Neon Camera Reviews

Malignant By Calum Whitfield Not particularly scary and slow to get going, somehow Malignant still manages to be frighteningly good fun  3.5/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥.5 Directed by: James Wan Starring: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, and Michole Briana White  Where to find it: Buy or Rent from Amazon Prime Video  No Copyright Infringement Intended This was one of my most anticipated films of 2021, but a series of unfortunate events meant I missed seeing it when it came out in cinemas. After waiting for it to be available on wide home release I finally got around to watching it, and all I can really say is I’m glad I got there in the end. Malignant follows Maddison (Annabelle Wallis) who begins the film pregnant and stuck in an abusive relationship. Following a particularly nasty incident of abuse in which Maddison’s head is knocked heavily into a wall, she locks her partner out of their bedroom. Maddison dreams of a figure that brutally kills her husband and wakes...

Saw (2004) By Calum Whitfield  Iconic horror movie manages to hide a great little thriller under a ridiculous amount of flashbacks and filler 2.5/5 Cameras 🎥🎥.5 Directed by: James Wan Starring: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, and Danny Glover Where to find it: Rent it on Amazon Prime Video No Copyright Infringement Intended  Saw is something of a modern classic (modern in a fairly loose sense; the film is now around 17 years old), having a reputation for being an early precursor of the popular “torture porn” genre, starting one of the most successful horror franchises of all time as well as launching the careers of its two creators, James Wan and Leigh Whannell. Has it earned its reverence? Saw takes place in an interesting setting, focusing on two characters chained up in a bathroom with a dead body between the two of them. This tight setting is intriguing and exciting, suggesting that the film will be a tightly wound, fairly claustrophobic thriller. Our two characters, Dr. Law...