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Darren Gaskell

@darrengaskell.bsky.social
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Reviewer, podcaster, film festival goer, karaoke enthusiast. Executive Producer of Good Boy and Seepers. Inexplicable "acting" credits on IMDB.

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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the makers of last year's Spirit Of Independence opener Nightfall: A Paranormal Investigation, comes this year's Spirit Of Independence opener HAUNTED...
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Spirit Of Independence 2026: Haunted
On October 19th, 2003, in the town of One Season, Jack (Jack Rawlinson) goes for a swim and disappears beneath the waves. Three weeks later, he returns without an explanation and no knowledge of wh…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A kung fu movie set in Rotherham? Better believe it! Nathan Geering's THE LOCK-IN screened at Spirit Of Independence and I was there to see its World Premiere...
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Spirit of Independence 2026: The Lock-In
Unlucky in love Drew (Drew Sinclair) wanders into a pub and finds the gaff empty except for Johnny (Nathan Geering), who announces that the place is closed and that Drew should find an alternative …
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
GANGLAND is a gritty thriller that features a superb performance from Lou Diamond Phillips - I caught up with it at Spirit Of Independence...
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Spirit of Independence 2026: Gangland
Veteran cop Teddy Sharpe (Lou Diamond Phillips) attempts to keep law and order as the senior officer representing the Tribal Force of the Thunderstone reservation. His methods are not always conven…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More Spirit Of Independence coverage with my review of sweet (but often spiky) comedy drama THE OLD MAN...
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Spirit of Independence 2026: The Old Man
When the father of Mick Courtney (Richard Glover) and Drew Courtney (Jonathan Broke) passes away, these two estranged brothers are brought together in order to scatter their father’s ashes in a pla…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here's a review from the recent, excellent Spirit Of Independence Film Festival - a new take on found footage in the intriguing, unnerving SNAPSHOT...
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Spirit of Independence 2026: Snapshot
It’s 1888 and Victorian London is gripped by a series of brutal murders. Prostitutes are found mutilated and the city is rife with rumours as to who the killer might be. A group called the All Ladi…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Not going well for Temu Dr. Evil.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Over on @lovehorror.bsky.social I review Kenichi Ugana's entertaining J-Horror THE CURSE!
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The Curse (2025) Review | Love Horror film reviews and news
In The Curse, Riko and her friends travel to Taiwan to uncover the source of supernatural curse before she is consumed by it.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Lisa Kudrow Mira Sorvino
Alt: A picture of Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino from the movie Romy And Michele's High School Reunion
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It's almost the weekend, so why not take five minutes to have a look at what I thought of UK Video Nasty NIGHT OF THE DEMON? Not the Tourner one, the other one...
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That’s Nasty! Night of the Demon (1980)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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FrightFest @frightfest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's here! Our programme for Tubi FrightFest 2026 is out...head on over to our website for all the details! #TubiFrightfest #FF2026
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I had England going out in the Quarter Finals so they've over achieved by that metric. It's all been an interesting distraction until the Seadogs start playing again. Sorry folks, club before country and it's not even close.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I can't see how I can manufacture a consensus on anything. If you read my reviews, that's brilliant and I thank all of you for doing so, but you really don't have to agree with anything I say.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I can get some reviews done. Short on time this weekend.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
More of my Video Nasty coverage can be found on Warped Perspective - the latest to go under the microscope is Jack Weis' MARDI GRAS MASSACRE!
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That’s Nasty! Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
More Video Nasty coverage from me on Warped Perspective as I take a look at a banned film with the innocuous title of I MISS YOU, HUGS AND KISSES...
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That’s Nasty! I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"Mother, this cloth smells of death!"
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
You wait a while for a That's Nasty! review then two come along at once! I have some fun with Jess Franco's bewildering DEVIL HUNTER...
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That’s Nasty! The Devil Hunter (1980)
In 1983, the Director of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Here's another instalment in my ongoing That's Nasty! series on Warped Perspective - the impressive DEAD AND BURIED...
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That’s Nasty! Dead and Buried (1981)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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Kat Hughes @kathughes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Each year I try to predict some films that might play @frightfest.bsky.social. Here are 2026's guesses thehollywoodnews.com/2026/07/07/1...
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10 Films That Could Play At This Year's FrightFest
On Thursday 16th July the team over at FrightFest will be revealing what movies will form the line-up for this August’s Bank Holiday event. Each year the festival manages to scour the genre scene for ...
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Mama! I just killed a man...and a couple of hundred others trying to rescue Richard Crenna.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My latest review for Warped Perspective takes a look at REALITY KILLERS, a movie which was refused a certificate by the BBFC...
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Reality Killers (2005)
Reality Killers (2005) begins with a caption which reads, “This film was mailed to us by an anonymous sender” and the viewer will instantly understand why, as the whole shebang is set up to be a wh…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
To be scrupulously fair to Wes, he's an absolute plank.
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Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I’m sad to be missing out this weekend, but you don’t have to! Tickets still available for Soho Horror Pride, and you can watch the films on streaming catchup! The true pioneers of the online horror festival. 🥳
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I really did appear in those movies but how it qualifies as "acting" is one of life's great mysteries.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I have it on disc! Also has a cracking soundtrack (I'm particularly looking at you, Sam Phillips).
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
More Raindance 2026 coverage: this time, execs get tortured in Corporate Retreat.
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Raindance 2026: Corporate Retreat
*** THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS *** The executives of billion-dollar firm Immaculate Pond Technologies, along with an accidental extra guest, gather for a, you guessed, corporate retreat in order…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Warped Perspective is currently covering Raindance 2026 and here's a little something from me as I review FRIDAY THE 69TH!
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Raindance 2026: Friday the 69th
Hollywood, 1981. A group of adult filmmakers gather to discuss their shift of genres to horror cinema in order to make a well regarded slasher movie, a quick buck, or both. After all, as someone in…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I started a couple of years back, I'm part of the coverage for Love Horror which is always fun.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I have my ticket as well. Nice prelude to my in-person festival season (FrightFest London, Spirit Of Independence, Celluloid Screams of course, and Soho Horror Festival).
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Happy Pride Month!
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My review of Dooba Dooba ends with a slight variation on those words.
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Dooba Dooba (2024) Review | Love Horror film reviews and news
Dooba Dooba opens with a VHS tape kicking into life, the following caption appearing: “A final project presented by Monroe Jefferson to the adjudicators...
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It's the horror movie everyone seems to be taking about right now. You don't need a One Wish Willow to get my review of Obsession, it's right there on Warped Perspective...
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Obsession (2026)
Bear (Michael Johnston) is a music store employee who harbours romantic feelings for childhood friend and co-worker Nikki (Inde Navarrette), but is finding it difficult to articulate his affection.…
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Soho Horror Fest @sohohorrorfest.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Opening Soho Horror Pride 2026 will be the UK Premiere of Roger Connor’s raunchy, raw and gloriously gory MEAT! 🔪 💻 Streaming Online for Soho Horror Pride 🗓️ Friday 19th June - 21st June 🎟️ Virtual Tickets on a pay-what-you-can basis available at www.sohohorrorfest.com
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Over on Warped Perspective, I review New Fear's Eve, a gory slasher movie with more than a few nods to genre icons...
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New Fear’s Eve (2025)
Leslie (Lily-Claire Harvey), Brian (Turner Vaughn) and Moses (Matthew Tichenor) are three friends who work for Hooper Industries and the preparations for the firm’s New Year’s Eve bash are in full …
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
More from Culture Shock 2026 on @lovehorror.bsky.social as I look at ROAR which must qualify as one of the most insane film projects ever undertaken...
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Roar (1981) Review | Love Horror film reviews and news
In Roar, a naturalist living with big cats in Africa expects a visit by his family from Chicago. But somehow his family end up in the clutches of wild lions.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Head over to @lovehorror.bsky.social to check out my review of R.O.T.O.R. from Culture Shock Film Festival!
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R.O.T.O.R (1987) Review | Love Horror film reviews and news
In R.O.T.O.R, a prototype crime-fighting robot breaks free from its lab, initiating a rampage as it malfunctions and targets innocents for destruction.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Love the Tim Krog score for this one.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Cardone's best imo
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Nice!
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Is The Bogey Man on that list?
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Culture Shock Festival in Sheffield showed it last year and I told quite a few people to see it before worrying if they'd actually like it. They did.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
For me, it's Ghoulies II.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
More Video Nasty coverage from me on Warped Perspective. This time, it's a movie that appeared on the very first DPP list - it's Cannibal Terror!
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That’s Nasty! Cannibal Terror (1980)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Buckle up! The latest in the That's Nasty! series on Warped Perspective covers the infamous The Beast In Heat...
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That’s Nasty! The Beast in Heat (1977)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Sunny afternoon in Ypres.
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The latest movie in the That's Nasty! series on Warped Perspective is an Ulli Lommel movie with an infamous cover from Vipco. You can't kill The Bogey Man. Or can you?
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That’s Nasty! The Bogey Man (1980)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
More musings of mine on the Video Nasty era can be found on the Warped Perspective website - this time around, I look at ABSURD. Is it?
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That’s Nasty! Absurd (1981)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have to p…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Over on the always excellent Warped Perspective, here's the first of what will hopefully be an ongoing series of reviews featuring movies which were on the DPP's list of 72 Video Nasties. First up, it's AXE directed by Frederick R. Friedel...
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That’s Nasty! Axe (1974)
In 1983, the Director Of Public Prosecutions published its first list of movies which were tagged with the tabloid-friendly label of Video Nasties. These cinematic outliers were deemed to have the …
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
On Warped Perspective, you can find my piece on the recent Nightmare On Elm Street all nighter which was held at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield...
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Celluloid Screams Presents: A Nightmare on Elm Street Marathon
One night. One cinema. Six movies. Are you ready for Freddy? That was the more than tempting carrot dangled in front of hungry horror fans by Sheffield horror festival Celluloid Screams, here break…
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Darren Gaskell @darrengaskell.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
THERE HAS TO BE AN EXPLANATION!!!
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