Opening our preview of Mayhem Film Festival highlights with a look at an extraordinary and forgotten Japanese study in obsession and psychosis.

Opening our preview of Mayhem Film Festival highlights with a look at an extraordinary and forgotten Japanese study in obsession and psychosis.
A once-lost, now beloved British short that is perhaps not quite the masterpiece that some would claim.
The simple pleasures of an underrated 1970s demonic horror oddity.
One of the more outrageous films from the Golden Age of Italian exploitation cinema.
Jeff Lieberman’s 1970s eco-horror movie is better than many of its more acclaimed genre rivals of the time.
The craft beer pioneers launch a new lager – whatever next?
Quentin Dupieux’s superhero satire has some interesting moments but is not the gut-busting comedy classic that you might have expected.
Michele Soavi’s theatrical slasher film feels like an extravagant end-of-an-era production.
The legendary actor’s most personal recording – a look at life and seemingly imminent death – celebrates its tenth anniversary.
Italian lounge-metal covers that work more effectively than you might expect.
If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise – this high-concept monster movie is the most shamelessly fun film to come along in ages.
The Bob Hope/Jane Russell hit is the very definition of ‘problematic’ today – but should be seen as an impressive work of its time.