Rich Cross
@richcross.bsky.social
Writer & reviewer enthused by genre & cult TV, audio, books & film. Aficionado of classic 1970s British television drama in particular; Survivors above all else
Ideal weather for @starburst.bsky.social to publish my review of the Norwegian horror Cold Prey limited edition Blu-ray release from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social A trilogy "sure to find a wider English-speaking audience amongst niche horror fans" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/cold...
COLD PREY TRILOGY - STARBURST Magazine
The Cold Prey trilogy of Norwegian slasher movies is sure to find a wider audience courtesy of this new Blu-ray release from Second Sight.
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My review of the meditative and atmospheric horror-adjacent indie "The House Was Not Hungry Then" is up on @starburst.bsky.social - "surprising, immersive, and extremely unusual" and definitely not "a derivative haunted house flick" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
THE HOUSE WAS NOT HUNGRY THEN - STARBURST Magazine
The House Was Not Hungry Then is an unnerving quiet horror that unfolds in a surprisingly spacious empty house over countless, timeless days.
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I had a great time chatting with Kevin and Matthew McManus about their impressive new multiverse movie Redux Redux for @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/features/kev...
Kevin and Matthew McManus • REDUX REDUX - STARBURST Magazine
Twin brothers Kevin and Matthew McManus have been making movies together “since fifth grade, when we were 11 or 12”. Their latest vehicle, Redux Redux — a clever and inventive multiverse-hopping tale ...
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My review of the big screen adaption of a popular South Korean web comic is up now on @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/omni...
OMNISCIENT READER: THE PROPHECY - STARBURST Magazine
Director and co-writer Kim Byung-woo turns up the visual spectacle and gets playful with the mythology in this big screen adaptation of the popular South Korean web comic Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint...
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My review of indie Hollywood satire Don't Trip is now up on @starburst.bsky.social - "There’s plenty of humour, and no little warmth, in what’s a promising calling-card for Kugelman" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/dont...
DON'T TRIP - STARBURST Magazine
A young wannabe scriptwriter, who’s struggling to get attention for his first movie pitch, comes up with a high-risk plan to bypass the industry gatekeepers – befriending the wayward, slacker son of a...
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Our Autumn edition is nearly here, folks! Subscriber copies will start shipping later this week, so if you're a UK reader who'd like to get it delivered straight to your door (with free P&P!) before the Aug 29th release, head to our official store: starburstmagazine.store/products/sta...
While we finish up work on Issue #491 (out Aug 29th!), we thought we'd sweeten the deal for those who haven't yet caught our current issue... Order #490 and choose ANY other back issue for FREE! Just add both to your cart to access your discount! Store: starburstmagazine.store/products/sta...
STARBURST Issue 490 [NEW!] (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 20th Annive
The Summer edition of STARBURST MAGAZINE is here, and leading the charge is our bumper tribute to STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH on its 20th Anniversary! As always, the issue is chock full of exclusiv...
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My take on the ghostly (or is it?) thriller Bury Me When I'm Dead is published by @starburst.bsky.social The film "toys with the question of whether the fateful consequences that follow a young woman’s death are supernatural or coincidental." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/bury...
BURY ME WHEN I'M DEAD - STARBURST Magazine
In indie thriller Bury Me When I'm Dead, the fateful consequences that follow a young woman’s death may be supernatural or coincidental.
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My review of indie what's-happening-in-the-woods thriller The Banished is published by @starburst.bsky.social "it’s the handheld torchlit visuals of a hyperventilating Grace in the nighttime woods that deliver the nerve-jangling tension" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
THE BANISHED - STARBURST Magazine
Dark Australian folk-horror The Banished splices together evergreen genre tropes in a fresh take on the perils of going down to the woods.
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Issue 490 of Starburst Magazine @starburst.bsky.social is out now - chock-full of genre, sci-fi and fantasy goodness, including a mammoth retrospective of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
STARBURST MAGAZINE@starburst.bsky.social · last yr.Happy NEW STARBURST DAY to all those who celebrate! Find our fabulous Summer edition in newsagents from today or order one through our official store at the link below ⬇️ starburstmagazine.store/products/sta...
My review of Janine, the fifth episode of the final series of The Handmaid's Tale, is now up on @starburst.bsky.social This halfway point explores "a world where deeply-held convictions threaten to exact a heavy price from all true believers" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
THE HANDMAID'S TALE, Season 6, Episode 5, JANINE - STARBURST Magazine
A tightly focused ‘mission’ episode, Janine is arguably the strongest yet of the final run.
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The first of my episode reviews for the second season of The Walking Dead: Dead City is up now on @starburst.bsky.social Power Equals Power - "the weight of evidence here suggests that there’s still plenty of life in Dead City." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY, Season 2, Episode 1, POWER EQUALS POWER - STARBURST Magazine
Betrayal has become one of the recurring themes of many Walking Dead story arcs, with characters breaking the bonds of loyalty usually justifying their actions as the unavoidable cost of pursuing a hi...
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My review of Promotion, the fourth episode of the final series of The Handmaid's Tale, is up on @starburst.bsky.social "Events are moving at pace... [as] New Bethlehem seems certain to become the battleground in which the dystopia’s fate will be settled." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
THE HANDMAID'S TALE, Season 6, Episode 4: PROMOTION - STARBURST Magazine
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 i...
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My review of "Exile", episode two of series six of The Handmaid's Tale is published today on @starburst.bsky.social "The fateful reckoning between oppressors and oppressed that the series six promises already feels like it’s in motion." www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
THE HANDMAID'S TALE, Season 6, Episode 2: EXILE - STARBURST Magazine
Exploring the parallel stories of June and Serena following their enforced separation in the dramatic finale of Train, second episode Exile examines choices their characters make in circumstances that...
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My review of indie movie Sew Torn is published on @starburst.bsky.social - "what entertains throughout... are the elaborate ruses, traps, and set-pieces that Barbara improvises from her sewing kit" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/sew-...
SEW TORN - STARBURST Magazine
Adapted from his own short film by writer-director Freddy MacDonald, the plot of this indie comedy-thriller is threaded through an inspired conceit – imagining just how far the talents of a nimble sea...
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"An immersive meditation on the themes of grief and loss" which "adopts the motifs of a whodunnit thriller". My review of Shudderbugs, now published by @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/shud...
SHUDDERBUGS - STARBURST Magazine
An immersive meditation on the themes of grief and loss, Shudderbugs adopts the motifs of a whodunnit thriller to explore a daughter’s reaction to the unexpected and potentially suspicious death of he...
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Die Alone writer-director Lowell Dean is "an auteur with an eye for the twisted and macabre". What a perceptive and quotable reviewer @starburst.bsky.social assigned to this one... www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/die-...
DIE ALONE - STARBURST Magazine
Filmmakers eager to find an audience for their small scale, post-apocalyptic story need to bring something new and distinctive to what’s long since become an overcrowded genre. The team behind Die Alo...
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Strike Media@strikemediaglobal.bsky.social · last yr.Out today on DVD & Digital, DIE ALONE from writer-director Lowell Dean, "an auteur with an eye for the twisted and macabre" (@starburst.bsky.social) Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith & Frank Grillo in a fight for survival against a zombie outbreak www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...
My review of ho-hum psych thriller Blackwater Lane is up on @starburst.bsky.social. The film's conclusion "draws heavily on the Scooby Doo school of criminal deduction" www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/blac...
BLACKWATER LANE - STARBURST Magazine
Adapted from BA Paris’s 2017 novel The Breakdown, this less-than-thrilling psychological mystery has the unthreatening ambience of a made-for-TV movie. Blackwater Lane lacks tension or much in the way...
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Into the Deep - a new shark flick that lacks bite (even with the involvement of Richard Dreyfuss). My review in @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/into...
INTO THE DEEP - STARBURST Magazine
The tidal wave of new shark movies shows no signs of slowing, with many small-budget films eager to use increasingly affordable CGI technology to render Great White antagonists on screen. Many recent ...
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Come Home - an interesting, if oblique and discombobulating, take on the cabin-in-the-woods flick. My review in @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/come...
COME HOME - STARBURST Magazine
An atypical take on the cabin-in-the-woods premise, small-scale ensemble indie flick Come Home eschews all the predictable through-the-window voyeurism and serial killer ‘jump scare’ clichés to offer ...
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Before Anthony Mackie suits up as Captain America later this year, he'll be on monster-hunting duty in Prime Video's Elevation, out Jan 28th. Read our review here: www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/elev...
ELEVATION - STARBURST Magazine
Imbued with the aesthetic of a 1990s monster movie, post-apocalyptic creature-feature Elevation is a high-concept actioner which recognises the value of injecting interesting character dynamics into e...
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Read a free sample of my Obverse Books Silver Archive on the classic third series Survivors episode Mad Dog.
Obverse Books@obversebooks.co.uk · 2y agoYou can read a sample of the book here: obversebooks.co.uk/silverarchiv...