocates of New Bethlehem take on, when accepting refugees and renegades from Gilead across its border.
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3 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth
Now the dust has settled on Star Wars Celebration, the thirst for more Force-related content needs to be satiated. So why not watch this rather fantastic short fan film Echoes of Darkness. Set almost 30 years after Return of the Jedi, the short tells the story of a ragtag group of scavengers who are hired to find a more recent relic on The Forest Moon of Endor.
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3 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth
The new film from brilliant director Alex Kahuam (Failure!), The Remedy, has been announced for the Fantastic Pavilion at this year’s Cannes Festival, with the director in attendance. Alex said of the film: “I promise horror fans that this will be a psychologically-tense, supernaturally-creepy, jump-scares-packed, bloody, big screen experience they will never forget.”There has also been a new teaser poster released for the movie – see below.
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3 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth
Another pair of guests have been revealed for Manchester’s Festival of Fantastic Films, which takes place this October. Joining Graham Humphreys and James Swanton will be Hammer legend Virginia Wetherall and Norman Eschley, a familiar face for many TV fans of a certain age, as well as a star of stage and cinema. Virginia is best known for her roles in Hammer’s Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde and Demons of the Mind, as well as appearing in Stanley Kubrick’s iconic A Clockwork Orange.
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4 weeks ago | 
starburstmagazine.com | Martin Unsworth |Laura Potier
This June, Tigon British Film Productions founder Tony Tenser will be celebrated with a one-day event in his adopted home, Southport. Seaside Screams: A Day of Tony Tenser and Tigon will take place at the Bijou Cinema on Saturday, June 21st, and will screen three of the studio’s movies, two of which were filmed in the town. The films being shown are What’s Good for the Goose (1969), a sex comedy with the legendary Norman Wisdom in a role that’s a world away from his famed lovable fool persona.
