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Cleaver loves the movies and will watch almost anything, though he favours those with a darker air. A contributor to various magazines and websites, he has written for The Sunday Times Magazine, L.A. Review of Books and We Belong Dead Magazine, as well as several books on film. He is currently working on a book on the place of the house in horror movies, which will be published by McFarland in late 2019.

Film Review

Frightfest 2018: Open 24 Hours (2018) Film Review

Cleaver Patterson Aug 28, 2018 0

There's a scene near the beginning of Open 24 Hours -- when a woman called Debbie (Emily Tennant) tells her best friend Mary (Vanessa Grasse) that her new job isn't 'rocket surgery' -- which sums up director/writer Padraig Reynolds' new…

Film Review

Frightfest 2018: He’s Out There (2018) Film Review

Cleaver Patterson Aug 28, 2018 0

He's Out There, the new American shocker filmed in Canada, has no pretensions to be anything other than an old school slasher.

Film Review

Frightfest 2018: Halloween (1978) Film Review

Cleaver Patterson Aug 25, 2018 0

Some films are like old friends: no matter have many often you see them there are still new things to discover each time you meet. Such is the case with Halloween...

Film Review

Frightfest 2018 – Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018) Film Review

Cleaver Patterson Aug 25, 2018 0

The warning signs are there for all to see with Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018).

Film Review

FrightFest 2018: The Ranger (2018) Film Review

Cleaver Patterson Aug 24, 2018 0

Coming straight from Frightfest 2018, it's our review of director Jenn Wexler’s first feature, teen slasher throwback The Ranger

DVD Review

Studio 54 (2018) DVD & Limited Edition Blu-Ray

Cleaver Patterson Aug 8, 2018 0

There is a famous quote which claims that if you remember the 1960s you probably weren't there. It would seem the same could be said of Studio 54, the infamous New York nightclub at the heart of a new documentary bearing the same name.…

Book Review

A Christmas Gift Idea – Brought to Book!

Cleaver Patterson Dec 22, 2017 0

It's that time of year again, and with the long winter nights and Christmas Day only a weekend away, how better to spend the holidays than curled up by the fire with a good book. We've picked four of our favourite recent film related tomes…

Film Review

BFI LFF 2017: The Party (2017)

Cleaver Patterson Oct 9, 2017 0

At one point in The Party - the new, viciously dark, comic drama written and directed by filmmaker Sally Potter, a character called April (Patricia Clarkson) tells her partner Gottfried (Bruno Ganz) to "shut up" as his "cliches are…

Film Review

BFI LFF 2017: Thoroughbreds (2017)

Cleaver Patterson Oct 8, 2017 0

It would probably be misleading to refer to Thoroughbreds - the debut feature by first time writer / director Cory Finley - as a horror film, at least in the generally accepted sense of the term. Having watched it however, there is no…

Film Review

BFI LFF 2017: Ex Libris: New York Public Library (2017)

Cleaver Patterson Oct 7, 2017 0

There's always a danger as a critic that you will say something in praise of a piece of work simply because, a) you don't want to offend the filmmakers, and b) you don't want to stand out as the only person who 'didn't like' it. But…